#contemporary classical
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Midcentury modern design meets classical Italian architecture… so much to admire!
Experimenting with form , shadow, light , scale; … customized to reflect a prestigious living experience …by @b_arc_
Mari Samuelsen - Reverie (comp. Hannah Peel)
Valgeir Sigurðsson - Kvika
Valgeir Sigurðsson – Kvika
Icelandic composer Valgeir Sigurðsson is a classical composer who has developed into the country’s leading light in terms of modern classical music.
From his Bandcamp site:
“Valgeir has become a master of sound to get lost in. Through his layering of his collaborators’ instrumental and vocal parts and a nuanced balance of electronic and organic sound, KVIKA is a perfect collection of moments that…
Leo Kupper - Electro-Acoustic
Leo Kupper – Electro-Acoustic
Pogus Records has released a treasure from Belgian electroacoustic composer Leo Kupper, who is finally being recognized as a master of his field.
Miércoles.
Kronos Quartet - Peace piece
Ligeti György - Sonata for solo cello
‘The grave of the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke in Novodevichye Cemetery in Moscow is surmounted by a stone on which is engraved a rest beneath a fermata with a triple forte noted at the bottom: A very, very loud extended silence.’
- John Biguenet, Silence (London: Bloomsbury, 2015), p.49.
The fermata suggests the indicated notation (in this case, a rest) is to continue at the discretion of the conductor. When the chosen conductor arrives, Alfred Schnittke will rise again.
that’s for orchestral pieces though, in solo pieces the performer decides how long to hold it… which means,,
the chosen conductor isn’t needed, Schnittke will rise when we need him the most
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