6 x Radio
The playlist clearing out my head tonight:
It's occurring to me, halfway through the show as I type this, that these pieces are unified in all being somewhwat more abrasive than I tend to remember them in my mind's ear. So I mean that thing about the playlist clearing out my head.
Christopher Rouse: Bump (1984) for orchestraI know I've mentioned this in passing before, but Rouse's Second Symphony is a legit modern masterpiece.
Silvestre Revueltas: Ocho por Radio (1933) for chamber ensemble
Henry Brant: Ghosts and Gargoyles (2001) for flute choir
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 1 (1917)
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Action-Passion-Illusion (1993) for string orchestra
Rouse: Symphony no. 2 (1994)
It's occurring to me, halfway through the show as I type this, that these pieces are unified in all being somewhwat more abrasive than I tend to remember them in my mind's ear. So I mean that thing about the playlist clearing out my head.
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But is it enough to balance out all the legitimate suckterpiece's also inflicted upon contemporary music by Rouse?
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