Yes, I did it a while ago, but couldn't get permission to use the recording, and had to take it down. I'm still working with EMI to get the permission stuff sorted out with this one; we'll see.
I've never played bassoon, but that had to be tedious and tiring. I did play clarinet, though. I would imagine that would have been a little easier. I can picture these guys in their sleep with their fingers twitching to those sequences. :-) Loved the music. Never heard it before.
The only hard part, imo, is just the timing. It's septuplets, which is why it sounds hard, is cause it's an odd rhythmic pattern that most people dont play everyday.
I got permission from EMI Classics to make videos using their recordings. I'm not sure of all the details yet, but I wanted to do this piece, so I'm giving it a try. We will see whether it works out. The lines connect notes which are at the same pitch (horizontal) or the same time (vertical). I just thought it looked cool.
I've experimented with that, and found it much less effective. If you want to get a sense of it, just cover up the right-hand side of the video. If you're like me, you'll have much more trouble understanding what's going on.
Ligeti is amazing! In case you didn't know, this is an arrangement of his Musica Ricercata #7. The other 10 movements of Musica Ricercata are very interesting. They all have note restrictions (the first movement is based entirely on the notes A and D, for example). Several pieces from that suite are not technically challenging and would make for interesting animations due to their note limitations.
The recording I used first (which was the first recording of it I heard) was by the Westwood Wind Quintet, Crystal Records CD750. If you buy the CD, tell Peter I sent you. :-)
I need a score, permission from the holder of the copyright to the composition, a recording, and permission from the holder of the copyright of the recording.
I'm agree with LukePluto, atonal music is lacking.. I will be very interesting and pedagogic if the animation would show a few elements of structure. What exactly do you need to share this music ? What kind of authorization do you need ?
wow this really adds to the appreciation of how well constructed this piece is. the rhytmic counterpoint is so satisfying, it feels like looking at visualised polythytms
Great piece and great visualization, as usual! But didn't you do this song a long time ago? (Perhaps with a different recording?) I clearly remember seeing a visualization of it that looked quite similar to this. Did you delete it, or am I just going crazy?
