Giving a second life to the Ensemble INtercontemporain after the dath of Boulez (RIP) was extremely challenging. The challenge has been splendidly met.
Best video on UA-cam. I seriously appreciate Benjamin's orchestral pieces a lot and I think, although being a famous composer, his music is still underrated
This piece, Palimpsests I & II and Sudden Time are all masterpieces and his vocal works are no less impressive. If you get an opportunity to listen his Upon Silence, don't miss it!
Cette architecture sonore est un astéroïde fantôme qui revient jeter son dévolu sur l'art auditif. Une onde décadente chargée de paradoxes d'où s'échappent l'obscurantisme et l'irrationnel, facteurs hypnotiques défiant les âmes vulnérables en quête d'absolu. Un court tunnel menant à la lumière 🎼🎶
George Benjamin is one of these composers (Julian Anderson, Michael Jarrell, Eric Tanguy and so on) who have been feeding on spectral music, for the better!
the clarinetjo drafts and sketches collection You're welcome. I'm myself a flugelhorn player, so it's a pleasure to see people who knows and appreciates this instrument :-)
The Emperors new clothes. It’s funny reading the polarity of comments. On one hand, a few who just write this piece off (I may be among them) and others who marvel at its supposed brilliance. I’m reminded of those who stroke their chins and gaze approvingly at blank canvasses or performance art with mud and screaming. No doubt this is original and sophisticated but in the end it will be no more than a footnote in some unread book on music of the period. No one will be brought to tears by this...but maybe they should be. ...’just sayin.
Like soooo much British music over the years, expert, highly skilled and tasty stuff...but ultimately, so shallow and forgettable. Still, very few can do what he does.
How I utterly dislike his use of pitches! This quasi diatonic moments all of a sudden colored with "wrong" notes is utterly disturbing. Flugelhorn solo with the pointed chords and the cymbal = annoying moment.
I just realized i too can be a composer. No melody necessary. Just nonsense... in musical notation. This composer should be doing something useful like waste disposal or maybe picking up refuse on the beach. Its a serious problem. He could be put to much better use
If you want modern music which you will like from first note to last, listen to my music. It is very tonal, jazzy and completely "accessible" In other words, some would not even call it "modern", but so what? Audiences love it! Ken Laufer
I’m trying.....I love Ligeti. I don’t mind tonality being ripped apart but I’d at least like to be able to occasionally whistle a piece. Maybe I’m a moron but...” ‘Emperor’s new clothes.”
Giving a second life to the Ensemble INtercontemporain after the dath of Boulez (RIP) was extremely challenging. The challenge has been splendidly met.
Wow, really great pieces! Wonderfully played and conducted.
Best video on UA-cam.
I seriously appreciate Benjamin's orchestral pieces a lot and I think, although being a famous composer, his music is still underrated
This piece, Palimpsests I & II and Sudden Time are all masterpieces and his vocal works are no less impressive.
If you get an opportunity to listen his Upon Silence, don't miss it!
4:31 "to boldly go where no man has gone before"
Ohhhh - Masterful, Masterful - So much to learn here !
Cette architecture sonore est un astéroïde fantôme qui revient jeter son dévolu sur l'art auditif. Une onde décadente chargée de paradoxes d'où s'échappent l'obscurantisme et l'irrationnel, facteurs hypnotiques défiant les âmes vulnérables en quête d'absolu. Un court tunnel menant à la lumière 🎼🎶
Wonderful piece. I had the privilege of watching George Benjamin conducting L' Ensemble Intercontemporain.
belle oeuvre. magnifique performance.
George Benjamin is one of these composers (Julian Anderson, Michael Jarrell, Eric Tanguy and so on) who have been feeding on spectral music, for the better!
Capolavoro .Straordinaria esecuzione. Grazie.
The preparation of the cymbal at 2:46 (on from 2.43) is actually very funny, even though unintendedly so.
marvelous
great nice cosmic music
superb. the bugle ( or is it à flugelhorn ??) melodic intervention is amazing !
the clarinetjo drafts and sketches collection It's a flugelhorn.
Jeremy Marccha thank you.
the clarinetjo drafts and sketches collection You're welcome. I'm myself a flugelhorn player, so it's a pleasure to see people who knows and appreciates this instrument :-)
Flugelhorn, yes, quite superb
Too considered - How would you say "dark side of the moon" Syd Barrett tracks compare to this....
nice
final level
what's that cello eh?
I was wondering too
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This work reminds me of one of my favorite literary works, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
***** I agree that his music isn't very innovative, you're labeling of what you dislike as "jewish" isn't very innovative either...
It's not the Jewishness of "The Fountainhead" that's offensive; it's the immoral creed that it embodies.
i can't sing it
Cleto Plata - no one can...or should.
The Emperors new clothes.
It’s funny reading the polarity of comments. On one hand, a few who just write this piece off (I may be among them) and others who marvel at its supposed brilliance. I’m reminded of those who stroke their chins and gaze approvingly at blank canvasses or performance art with mud and screaming.
No doubt this is original and sophisticated but in the end it will be no more than a footnote in some unread book on music of the period. No one will be brought to tears by this...but maybe they should be.
...’just sayin.
-- Une flopée de sensations. --
Like soooo much British music over the years, expert, highly skilled and tasty stuff...but ultimately, so shallow and forgettable. Still, very few can do what he does.
What? Write "shallow and forgettable" music? Surely that's a good thing, isn't it?
@Khayyam1048 It's indeed better than unforgettably bad music.
How I utterly dislike his use of pitches! This quasi diatonic moments all of a sudden colored with "wrong" notes is utterly disturbing. Flugelhorn solo with the pointed chords and the cymbal = annoying moment.
I just realized i too can be a composer. No melody necessary. Just nonsense... in musical notation. This composer should be doing something useful like waste disposal or maybe picking up refuse on the beach. Its a serious problem. He could be put to much better use
like being an internet troll like you for example? I don't think so!
do it then
Sounds like my cats walking across my piano. The usual aleatoric sounding post modern bullshit. When will it all stop!
you too a moron - the typical Taliban!
If you want modern music which you will like from first note to last, listen to my music. It is very tonal, jazzy and completely "accessible" In other words, some would not even call it "modern", but so what? Audiences love it! Ken Laufer
Do any of actually play music? This is the sound of playing half-random keys. It is NOTHING
you are obviously a moron
I’m trying.....I love Ligeti. I don’t mind tonality being ripped apart but I’d at least like to be able to occasionally whistle a piece. Maybe I’m a moron but...” ‘Emperor’s new clothes.”
@@prometheanevent I take it you whistle along to Atmosphères then?
@@wyattk.4304 - No, but I hum along to the Ligeti Requiem.
Music is organized sound. DISorganized sound is noise.
The reaction to all this crap was minimalism and understandably so.
Alvaro Bertrand - Excellent observation!
This piece was written after the minimalist movement started.