Just heard this piece live in Plymouth NH at the NH Music Festival. It was incredible! Thanks so much to the NEC Philharmonia for recording it and making it available.
Great, just great. I'd only heard the string quartet version, this one stomps it. I loved how at the end they made up for the lack of a live audience. Esprit de corps!
Chasquork or whatever it’s called is the only somewhat bearable section of this “masterpiece”, Now I might not understand this music, and I am no philosopher of these random sounds and I might be wrong about whatever this is supposed to be. Might be the performers, who knows. There are no textures, and frankly this music should be kept to its respective origin of creation. This music that is for traditional tribal instruments or didgeridoos should be reserved for those instruments only, not brought over to this atonal unnerving atmosphere created. We have modern contemporary composers and ideas that are also not the best in class but at least they serve their purpose. This just appears as though we took many techniques rather than pitches and tones and gathered a group of individuals to try out together.
I thought Tarqueada and Coquetos were also beautiful and exciting. It's incredibly restrictive to not let a composer be influenced by whatever music makes an impression on them. How is using the traditional music of Peru any different to Austrian and Eastern European composers imitating polkas, waltzes, ländler, Tyrolean marching bands or Ashkenazi klemzer music in their symphonies and concertos, or Canteros bringing the tango to concert halls, even Bartók recreating a swineherd's dance? By doing so, they raised the profile of the folk music they imitated. Classical music's biggest strength is its versatility, which enables western musicians to perform music like this, making Peruvian music more accessible to us.
Just heard this piece live in Plymouth NH at the NH Music Festival. It was incredible! Thanks so much to the NEC Philharmonia for recording it and making it available.
I got to hear this played by a full orchestra (Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra) back on Mar. 4, 2022. It was amazing.
What a beautiful piece, love it ! I also like the expressiveness of the cello player in the green mask @ 8:38 !
Great, just great. I'd only heard the string quartet version, this one stomps it. I loved how at the end they made up for the lack of a live audience. Esprit de corps!
0:31 Toyos
1:55 Tarqueada
5:06 Himno de Zampoñas
7:42 Chasqui
11:17 Canto de Velorio
18:14 Coqueteos
Great piece! Great performance!
Collectively impressive, something refreshingly new
Juergen P. 24 7 23
Beautiful !
19:40
So good
7:42 Chasqui
18:14 Coqueteos
great SOUNDSCAPE: STRINGY, like spinach !
Chasquork or whatever it’s called is the only somewhat bearable section of this “masterpiece”, Now I might not understand this music, and I am no philosopher of these random sounds and I might be wrong about whatever this is supposed to be. Might be the performers, who knows. There are no textures, and frankly this music should be kept to its respective origin of creation. This music that is for traditional tribal instruments or didgeridoos should be reserved for those instruments only, not brought over to this atonal unnerving atmosphere created. We have modern contemporary composers and ideas that are also not the best in class but at least they serve their purpose. This just appears as though we took many techniques rather than pitches and tones and gathered a group of individuals to try out together.
I thought Tarqueada and Coquetos were also beautiful and exciting. It's incredibly restrictive to not let a composer be influenced by whatever music makes an impression on them. How is using the traditional music of Peru any different to Austrian and Eastern European composers imitating polkas, waltzes, ländler, Tyrolean marching bands or Ashkenazi klemzer music in their symphonies and concertos, or Canteros bringing the tango to concert halls, even Bartók recreating a swineherd's dance? By doing so, they raised the profile of the folk music they imitated. Classical music's biggest strength is its versatility, which enables western musicians to perform music like this, making Peruvian music more accessible to us.
Beautiful!!!