On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:21:41 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 9/26/2016 4:11 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Sergey Prokofiev
> 
> 
> Run away with your fingers in your ears.

That piece was quite loud, yes.  There was a familiar movement - the 
March - but yeah, quite dissonant.

> Don't like modern classical. :(((((

I've been surprised by a few modern pieces - Gabriel Prokofiev's piece 
made heavy use of syncopation, but it wasn't just loud.  It was pretty 
nuanced, if highly complex.

I was very surprised last year by Giya Kancheli's Nu.Mu.Zu. - we saw a 
premiere performance of that as well, and it was incredible.

http://www.seattlesymphony.org/about/newsroom/pressrelease/
kanchelistreamingdownload

That recording was made from our performance, as I recall - but it does 
lose something when listening to a recorded version.  The most intense 
parts, actually, were the completely silent parts.

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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