Re: New Thread: Classical Music Influences on Us

["Rick Walker (loop.pool)" <GLOBAL@cruzio.com>]

Stephen Goodman wrote:
"I love Samuel Barber's work, his 2nd movement of
Adagio for Strings makes me weep."

I, too, love that piece of music.    As a matter of fact,   I grabbed a 
very
small loop from it as the only
not original loop I used on my "loop.pool" CD in one of the last ambient
pieces.  I also used three or four percussion samples.  I opened them up in
Windows Media Player and let them all loop at different speeds (at a slow
tempo) which created a really trancey rhythmic phasing thing.
I love how it came out, emotionally, and it took very little time to
actually 'produce'.  It was one of the very first things I did when I first
got into computer music (two years ago).

I, personally, love the impressionists, particularly Ravel and Debussy.  I
love Debussy's
"Prelude al'apres-midi d'un faune "..........Ravel's "Variations on a Theme
by Thomas Tallis".
I've always loved music with a tinge of melancholy in it.     The great
Russian poet, Yevtushenko has said that "we should have a healthy 
melancholy
attitude towards life".      I grew up in a very dysfunctional home, so I
really relate to this sentiment.

I love Ralph Vaugh William (pronounced Rafe), the british composer.    His
piece, "The lark ascending"  is one of the most beautiful pieces of music
ever written in my opinion.     If I ever have a need to cry and am having 
a
difficult time of it, I can put this piece of music on and it works like a
charm.       If you are interested, try to find the Adrian Boult recording
(I believe on Angel records) it is slower and more melancholy than a lot of
the more recent versions.

Another exquisite piece is the very often overlooked and underrecorded,
"Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Electric Music for Mallet
Instruments"  by Steve Reich.

The solo cello suites by BACH (200 years ahead of their times)

The late string quartets by BEETHOVEN (also far more modern than any other
things that he wrote)

These are a few of my favorite things.............yours,   Rick Walker
(loop.pool)