Lou Harrison

[jazzy_dave]

Final post this evening - more modern classical music -

Lou Harrison - Suite for violin, piano and small Orchestra (1988)

I. Overture 0:00
II. Elegy 3:20
III. First Gamelan 6:48
IV. Aria 10:26
V. Second Gamelan 13:25
VI. Chorale 15:28

Lucy Stoltzman, violino
Keith Jarrett, pianoforte

Ensemble directed by Robert Hughes.

Lou Harrison - Concerto in Slendro

Lou Harrison, Concerto in Slendro, 1. Allegro 2. Molto Adagio 3. Allegro; Molto Vigoroso.
Daniel Kobialka, violin;
Machiko Kobialka, tack piano I; James Barbagallo, tack piano II;
Patricia Jennerjohn, celesta; Don Marconi, Jerome Neff, percussion;
Robert Hughes, conductor


Lou Harrison wrote "The 'Concerto in Slendro' was mostly composed in 1961 aboard the S.S. New York en route to Japan. It is filled with my eager anticipation of the first taste of the beauty and bustle of Asia. The title derives from the fine Indonesian theoretical term denoting a five-tone mode in which the 'seconds' are roughly, 'major' (or large) and the 'thirds' 'minor' (or small). A complementary term 'Pelog' refers to the opposite kind of mode...'seconds' small and 'thirds' wide. This Concerto uses two Slendro type modes only... These two modes are perhaps the most common and generally loved of all man's modes- the first is practically the 'Human Song'... the two modes are heard in correct 'just intonation'...."

Comments

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[pigshitpoet.livejournal.com]

that is beautiful

thanks

[ladyblue56.livejournal.com]

Both are beautiful. Do you listen to the music as you read?

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Yes i do sometimes.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Quite enjoyable. :)
Hugs, Jon