Sessions Symphony No. 2

[jazzy_dave]

As far as i am concerned this composer should be better known -

Roger Sessions: Symphony No.2 (1946)

Roger Sessions (1896-1985): Symphony No.2 (1946) -- New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos --

I. Molto agitato - Tranquillo e misterioso
II. Allegretto capriccioso
III. Adagio tranquillo ed espressivo
IV. Allegramente

-- painting by Mark Rothko

Comments

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

That's really nice. :)
Hugs, Jon

tanks dave!

[pigshitpoet.livejournal.com]

your post reminds me of something. i just read a chapter out of henry miller air conditioned nightmare about varese's music, specifically his sound painting of the gobi desert, and how in its dissonance, it felt fractured and discordant to miller, yet aptly haunting nevertheless. miller called it simply soundscape, yet sound without consciousness for its lack of rhythmic and melodic elements. myself i am never certain what to make of modern classical, if it can be called that.. more like avant garde. i guess it fits with psychological states and planet or cityscapes, but as for the human heart it really tests our musical tastebuds.

strange for it to appear in miller's book purportedly written in 1945-50 when varese's piece is said in this youtube to have been written in 1983, so it bears further investigation just from this fractured chronological point of view.. whereas wiki states: Déserts (1950–1954) is a piece by Edgard Varèse for 14 winds (brass and woodwinds), 5 percussion players, 1 piano, and electronic tape. which would be in keeping with miller's writing. so maybe there are two different pieces..

Edgard Varése in The Gobi Desert by Paul Elwood performed by Iowa Percussion



Edgard Varèse in the Gobi Desert was composed in 1983 and revised in 1999. Composer Paul Elwood writes, "In the summer of 1982, the always-inventive Kansas musician Kelly Werts glued and nailed Velcro strips to the soles of a pair of two-tone thrift-store shoes and began doing dance steps on indoor-outdoor carpet samples. Such was the birth of 'Velcro tap-dancing' or 'negative tap-dancing'" that Elwood describes as "the only viable form of tap dancing in the weightlessness of outer space." Composed for Werts as a three-movement concerto in the typical slow, fast, slow form, the work is performed without breaks between movements according to Youtube.

enjoy!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Lovely...

*HUGS*