Friday, January 11, 2019

So You Saw Turangalila


So you went to the BSO last night and loved Turangalila and maybe you're looking for other mid-to-late 20th century megaliths that include everything in the heavens and the earth. One per composer...
Rued Langgaard - Music of the Spheres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgwJnTZWfLI&t=4s
Alfred Schnittke - 1st symphony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVpCGPY4bWM
Krzystopf Penderecki - 7th Symphony 'The Seven Gates of Jerusalem':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaGqGEr2-dE
James MacMillan - Quickening:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVrD-Y9H08
Osvaldo Golijov - La Pasion Segun San Marcos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Alberto Ginastera - Turbae ad Passionem Gregorianem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYesfutPk8Y
Hans Werner Henze - Phaedra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvaV9szNTFQ
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Rasputin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoNB8jbnuwo
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Forest of the Amazon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-vVjUo0Mg
Bohuslav Martinu - The Greek Passion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJQLy0imMo
Sofia Gubaidulina - Canticle of the Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faAsqEubdAo
Benjamin Britten - War Requiem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=625WOYzdvFw
Charles Ives - Symphony no. 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMT_EGXQwyk
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 'Babi Yar': https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Karol Szymanowski - King Roger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3SGLFTEelY
And last but oh my god not least:
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Licht:
Plus 10 other pieces by Messiaen for both orchestra and/or organ and/or chorus, dozens of others by these same composers, and god knows how many others I missed (I'm on vacation and still pissed about missing Turangalila). Now let's start twisting the arms of the BSO to get this shit performed
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