György Ligeti
You all know that I am a big fan of lists. Today I am sharing with you five of my most favorite orchestra pieces. Let me know how your list would look like!
- Luciano Berio: Sinfonia
Wikipedia | Amazon | iTunes - Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen
Wikipedia | Amazon - Iannis Xenakis: Metastasis
Wikipedia | Amazon | iTunes - Georg Friedrich Haas: In Vain
Wikipedia | Amazon - György Ligeti: Atmospheres
Wikipedia | Amazon | iTunes
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Funny, I clicked on the link expecting to see a list of orchestral works premiered or written in the past 10-15 years. Can we really call these works contemporary if (except for the Haas) there are between 30 and 50 years old?
Good point!
I think, however, that apart from a few musicians, musicologists, and composers most people consider music by Stockhausen, Ligeti, and Xenakis to be “contemporary music.” It seems to be more like a genre tag than a chronology issue, I think.
Might there be a difference between the terminology that we professionals use and the terms that the wider public uses?
Muss ich drüber nachdenken. Ist plötzlich schwer. Einfache Antwort, aber falsch, wäre:
Fünf Stücke für Orchester op. 16 von Schönberg. 1 bis 5. ;-)
Pushing things a little more towards the contemporary, and off the top of my head, how about:
Lachenmann: Kontrakadenz
Barrett: Vanity
Murail: Disintégrations
Holliger: COncErto?…cErtO!
Spahlinger: Passage/Paysage