Is anyone interested in contemporary music?

[Ian Moore]

What do you think of this?

[video]https://youtu.be/e9782tg1CEU[/video]

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Well, I like the dress she's wearing.

 

[Ian Moore]

I was talking about the music! What do you think of Boulez?

 

[marty]

Well, I like the dress she's wearing.

Totally agree. Great dress. Even better lungs underneath.
As far as the music, let's just get right down to it. Does anyone on the planet think this music will be played in 100 years? Contemporary music has been a virtual wasteland since Bartok. There may be a rare composer who might survive the ravages of time (Thomas Ades?, others? ) but sorry its just not my cup of tea.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I was talking about the music! What do you think of Boulez?

I'm not a fan.

 

[Diapason]

Have to say, I'm a fan of (some) contemporary music, although admittedly that's born more from playing it than listening to it. I find that it often needs a HUGE amount of familiarity to be enjoyable to listen to, the first few exposures to a new piece are nearly always too challenging to be enjoyable. Still, I think some of it really will be played in 100 years, maybe only by parties with niche interests, but that's true of a lot of classical music now anyway. Obviously it will never have mainstream appeal, but I don't think that's a reason to assume it's without merit (not that anyone said that here). Some contemporary music can bring a strong emotional response from me, and that's always a good thing.

That said, I definitely preferred the visuals to the sonics in the link posted....

 

[ack]

Not sure about the originality of the piece... I thought I was listening to La Mer. Her voice though was really nice, and so was the dress.

 

[amirm]

Well, I enjoyed watching the video. It is an unusual ensemble (to this newbie classical music listener) with no less than five Celos. And multiple harps. Should sound great on a real system as opposed to my laptop. The high frequency extension is something I enjoy when it makes its appearance in classical music. And this has a lot of it.

 

[Ronm1]

The dog was not pleased, but the cat was!

 

[Ian Moore]

The video is slightly distracting but the music has generated a lot of interesting comments. Thank you.

 

[FrantzM]

Hi

I tend to take a more lenient view of Music composers in general .. An example, we must not forget that some compostions from one of the greatest composer of Western Classical Music ( and IME The greatest), J.S. Bah Vocal pieces .. let me repeat this VOCAL from J.S. Bach were entirely forgotten by the time of his death and it took Felix Mendelssohn to interpret the St Matthew's Passion to start the Bach Revival ... We are talking about Bach here, Bach vocal compositions ... His very large output in Vocal was mentioned only in passing in his obituary just to give you an idea...

We can't tell with any degree of accuracy what will survive our present tastes and whims .. I do however believe that a few of my favorite contemporary composers may survive ... Aarvo Part, John Cage, Philip Glass, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, output will likely survive .. I am sure that John Williams output although although he's not seen as a Serious Classical composer by many, will survive too .. His "Jaws" and "Star Wars" theme will likely endure and pass the test of time ...

[video]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQyCkwAGoVChMIvdTE04O4xwIVgjg-Ch1FSAmw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZvC I-gNK_y4&ei=PvnVVb29O4Lx-AHFkKWACw&usg=AFQjCNFzyFYpqleANEJqK0YA2_4HWt8ZhA&sig2=COf9hzVP33JkynSg3RQy-A[/video]

 

[GaryProtein]

I am not a fan of atonal music despite the fact that my brother who has a PhD and my daughter who has a masters in music have both spent time explaining its attributes to me. There are rules to follow (just like in mixed martial arts where it looks like free for all) but I still don't enjoy it.

While this may sound very pedestrian, for me to really enjoy the music, there has to be parts I can hum.

 

[LL21]

Hi

I tend to take a more lenient view of Music composers in general .. An example, we must not forget that some compostions from one of the greatest composer of Western Classical Music ( and IME The greatest), J.S. Bah Vocal pieces .. let me repeat this VOCAL from J.S. Bach were entirely forgotten by the time of his death and it took Felix Mendelssohn to interpret the St Matthew's Passion to start the Bach Revival ... We are talking about Bach here, Bach vocal compositions ... His very large output in Vocal was mentioned only in passing in his obituary just to give you an idea...

We can't tell with any degree of accuracy what will survive our present tastes and whims .. I do however believe that a few of my favorite contemporary composers may survive ... Aarvo Part, John Cage, Philip Glass, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, output will likely survive .. I am sure that John Williams output although although he's not seen as a Serious Classical composer by many, will survive too .. His "Jaws" and "Star Wars" theme will likely endure and pass the test of time ...

[video]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQyCkwAGoVChMIvdTE04O4xwIVgjg-Ch1FSAmw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZvC I-gNK_y4&ei=PvnVVb29O4Lx-AHFkKWACw&usg=AFQjCNFzyFYpqleANEJqK0YA2_4HWt8ZhA&sig2=COf9hzVP33JkynSg3RQy-A[/video]

Interesting...i do like Copland, Penderecki, Philip Glass, Henryk Gorecki (I have 3 versions of his Symphony 3) and also John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore (LOTR soundtracks). I hope and think that Rodgers/Hammerstein, Lerner/Lowe, Gershwin, Bernstein etc will also endure.

