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| From | Christopher <plattc@optonline.net> |
| Subject | Re: classical music recommendations? |
| Date | Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:54:48 -0500 |
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Stewart Mason wrote:
> In Europe beginning in the '70s and '80s, there developed a small group of
> composers who were recognizably, you know, proper serious composers, but
> who were also influenced by pop music, and worked comfortably alongside
> that tradition, using electronics and amplified instruments alongside the
> usual pianos and violins and getting their records released on little
> rock-oriented indie labels like Virgin and Editions EG and Les Disques du
> Crepuscle: Michael Nyman, Gavin Bryars, Wim Mertens (who began his career
> with a chamber music ensemble called Soft Verdict), Andrew Poppy (ditto
> with The Lost Jockey), several others. All of that stuff is of interest
> to
> anyone who likes 20th century composers.
And in an interesting converse of that, back in the early 90's, Polish
composer Henryk Gorecki had a massive (by classical standards) popular "hit"
with his 3rd Symphony. Very much of the eastern mystical/minimalist school
espoused most notably by Arvo Paert. Very intense and moving stuff.
Christopher
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