Friday, March 30, 2012

Surprisingly good

In general, I'm not big on music that combines relatively conventional forms with weird melodic and harmonic content or instrumentation, but an organ concerto with an "orchestra" made up of piano, celeste, and a whole bunch of percussion is just so far out there it works surprisingly well. The 1st movement is (I think) more or less sonata-allegro, the 3rd movement is something like a theme-and-variations slow movement , and the finale is close enough to a rondo.

Also. Is all of the music on youtube now? I think this is a pretty obscure piece, and a quick search popped up at least 2 versions.

Oh, I take it back, the other piece I heard tonight (a setting of 2 James Joyce poems) isn't there. Shame on you, internet.

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