Carnegie Hall via Wikipedia
In the previous episode, Bruce Brubaker reports he has a new recording of piano music by William Duckworth and Philip Glass. (PianoMorphosis aworks)
Brubaker also notes that listeners of his music download other particular artists. My comments on his list:
- Radiohead. I'm not yet to the point of needing medication but yes, I'm pretty much obsessed with Radiohead. I did give up on my project to rank Radiohead tracks from 1 to n.
- Death Cab for Cutie. Not so interested.
- Carl Craig. Vaguely know who this is.
- Aphex Twin. Fifteen months after being rear-ended on 101 while listening to this music, I still have an aversion to it. Though, kudos to the California Highway Patrol, Allstate Insurance, and even the guy who hit me after he suggested I move away from traffic and get back into my car, given my stunned state.
- Mozart as played by Radu Lupu. My one and only visit to Carnegie Hall was to hear Lupu play Chopin. Peak experience.
Of William Duckworth's work:
On the minimalist side, the Preludes are spare and meditative, each pursuing a single rhythmic figure to the end. With the exception of moody Prelude No. 6, however, none are literally repetitive. Every one is grounded by drones, a device minimalism picked up from Indian music. Rather than hum consistently, though, the drones appear and disappear, shift delicately from pitch to pitch, and define each prelude’s rhythmic backbone. (DRAM)
and if i were 30 years younger and/or didn't have a mortgage, i'd probably respond to brubaker's craigslist ad.
My then-boyfriend had that very experience with Stimmung by Karlheinz Stockhausen. That's the disc that was playing in his car when he lost control in the rain and smashed into the center divider on his way to visit me, and now he hates it more than any other piece of music.
Posted by: Dan Johnson | June 20, 2009 at 06:22 AM