Modern Compositions #1

[jazzy_dave]

The Wire has always been thought-provoking in its musical machinations and one such article is the one from 1988 on twelve-tone music and serialism and the modern day composer that includes Ellington and Mingus.



So here are some post-midnight compositions from composers mentioned in the article.

Peter Maxwell Davies - Sir Charles his Pavan

Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

Henry Brant - Solar Moth

The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 2

℗ 2004 Innova

Elliott Carter - Night Fantasies (1980)

Charles Rosen, piano

Charles Ives - Central Park in the Dark

New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

The piece was first titled "A Contemplation of Nothing Serious or Central Park in the Dark in 'The Good Old Summer Time' (in comparison to A Contemplation of a Serious Matter or The Unanswered Perennial Question). Ives wrote detailed notes concerning the purpose and context of Central Park in the Dark: This piece was composed in 1906.


This is just part one of a series of posts I will do involving modern-day composers and innovators. Coming up next will be Bela Bartok, Anthony Braxton, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, Witold Lutoslawski, Olivier Messiaen, and Pierre Schaffer.

Open your ears and Enjoy