George Rochberg's Electrikaleidoscope, with its amplified ensemble of flute, clarinet, cello, piano and electronic piano, is an artifact of the Seventies. From a Village Voice review:
Though this piece has its amusing moments and seems tongue-in-cheek for a while, it leaves one with the impression that a serious statement has been made. Throughout the work the composer never stands above the traditions he is referring to, taking potshots at them, but relates to each one on a sincere level, employing his own astute craftsmanship to make his own kind of Beethoven and his own kind of rock… sensitive, carefully crafted.
I doubt this will be played on classic rock radio, though.
listening log:
- Jay Cloidt - Dark Matter
- Jacamin (2001)
- Exploded View: "Industrial" (2001)
- Ivan Ilic - The Transcendentalist
- Music Without Metaphor (2013). Scott Wollschleger
- Palais de Mari (1986). Morton Feldman
- Dream (1948). John Cage
- In a Landscape (1948). John Cage
- Christopher Kendall - 20th Century Consort
- Electrikaleidoscope (1972). George Rochberg
- Detroit Chamber Winds And Friends - Ives: Unanswered Question; Circus Band March; Tone Roads Nos. 1 & 3; Romanza Di Central Park And Others
- Calcium Light Night (1922). Charles Ives
- Ann Street (1921). Charles Ives
- Hallowe'en (1907). Charles Ives
- Ivo Kaltchev - Charles Griffes - Piano Music
- The Fountain of Acqua Paola (1916)
- Nightfall (1916)
- The White Peacock (1915)
- The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Kan (1912/15)
