Articles tagged 'Pettersson'
Used Bin Troll Tweets GGG.
Perhaps the Buddha has always been a Bayreuth resident.
Mostly Symphonies 33.
There are countless moments in Plötzlichkeit and La Terre est un Homme where I would not have been surprised if a page turn had transported us to Berg’s Reigen.
Mostly Symphonies 33.
There are countless moments in Plötzlichkeit and La Terre est un Homme where I would not have been surprised if a page turn had transported us to Berg’s Reigen.
Used Bin Troll Tweets R.
Classical Spohr penned the first Nonet, light and lively, although Romantic Onslow’s has grandeur.
Used Bin Troll Tweets R.
Classical Spohr penned the first Nonet, light and lively, although Romantic Onslow’s has grandeur.
Mostly Symphonies 26.
Babbitt’s All Set is a snazzy twelve-tone piece for jazz ensemble. Were it scored for a Pierrot ensemble it might seem bone dry, and if a jazz combo were provided atonal charts, this wouldn’t be the result. Regardless, I can’t help but listen and grin throughout.
Mostly Symphonies 26.
Babbitt’s All Set is a snazzy twelve-tone piece for jazz ensemble. Were it scored for a Pierrot ensemble it might seem bone dry, and if a jazz combo were provided atonal charts, this wouldn’t be the result. Regardless, I can’t help but listen and grin throughout.
Mostly Symphonies 21.
Salonen’s 20-minute Nyx churns quickly, but the less frequently recorded Dutilleux sticks in the mind.
Mostly Symphonies 21.
Salonen’s 20-minute Nyx churns quickly, but the less frequently recorded Dutilleux sticks in the mind.
Looking for Pettersson, Stumbling across Locatelli
Here’s another installment in what’s becoming a series on composers’ haunts and memorials.
Looking for Pettersson, Stumbling across Locatelli
Here’s another installment in what’s becoming a series on composers’ haunts and memorials.
Mostly Symphonies 16.
A central instigator in the Wiener Aktionismus movement, Nitsch has been celebrated and vilified for events involving paint-splattering, animal disembowelment and nudity.
Mostly Symphonies 16.
A central instigator in the Wiener Aktionismus movement, Nitsch has been celebrated and vilified for events involving paint-splattering, animal disembowelment and nudity.
String Theory 4: String Orchestras
Ever willful, Pettersson forges sternly lyric melodies in which every pitch counts. Typical of the composer, gorgeous tonal moments, usually cadential, emerge from dissonance.
String Theory 4: String Orchestras
Ever willful, Pettersson forges sternly lyric melodies in which every pitch counts. Typical of the composer, gorgeous tonal moments, usually cadential, emerge from dissonance.
Allan Pettersson’s Greatest Hits
For some, it may simply be enough to know that there’s a Scandinavian composer straddling Romantic and modern styles who thought his work was being suppressed and who wrote long and depressive symphonies, often deliberately ugly, despite fleeting moments of beauty.
Allan Pettersson’s Greatest Hits
For some, it may simply be enough to know that there’s a Scandinavian composer straddling Romantic and modern styles who thought his work was being suppressed and who wrote long and depressive symphonies, often deliberately ugly, despite fleeting moments of beauty.
Mostly Symphonies 4.
Sturm und Drang is back. You read it here first. We’re teetering on a new age’s cusp guaranteed to perturb old-timers who survived the historically informed practice movement.
Mostly Symphonies 4.
Sturm und Drang is back. You read it here first. We’re teetering on a new age’s cusp guaranteed to perturb old-timers who survived the historically informed practice movement.