Icarus' fall as illustrated by that Herculean clarinet cadenza had me speechless when I first heard this. Most of Ferneyhough is admittedly beyond me, but I love this to bits. Hopefully I'll grow in to more of his work.
I'm very new to Ferneyhough's music, but this is fantastic. To my ear it's an almost-but-not-quite-chaos that's compelling precisely because of its almost-but-not-quiteness.
A very apt description of Freneyhough's effect on the ears. There is a certain organization that the mind recognizes, yet the texture has a delightfully jaunty chaos to it.
Dear Contemporary Classical, It would be appropriate to credit the performers in the videos you post (thank you for this great resource, by the way), as a token of respect for the huge amount of work that all this sophisticated music requires, and the tantamount energy spent performing it. Best,
This is what I call music in bits and pieces...lots of bits and pieces. I have no idea how you learn and rehearse such organized chaos. Might it be easier just to let the players improvise in an irrational manner. This is music for the head and not the heart. If you find yourself humming fragments later in the day you may need to seek help from a professional.
"Might it be easier just to let the players improvise in an irrational manner. ?" it might be easier but it would sound very different. As you can see, the opening paragraph is a canon (at the unison), which accounts for the controlled chaos character. It's highly unlikely 7 improvising players will spontaneously conjure up the same sequence of notes!
Icarus' fall as illustrated by that Herculean clarinet cadenza had me speechless when I first heard this. Most of Ferneyhough is admittedly beyond me, but I love this to bits. Hopefully I'll grow in to more of his work.
I'm very new to Ferneyhough's music, but this is fantastic. To my ear it's an almost-but-not-quite-chaos that's compelling precisely because of its almost-but-not-quiteness.
A very apt description of Freneyhough's effect on the ears. There is a certain organization that the mind recognizes, yet the texture has a delightfully jaunty chaos to it.
Ferneyhough's masterpiece...
So good…
Based masterpiece
Really good!
Dear Contemporary Classical,
It would be appropriate to credit the performers in the videos you post (thank you for this great resource, by the way), as a token of respect for the huge amount of work that all this sophisticated music requires, and the tantamount energy spent performing it.
Best,
Woah, this is so good!
holy cows
This is what I call music in bits and pieces...lots of bits and pieces. I have no idea how you learn and rehearse such organized chaos. Might it be easier just to let the players improvise in an irrational manner. This is music for the head and not the heart. If you find yourself humming fragments later in the day you may need to seek help from a professional.
@Dhruva Punde I can recommend a good therapist. ^ _ ^
"Might it be easier just to let the players improvise in an irrational manner. ?" it might be easier but it would sound very different. As you can see, the opening paragraph is a canon (at the unison), which accounts for the controlled chaos character. It's highly unlikely 7 improvising players will spontaneously conjure up the same sequence of notes!
@Morgan Hayes. There’s some “imitation” of pitches at the outset, spread amongst various instruments, but it’s not a canon.
You might want to give a listen to his "Mnemosyne" for bass flute-that's a very tuneful number I frequently find myself humming bits of!
@@aproc_ great piece, as are bone alphabet, coloratura for oboe and piano, the second string quartet, lemma-icon-epigram and a few others.