Re: New Thread: Classical Music Influences on Us

[lance glover <baumhaus@earthlink.net>]

"Rick Walker (loop.pool)" wrote:

> jim palmer wrote:
>
> "love bartok.
> listen to the string quartets regularly."
>
> I'm glad to hear you say it.  I love that music...........also the
> exquisitely dynamic and melancholy  'Concerto for Orchestra'.  Because of
> it's dynamic range, it was the first piece of classical music that I was
> glad to have a CD player for reproduction.
>
> Also, it is more abstract (please pardon my loose definition, Tom ;-)
> but have you guys/gals checked out 'Threnody for the Victims of 
>Hiroshima'
> by Krzysztof Penderecki?

oh yeah, rick!

(p.'s threnody) that's quite a piece (and unfortunately rather apropos
considering events of late). the concerto for orchestra is one of my fave
bartok pieces also. anyone into charles ives? lotsa dynamics
there...interesting to balance his string quartet no. 1 with the much more
radical (and heralded) no. 2...his piano sonatas astonish, and there's also
the little pieces for quarter-toned pianos...deeply affecting. and another
piano work (while i'm on it) to investigate is aaron copland's piano
variations (composed early '30's). very much influenced by
schoenberg/berg...also his piano fantasy (late '50's). definitely NOT
appalachian spring... :-)

lance g.