So, classical music...
Dec. 20th, 2007 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrph...new classical music. Opinions?
I skimmed an interesting piece in the latest Gramophone magazine, which commented that there's no 'hook' that can be used to get new work into the mainstream - I think they namechecked the Turner Prize as an equivalent hook for modern art, but I don't have the relevant piece to hand.
There's a bit of my brain that thinks the sort of people who appreciated, say, Tarmvred (to pick a not-so random interesting experimental electronic act) at Infest, are also vaguely likely to appreciate a modern classical composer like Tüür... but I'm not sure that's actually true. Hmm.
May need to think on this a little more, but comments are welcome...
Edit: Well, ok, John Adams is on MySpace. That was a pleasant surprise.
Edit2: ...and so are the Kronos Quartet, among others (...and I hadn't realised they'd been busy remixing NIN. I guess that's a decent hook, hmm? :)
I skimmed an interesting piece in the latest Gramophone magazine, which commented that there's no 'hook' that can be used to get new work into the mainstream - I think they namechecked the Turner Prize as an equivalent hook for modern art, but I don't have the relevant piece to hand.
There's a bit of my brain that thinks the sort of people who appreciated, say, Tarmvred (to pick a not-so random interesting experimental electronic act) at Infest, are also vaguely likely to appreciate a modern classical composer like Tüür... but I'm not sure that's actually true. Hmm.
May need to think on this a little more, but comments are welcome...
Edit: Well, ok, John Adams is on MySpace. That was a pleasant surprise.
Edit2: ...and so are the Kronos Quartet, among others (...and I hadn't realised they'd been busy remixing NIN. I guess that's a decent hook, hmm? :)
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Date: 2007-12-21 01:42 am (UTC)Modern classical, but heavily influenced by Jazz - Blood on the Floor is stunning.
I'm probably drawn to Turnage as I also love Miles Davis & the whole 19760s/1070s Jazz fusion movement - Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Chick Corea, the legendary Soft Machine, etc.
There is also Karl Jenkins, who is somewhat controversial, being another musician from a Jazz fusion background (He was in Ian Carr's Nucleus & also guided Soft Machine to their 1980s demise) who has gone on to do well in classical area - he did Adieumus (Along with Mike Ratledge, another ex-Soft Machine alumni) and also the excellent Requieum For Peace, which was one of the best selling classical albums a few years back. Purists bristled; the public bought. It's accessible, simple & quite joyous.