we played a similar piece in band class in school called, ''Towers'', the parents in the audience had no clue what we were doing, it was one the most 'musical' moments in my life.
This is creepy...i once lest my music player on and went away for a bit when i came back i was greeted by this track. I could feel my heart dropped to my stomach lol..
semplicemente magnifico, l’armonia tra le voci mi ha teletrasportato in un mondo che probabilmente mai più rivedro. In conclusione si può dire che è na merda
Well, this must be one of the most difficult vocal pieces ever. Imagine trying to interpret real tuned notes in so many diverse feelings, such as tense, urgent, wistful, tender etc etc, plus all the sound effects, clicking, echoing etc and also at the same time pronouncing all the actual words and vowels. Extremely difficult. Anybody who can perform this piece with meaning, can probably do everything else competently on down.
I feel Berio succeeds where a lot of other experimental composers fail. He has an incredible variety of ideas and he executes them well, and the virtuosity require to perform this piece is appreciable. I do think you really need to read the score as you listen to really enjoy it, though.
I came here to comment "oh yeah this is a REAL toe tapper" but I got here too late Either way I'm grabbing my tap shoes and trying to do this... Because I loathe myself...
I heard this work performed live in Madrid in 2000 or 2001, along with all the other Sequenze in two back-to-back concerts. It was sung by the Spanish soprano and composer Pilar Jurado. The intensity of the performance (live) drove me to tears, and it also happened with the Sequenza for trombone and the one for bassoon. There's a great difference between listening to this music on recordings and actually experiencing it in the concert hall.
Michel Angstadt This is absolutely true. Never turn down opportunities to see pieces of music which you might not like on record. I saw Ligeti's "mysteries of the macabre" performed a few weeks back. Earlier, I had heard it on a recording, but I didn't get it at all (I didn't really like it). But when I saw it, it was one of the most exhilarating and fantastic pieces of music I've seen/heard! It's all better live!
I like it; it's really weird but appealing like some of Pink Floyd's weirdest stuff, or Frank Zappa's. I'm very impressed with the way the woman makes her vocal chords go all over the place.
Classic piece. I love this. Inspired by Berio listening to his wife warming up her voice in the bathroom. As a singer, I can hear so many good technical exercises in this piece yet in a beautiful, elegant manner. An empowering piece for anyone to listen to. It's about female empowerment too: the power to be different. To use the full capabilities of the voice. The human voice is the most diverse and phenomenal instrument on this earth. Love and peace.
I actually feel quite similar to you about some contemporary-classical music, but I love this Berio piece: it just expresses the full range of human emotion and it really showcases the broad plethora of sounds the female voice can produce.
while not being 'surrealist' per-se, the following pieces are more what is categorised as modern + post-modern; avant-garde and abstractionist. it is important to remember the time at which they are writing, when you listen; most European composers were inspired by WWI + WWII and as such their music is often very abrasive and intense, like Guernica by Picasso; at the same time it is very intellectual, experimental and could be described as l'art pour l'art. i will post pieces in comment below:
+Giovanni Smartini On fait ça en musique on écoute ça et je suis peter de rire !! #MonsieurSanchez dedi si tu voit mon commentaire x)) (mon prof de zik)
