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Today, he came to give a talk in my composition forum. Super interesting person and a genius creative. His work explores a lot of a grey area between music and theater. This specific piece left an impression on me during his presentation.
https://youtu.be/EV2lUyZj4XE?si=I1q6z7Sjb5w4yI2R
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if music was an organism that evolves into a web of kaleidoscopic limbs, changing colors depending on the performer.
On this snow day I think we can use a little color so I made you a playlist of the three movements performed by Kosuke Hashizume, Jonny Greenwood, and Mats Bergström.
hope it can help keep you warm x
Jan 16, 2024
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I’m in a little Glenn Branca phase right now. Sometimes his pieces are too much. This video is probably my favorite performance of his. I like the way he ‘conducts’ the guitar orchestra like it’s a dance. His convulsions are similar to kids slam dancing to hardcore; the same way his pieces are like elongated punk songs. Also he’s from my hometown of Harrisburg, PA.
Jan 18, 2024
A cinematic performance of Pēteris Vasks’s Vox Amoris, Bach’s “Ich ruf zu dir”, and Arnold Schoenberg’s “Verklärte Nacht by the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Discovered it on Kanopy but can’t find the full thing anywhere else for free. They have Vox Amoris on YouTube (linked).
Played it while making breakfast this morning. It deserved more of my attention but part of the total enjoyment was seeing which moments in the compositions caught me and pulled me out of my daily motions. It was my first time hearing Vox Amoris (a composition written for the violinist Richard Tognetti and ACO) and it moved me to wet wet tears while I scrambled my eggs.
It had also been awhile since I listened to Verklärte Nacht / Transfigured Night in its entirety. Truthfully, for a while, the Spotify-ication of my brain rendered me unable to listen to a full album or composition and I would just skip to IV Sehr breit und langsam because it left a mark on me. Listening to it in full again, I almost felt ashamed that I had been circumventing the story, jumping to the chapter I liked, and limiting myself to being moved rather than transformed. It is, after all, about the redemptive power of love. We can’t be redeemed if we’re unwilling to become something new.
“You have brought the glow into me,
You have made me like a child myself.”
Feb 17, 2025
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This method has led me to meet so many great people!
Jan 28, 2024
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Maybe a little biased because it’s my band. Yeah, I am really proud of this one. If you have a free 5 minutes, give it a listen.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1OhIZAvYJATMcGCRrfifJ0?si=m1hTA2HPQPalnJ-TES85mg
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/your-eyes/1699443609?i=1699443613
Jan 19, 2024
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I’m angry!
Jan 24, 2024