Comments on: The Lover for Criers http://www.afarcry.org/?p=809 Boston's premiere heptadectet Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:18:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Boston Music Review: A Far Cry, The Lover | Boston lowbrow http://www.afarcry.org/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-11594 Boston Music Review: A Far Cry, The Lover | Boston lowbrow Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:25:29 +0000 http://www.afarcry.org/?p=809#comment-11594 [...] Far Cry has some interesting notes up on their prep for the [...] [...] Far Cry has some interesting notes up on their prep for the [...]

]]> By: Sage http://www.afarcry.org/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-11392 Sage Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:32:44 +0000 http://www.afarcry.org/?p=809#comment-11392 Wow. I love the notes on Ginastera. I found this piece amazing and I am very thankful to you for bringing it alive with such passion. I agree about the important of microtones, always have, and think Western music is often limited by adherence to the integers: "However, Ginastera shows his dedication to beauty in the Western harmonic sense, by choosing to adjust the row in its vertical relationship to the other voices when he wishes- never bound by the 12 tone row in an academic sense." I sensed it was a 12-tone rule at work but still thought it was not slavish. I think 12-tone can be as restrictive as the things it tries to escape. I loved the fervor of the machine-gun passages and the sighs and ruminations of the quiet passages on solo instruments. I loved the melodiousness though my friends found it hard to follow. It's apparently not for everyone but I think it was not too "modern" to be wonderful. Nearly made me cry at times. If you need something else made out of wood, I would love to build it for you so I can keep going to your shows. With admiration, Sage the Carpenter Wow. I love the notes on Ginastera. I found this piece amazing and I am very thankful to you for bringing it alive with such passion. I agree about the important of microtones, always have, and think Western music is often limited by adherence to the integers:

“However, Ginastera shows his dedication to beauty in the Western harmonic sense, by choosing to adjust the row in its vertical relationship to the other voices when he wishes- never bound by the 12 tone row in an academic sense.”

I sensed it was a 12-tone rule at work but still thought it was not slavish. I think 12-tone can be as restrictive as the things it tries to escape.

I loved the fervor of the machine-gun passages and the sighs and ruminations of the quiet passages on solo instruments. I loved the melodiousness though my friends found it hard to follow. It’s apparently not for everyone but I think it was not too “modern” to be wonderful. Nearly made me cry at times.

If you need something else made out of wood, I would love to build it for you so I can keep going to your shows.

With admiration,
Sage the Carpenter

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