Thank you! one of my favorite pieces in the set. The jazz quotation at the end seamlessly falling back into the Feldmanesque motifs is so great. I love how Curran treats "genre" as a sort of sound object, similar to ideas from musique concrete. His early solo works like Light Flowers, Dark Flowers is an amazing example of the use of these ideas, where each sound world/object immediately triggers ready-made associations, but still flows musically.
I'm not sure where you would even begin to draw that comparison and I can only conclude that you have had very little exposure to minimalism or say, Morton Feldman's music to make it. This music is by an American and very much in line with styles associated with mid-20th century America. Shostakovich's 4th symphony was by a Russian and very much in line with the traditions of Russian symphonic music of that era. Compare that to say this: ruclips.net/video/46X7s2T93XY/видео.html And I think it's pretty clear where the influences are coming from
There's something mesmerising in the simplicity of the melody. Love it!
Thank you! one of my favorite pieces in the set. The jazz quotation at the end seamlessly falling back into the Feldmanesque motifs is so great. I love how Curran treats "genre" as a sort of sound object, similar to ideas from musique concrete. His early solo works like Light Flowers, Dark Flowers is an amazing example of the use of these ideas, where each sound world/object immediately triggers ready-made associations, but still flows musically.
Enjoyable, but music like this really makes you appreciate the magic of how much better Feldman did this style.
...a belated American response to the coda of Shostakovich 4?
I'm not sure where you would even begin to draw that comparison and I can only conclude that you have had very little exposure to minimalism or say, Morton Feldman's music to make it. This music is by an American and very much in line with styles associated with mid-20th century America. Shostakovich's 4th symphony was by a Russian and very much in line with the traditions of Russian symphonic music of that era.
Compare that to say this: ruclips.net/video/46X7s2T93XY/видео.html
And I think it's pretty clear where the influences are coming from