In Reply to: Okay ... a question posted by Amphissa on July 24, 2016 at 12:21:55:
We're living in a time, after all, when composers such as Adès and Abrahamsen (the Danish composer whose orchestral song cycle "Let Me Tell You" is one of the towering accomplishments of the past decade) are creating vivid and eloquent new works on a regular basis.
We're watching the great Finnish triumvirate of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho move into a confident period of middle-aged maturity, while a younger generation of Americans (including Mason Bates, Andrew Norman, Christopher Cerrone, Caroline Shaw and Nico Muhly. . .
You know. . . the GREATS, (with their TOWERING ACCOMPLISHMENTS)!
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Follow Ups
- They're in the article - Chris from Lafayette 18:59:33 07/24/16 (11)
- RE: They're in the article - rbolaw 19:26:22 07/24/16 (2)
- Thanks! - Amphissa 16:08:08 07/25/16 (0)
- Fair enough - I don't have any problem with what you said [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 19:54:48 07/24/16 (0)
- Chris, why do you so hate anything past Rachmaninoff? - oldmkvi 19:07:52 07/24/16 (7)
- Fair question - Chris from Lafayette 19:52:53 07/24/16 (6)
- RE: Fair question -- How bout B. Britten? (nt) - goldenthal 01:32:31 08/01/16 (0)
- RE: Fair question - hesson11 21:23:50 07/24/16 (4)
- Yes, reaction -- and reflection too. - rbolaw 06:30:13 07/25/16 (2)
- 'who are ultimately crowned "great artists" with "towering achievements"' - Chris from Lafayette 09:08:15 07/25/16 (1)
- I'm a fan of Jerry Goldsmith, as I've mentioned here before. nt - rbolaw 09:50:04 07/25/16 (0)
- Sure - historical dialectics in music have occured in the past, so why not in the 20th C. [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:17:03 07/25/16 (0)