It's Modern Classical Week! Classical Foreverrrrrrr!

Zaqarbal · 11-29-2011, 01:21 PM

A very broad genre, indeed. So many subgenres, musicians, instruments....

I love Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (1935) and Peter and the Wolf (1936):

musiclistsareus · 11-30-2011, 03:00 AM

I like Eric Whitacre's choral compositions-particularly his work with the Virtual Choir. Check it out on youtube.

Zaqarbal · 12-01-2011, 05:28 AM

Two more heavyweights:

*Gustav Holst: The Planets (1918). I like that connection Planets' names --> Classical mythology --> Classical music.

*George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (1924). Here, piano is played by Leonard Bernstein (which should be mentioned in this thread too):

MoonlitSunshine · 12-01-2011, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by musiclistsareus

I like Eric Whitacre's choral compositions-particularly his work with the Virtual Choir. Check it out on youtube.

They're also incredible fun to sing - virtually all his pieces have 3rd bass lines down in the gutteral depths of the range, and it's the same up the higher end. They give singers a chance to sing in registers they don't necessarily hit :P

starrynight · 12-10-2011, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

A very broad genre, indeed. So many subgenres, musicians, instruments....

As it's defined here I think it's way too broad. Anything from over 20 years ago I would struggle to label as modern in the usual sense.

Even now of course there is a wide variety of things, often crossing over with musicians from popular music (from jazz, 'rock', world music, electronica etc).

11-29-2011, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	A very broad genre, indeed. So many subgenres, musicians, instruments.... I love Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (1935) and Peter and the Wolf (1936): __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."

11-30-2011, 03:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
musiclistsareus Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 64	modern classical I like Eric Whitacre's choral compositions-particularly his work with the Virtual Choir. Check it out on youtube.

12-01-2011, 05:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	Two more heavyweights: *Gustav Holst: The Planets (1918). I like that connection Planets' names --> Classical mythology --> Classical music. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue* (1924). Here, piano is played by Leonard Bernstein (which should be mentioned in this thread too): __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."