I've been listening to John Adam's
Doctor Atomic. The harmony is grey, driven by ostinati. The orchestration is effective but not colorful. The story doesn't grab me. It may be a brilliant piece, an example of what Messiaen would call a "dark" masterpiece. I may be blinded by sour grapes from not getting the same opportunity to premiere a large work in a major center but yet, I'm bored. It's the Elliott Carter syndrome: I feel I should like EC's music but I don't. Somehow I feel I should…
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Alas, I have no CD and only a very small handful of performances to report.
some day!
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unfortunately ,even after 30 plus years of composing and music making i still have no CDs out and am somewhat at a loss as to what to do about it....anyway, best luck to you and your creative endeavors. daniel
I love the idea of trading CDs with other artists.
I hope you'll be able to attend. Please pass information about the event around to as many of your friends as possible. And send them to the website: www.bigearsfestival.com for complete information.
Thanks again for your interest and encouragement.
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I did indeed get your music, but I've remiss in mentioning it here (except on Twitter). So far, I've listened to Sonatas 1 & 7. I particularly enjoyed 7, which I hear in relation to the idea of the Eternal Moment, though in quite different terms than the ones I employ. I really like the way the material spins out in its own time, plenty of room to breathe. Great stuff. Just one (really, one-and-a-half) listens so far, but I'll be listening to it again for sure.
Coincidently, I started listening to your Bach Partitas as I drove to work today, and I'm enjoying them. It's an austere rendering, with a lot of clarity.
(On a different subject, re Adam Frey's comment below, the Ives is great, but my choice for a best case for microtonal music would be the Kepler Quartet's recording of Ben Johnston's String Quartets 2, 3, 4 & 9. One of my favorite string quartet recordings ever.)
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