The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #120453   Message #2620145
Posted By: katlaughing
27-Apr-09 - 10:34 PM
Thread Name: Contemporary Classical Bob Dylan
Subject: RE: Contemporary Classical Bob Dylan
It worked fine in firefox for me, too.

I tried to listen to the symphony. More pretentious crap of little skill. I've had to play that kind of crap when in orchestra and it is just as bad to play it as to listen to it. There is no skill in "composing" such so-called music.

I am working on the first video of one of my brother's pieces, a tone poem called Ode to the Rockies...when I get it done, I'll post a link. Then you may hear a work of a real, very skilled modern composer who does not sacrifice tonality and does not equate "new" with shock value. It is my hope we will be getting his symphonies done electronically soon, too. Once I get the Ode up, I will be doing more videos using excerpts from his piano works including a medley of themes from his piano concertos that will knock your socks off. When he writes, he doesn't go looking for somebody else's words, either. His Second Symphony was written entirely by him for orchestra, full chorus and soloists. He is working on a opera of the southwest, now, doing his own libretto. He also does all of his own very distinctive orchestration.

If I sound like a bit of a rant, it's probably because I get frustrated at the pretentious ones who are held up as some sort of standard.

Carol, I did see the humour, just couldn't last for listening to it. i'd love to hear the Mighty Wind group do something like it, though. They wouldn't have to stray very far from the truth of this crap, though.

kat