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Post by jandl100 on Jun 21, 2018 14:22:12 GMT
And for my 3rd and final Classical Album Choice this fine & sunny June .... The violin concerto subtitled "Distant Light" by contemporary Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. A thing of gossamer discordant beauty, barely of this world. The rest of the chosen album is rather fine, too.  <iframe width="11" height="11" style="position: absolute; width: 11px; height: 11px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 5px; top: 117px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_3177310" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="11" height="11" style="position: absolute; width: 11px; height: 11px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 493px; top: 117px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_81386740" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="11" height="11" style="position: absolute; width: 11px; height: 11px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 5px; top: 605px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_85070312" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="11" height="11" style="position: absolute; width: 11px; height: 11px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 493px; top: 605px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_28402790" scrolling="no"></iframe> |
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 21, 2018 14:49:09 GMT
Let's see if you can get a World Cup hat-trick Jerry!  |
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Post by Slinger on Jun 21, 2018 14:57:58 GMT
I've got some of his work, and it varies (only in my opinion of course) between "Rather beautiful choral music (Plainscapes)" to "Hmmmm, that's quite nice (Flute Concerto)" to "Yet another composer in search of a bloody tune (Book For Solo Cello)"
I'll listen with interest. Try Plainscapes if you haven't heard it. It's on Spotify.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 21, 2018 15:06:03 GMT
Ah well, if tunes are your metric, then I think this one is in for a bit of a pasteing!  The violin concerto is more about sonority and texture, imo. Yes, I've heard some of his choral music and it can be astonishingly beautiful. I'll try Plainscapes, it may even be a piece I've heard already. |
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Post by Slinger on Jun 21, 2018 16:25:37 GMT
It started to go a bit 'weird' when the pizzicato kicked in but crept back to the good side of "normal" ...just about.
For some reason it keeps putting me in mind of Danse Macabre, not that that's a negative, I like Danse Macabre, a lot.
I thought that the composer had lost it again about half-way through, but again it rallied and became very nearly musical again.
19:30 and it's away with the (evil-sounding) fairies again. At one stage it became so musical, it had at least two tunes...at the same time...and then there was no tune again.
The last six or so minutes were quite nice, with no dramas.
Overall, Not Bad At All.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 21, 2018 16:40:33 GMT
... yes, I guess that was pretty much my reaction when I first heard it. Possibly more positive than my first reaction.
But somehow the "good bits" kept pulling me back for a re-hearing, and slowly the rest of the piece grew on me.
Even the good bits got better.
I keep coming back to it still, and it continues to grow.
I give it a "Very good". And I wouldn't be that surprised to have to extend the categorisation to "Zowee" in the not too distant future.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 27, 2018 7:08:54 GMT
No-one else likey? Ah well, 2 out of 3 for this month ain't too bad.  |
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Post by John on Jun 27, 2018 7:25:42 GMT
I give it a listen tonight
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Post by MartinT on Jun 27, 2018 11:54:27 GMT
Not had the chance to listen yet, Jerry.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 27, 2018 14:51:12 GMT
me too, but I will!
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Post by MartinT on Jun 28, 2018 6:08:05 GMT
I've listened now and it really isn't for me. It's not just that there isn't a tune or line to follow, it just seems to meander endlessly in minor-key depressive mode and doesn't seem to get anywhere. I ended up just wanting to put something else on.
'Quite bad' - sorry!
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Post by John on Jun 28, 2018 6:15:20 GMT
There are some beautiful moments but all to brief for me.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 28, 2018 6:34:51 GMT
Yeah, no worries. I was pretty sure I was being a bit too adventurous! It really did grow on me, though. That opening just sends shivers down my spine now. I don't say the whole piece is a masterwork, but I find it all at least quite interesting, with sequences - as John says - of genuine magic. And for me at any rate, those magic sequences tend to grow with familiarity, like crystals forming in a super-saturated liquid.  Ah well. You should try these things sometimes. Onwards! |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 28, 2018 6:57:27 GMT
.... I feel a new classical music thread coming on, about musical tastes and how they slowly evolve and form a network of paths of exploration, so generating a very personal musical journey ....
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Post by John on Jun 28, 2018 8:28:28 GMT
Sounds a good thread I will be doing something similar for the music day
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Post by MartinT on Jun 28, 2018 8:57:51 GMT
Go for it, Jerry. It's fascinating enough trying to work out one's own tastes. Reading about other members' musical evolution is equally interesting.
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Post by Slinger on Jun 28, 2018 12:15:06 GMT
At least it doesn't have a percussion section that sounds like twelve blokes carrying trays of cutlery falling down a cast-iron spiral staircase.  |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 28, 2018 12:32:27 GMT
I remember that! |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 4, 2018 14:13:35 GMT
I was expecting to hate this, but …
I don’t actually find it discordant or depressing at all, quite the opposite. It’s also more linear than expected which makes it easier to listen to.
Much of the first half reminds me of Barber’s Adagio for Strings, it has a similar mournful / elegiac emotional connect and drive to it, similar to a requiem.
It feels intensely spiritual, like a restless soul searching for peace or redemption, occasionally seeing chinks of light during its journey.
The latter stages remind me of a Dantes Inferno theme. I find it moving. It’s also very well played indeed by soloist and orchestra.
Well done Jerry.
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 4, 2018 18:51:44 GMT
 Hey, you were supposed to hate it, Jules!
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