[justekaia]

https://soundcloud.com/kory-reeder-music%2Fdont-just-sit-there-and-pretend-everythings-fine

 

[justekaia]

 

[Simon Moon]

Now this is a thread I can sink my teeth into!

A bunch of new composers to me. That's why I originally joined TC, to find new music.

I will be doing a lot of listening to this thread over the weekend.

THANKS!

 

[justekaia]

GENERAL COMMENTS
Plse post general comments about the thread here.

 

[mikeh375]

@justekaia this is a neat thread, well done. I've only listened to Reeder's Trio and quartet above so far but thought it worth mentioning for any curious TC'ers that the trio is an easy, relaxing, concordant and friendly listen. The quartet in post 61 is also to my ears at least, user friendly. A little more gritty and esoteric in language than the trio, but still in the main, gentle and expressive until the climactic moments later on where dissonance and a timbral aggression become dominant. Even so, the music is easily comprehended and well worth a listen for adventurous yet still conservative ears imo.

 

[bagpipers]

https://soundcloud.com/marina-khorkova%2Fstring-quartet-2010-1

Very creative ,I like it ,I'll have to listen more to her!

 

[starthrower]

Thanks for this interesting thread. You've put a lot of work into this so I hope many here will take the time to read and listen. I started with Verge, for 18 solo strings by Lei Liang. I am a fan of this type of aggressive and exciting writing for strings so this piece is very much to my liking. I look forward to listening to more pieces by all of the composers here.

 

[mikeh375]

I've listened to Cerrone's 'The Air Suspended' this am.
I like the composer's concept drawn from techniques I recognise from using a DAW and its plug-ins. Although very straight forward and minimilist harmonically and rhythmically speaking, there is some striking invention. For example, the simple and much used G major to B minor harmony from 2'30" cf has a fresh sound thanks to some imaginative and quirky scoring. The C minor section at 12' came just in time for me as a balm to the agressive looping cresecendos of major seconds. Overall, an enjoyable and even memorable listen and the end climactic build was quite effective too.

 

[mikeh375]

More timbral imagination for some relatively simple pan diatonic -ish harmonic language. Having only heard two of his pieces so far, the emphasis on the timbral within this harmonic simplicity seems to be a trait. Minimalism is again in evidence with rhythmic repitition and although I'm personally not a total fan of lots and lots of repetition, I do like this composers dynamic and timbral contrasts which often hit suddenly and to good effect.
He also has a knack of making a major triad sound quite unique at times which is cool.

 

[justekaia]

Kory Reeder's Codex Praxis (2019) played by Ensemble Kymatic in a live performance in Armenia.

 

[mikeh375]

I had a listen to 'Scintilla' and 'Megh Malar ' by Egidija Medeksaite.
'Scintilla' had the approach of an orchestral New Age synth piece to my ears with some interesting textures. I particularly loved the change at around 4'50" which came just in time for me. The 4tet was texturally cool and from the programme notes quite a poetic and vivd imagining. Musically for me, the mostly static pan-diatonicism was a bit too long in both pieces, but that crescendo at the end of the 4tet was amazing and powerful, coming as it did from a very quiet and delicate place.
Although I don't particularly go for long looped and repetitive music, I can see the appeal of such techniques and these two works are very user friendly tonally speaking imo, especially if one is in a contemplative mood.

 

[composingmusic]

This is a really cool thread, thank you. I'm familiar with Martinaitytė's work and Cerrone's work, but there's a few names I'm not as familiar with (including Reeder). Looking forward to taking a closer listen!

 

[mikeh375]

It's such a shame the OP is now banned, I enjoyed her curating and she introduced me to many new works and composers.

 

[verandai]

Well, it's a little late now - but I also wanted to say thanks a lot!

I wanted to write a more refined response - but for that I would need more time (I'm quite a newbie at contemporary music). So far I just marked the pieces I found interesting and/or liked.

Thanks again! Hope they can work this one out somehow and undo the ban

 

[Highwayman]

Fortunately I was able to express my gratitude for this thread and OP`s overall contribution to TC via PM. I don`t know if OP will be back or not but I know I`ll be coming back to this thread quite a lot in the future.

A sad day for contemporary music lovers of TC...

 

[hammeredklavier]

A sad day for contemporary music lovers of TC...

Don't worry, it's not permanent. You can tell by clicking on his profile. If it's permanent, it will say "the page doesn't exist."

 

[tortkis]

I hope it is a temporary ban and the project will continue. This thread is unique and very valuable for prominent contemporary composers share comments on their selected works, specially for TC.

My favorites so far among these composers are Medeksaite, Cerrone and Reeder (though I have not yet finished listening to the >9-hour long highlighted work, A Timeshare), and I am checking other composers' music. Joan Magrané Figuera looks very interesting. I like the music of his teacher Ramon Humet.

I love Medeksaite but Malakosha was surprising for the use of Russolo's noise instrument Intonarumori with the pleasant, Reich-like minimal ensemble. A wonderful piece.

 

[eljr]

Don't worry, it's not permanent. You can tell by clicking on his profile. If it's permanent, it will say "the page doesn't exist."

Very good news!

 

[justekaia]

Breaks and breaks, a concerto for violin by Christopher Cerrone (1984).

 

[justekaia]

Lei Liang's Lakescape IV