 

[GaryProtein]

Hi

I tend to take a more lenient view of Music composers in general .. An example, we must not forget that some compostions from one of the greatest composer of Western Classical Music ( and IME The greatest), J.S. Bah Vocal pieces .. let me repeat this VOCAL from J.S. Bach were entirely forgotten by the time of his death and it took Felix Mendelssohn to interpret the St Matthew's Passion to start the Bach Revival ... We are talking about Bach here, Bach vocal compositions ... His very large output in Vocal was mentioned only in passing in his obituary just to give you an idea...

We can't tell with any degree of accuracy what will survive our present tastes and whims .. I do however believe that a few of my favorite contemporary composers may survive ... Aarvo Part, John Cage, Philip Glass, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, output will likely survive .. I am sure that John Williams output although although he's not seen as a Serious Classical composer by many, will survive too .. His "Jaws" and "Star Wars" theme will likely endure and pass the test of time ...

[video]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQyCkwAGoVChMIvdTE04O4xwIVgjg-Ch1FSAmw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZvC I-gNK_y4&ei=PvnVVb29O4Lx-AHFkKWACw&usg=AFQjCNFzyFYpqleANEJqK0YA2_4HWt8ZhA&sig2=COf9hzVP33JkynSg3RQy-A[/video]

I can tell you are sure John Cage will endure because you mentioned him twice!

 

[Al M.]

What do you think of this?

[video]https://youtu.be/e9782tg1CEU[/video]

Huge fan of contemporary 'classical' music. Love Pli Selon Pli.

We've had a thread here:

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?13414-Classical-Avantgarde

I have a Stockhausen webpage:

http://home.earthlink.net/~almoritz/stockhausenreviews.htm

While I love a huge amount of classical music (just listened to Shostakovich's 14th symphony, a stunner), as well as jazz and rock, Stockhausen is one of the three composers of all time whom I admire most. The other two are Bach and Beethoven.

 

[Joe Whip]

Not my cup of tea at all. Not a fan of atonal classical music at all.

 

[Al M.]

Hi

I tend to take a more lenient view of Music composers in general .. An example, we must not forget that some compostions from one of the greatest composer of Western Classical Music ( and IME The greatest), J.S. Bah Vocal pieces .. let me repeat this VOCAL from J.S. Bach were entirely forgotten by the time of his death and it took Felix Mendelssohn to interpret the St Matthew's Passion to start the Bach Revival ... We are talking about Bach here, Bach vocal compositions ... His very large output in Vocal was mentioned only in passing in his obituary just to give you an idea...

We can't tell with any degree of accuracy what will survive our present tastes and whims .. I do however believe that a few of my favorite contemporary composers may survive ... Aarvo Part, John Cage, Philip Glass, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, output will likely survive .. I am sure that John Williams output although although he's not seen as a Serious Classical composer by many, will survive too .. His "Jaws" and "Star Wars" theme will likely endure and pass the test of time ...

[video]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQyCkwAGoVChMIvdTE04O4xwIVgjg-Ch1FSAmw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZvC I-gNK_y4&ei=PvnVVb29O4Lx-AHFkKWACw&usg=AFQjCNFzyFYpqleANEJqK0YA2_4HWt8ZhA&sig2=COf9hzVP33JkynSg3RQy-A[/video]

Well said, Frantz.

 

[NorthStar]

The video is slightly distracting but the music has generated a lot of interesting comments. Thank you.

That blue color of that dress is a splendid blue, and the design very elegant. And it is an attractive and sexy lady inside that dress, no doubt about that.

? The music...yes the music and her singing...just listening and not concentrating on that dress; it is an acquired taste...one that one has to get accustomed to before fully appreciating. And I am not a person accustomed to the full measure of that style to truly appreciate...it takes a special mood in my opinion. ...It's another musical dimension for sure...very contemporary, avant-garde classical. For the mind to venture on those partition's notes it is not a given to everyone.

...It's also similar with acid jazz music, progressive jazz; not to everyone's equal taste. Me, I can get some (dig) but not constantly.

But it's cool that you shared with us and that you asked our opinion. ...Welcome Ian.

* I was exclusively commenting on that particular music piece from that youtube music video, because others like Arvo Part, Philip Glass, the Kronos Quartet, etc., yes I like, am a fan.

 

[GaryProtein]

I'm hoping atonal music will die a quiet death so future generations don't realize how music has degenerated in the 20th century.

 

[slowGEEZR]

I made through about thirty seconds of the video. Not for me, had me wincing almost immediately.