Beauty is in the ear of the beholder. Some will love this music while others will find it boring or even annoying. The 20th century left us wondering what it is that we consider to be music. For hundreds of years we all knew what music was supposed to do in the European tradition. Now the sky is the limit. This is a piece that Bryce derived from a game in his mind. Watching him tickle his guitar made me wonder what life is all about.
@flyaway66465 ай бұрын
Art is the very exsistence itself, experienced through 5 senses. Indeed if we look at it from the perspective of god the creator we are art inside an art. A variable value let's say. There is no limit in structure and form, since the creation of god is vast and infinite and always changing.
@JudgeFreddАй бұрын
Beautiful
@lucasbretels4 жыл бұрын
I love this piece! Thanks for sharing. Merci.
@agustinavarece4 жыл бұрын
Oh my god. I'm sorry i can't watch pretty much of the video because my eyes's will is to remain closed . Healing.
@janh12154 жыл бұрын
Sorry but this is in the mold of most ambient / new age music out there. Earcandy, not bad, but almost instantaneously forgottable.
@jtchapman012 жыл бұрын
Beautiful piece
@marcellodantedealmeidanune94456 ай бұрын
A presença do autor em parceria com Chistelle nas guitarras, deu um toque especial nessa apresentação sob a batuta do competente Pintscher. Uma bela e criativa obra "minimalista" contemporânea.
@victorgrauer58344 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the screwdriver handle on the guitar string. How intercontemporianian.
@barbarasmith6005 Жыл бұрын
Every orchestra should have a screw driver handle on the guitar string.
@flyaway6646 Жыл бұрын
It was done by GY!BE first.
@inspirationallife83445 жыл бұрын
On ne sent pas que le compositeur s est depasse pour ecrire ca. Dommage qu il y ait tant de compositeurs peu connu du public qui meriterait la chance de travailler avec un orchestre de ce calibre
@meussieu460 Жыл бұрын
Putain y'a des trolls même ici... Monde de merde... À moins que ça soit un vrai débile... Ce qui est tout aussi triste.
@dallexandro4 жыл бұрын
a modest thing...
@AntonKuznetsovMusic7 жыл бұрын
Have to mention that the image quality is exceptional in this one. Who shot the video and did the editing?
@ensembleinter7 жыл бұрын
Thanks ! shooting and editing was made by David Ctiborsky for the Blogothèque
@spcfsu111 ай бұрын
Les musiciens s'ennuient comme des rats morts, et nous avec. On dirait littéralement une pièce d'un étudiant en composition qui n'a jamais écouté de musique contemporaine de sa vie, mais essaie de rajouter quelques effets dans une musique platement tonale pour donner le change. Quelle chance une telle pièce aurait-elle d'être jouée par un ensemble aussi prestigieux si le compositeur n'était pas le guitariste de The National ?
@muslit5 жыл бұрын
pierre is rolling in his grave
@Woolookologie4 жыл бұрын
Yes, he probably wouldn't have enjoyed this... but I do for sure!
@Baribrotzer4 жыл бұрын
I don't know - by the end of his life, he probably realized that the serialism he championed was bound to give rise to a reaction, because all artistic movements do. And the biggest reaction was classical Minimalism - a back-to-basics movement as extreme as serialism.
@mmmuscraft55583 жыл бұрын
Baribrotzer exactly! this is why this stuff is so anachronistic and by the same token uninteresting. I prefer Steve Reich for that matter. I do not see why Music for 18 musicians would be some sort of "back to basics". Boulez was at a very high standard of musicianship, I do not think anyone here could even try to stand and reach. If this guy here was of the caliber of any of the main serialist figures, Stockhausen, Nono, Babbitt, Berio, and of course Boulez, or of any of the main figures of Minimalism such as Glass, Young, Adams, and Riley we would already know. This is merely anecdotical, just as so many things happening around the contemporary production of the late few years.
@psijicassassin7166 Жыл бұрын
Boulez hated the repetitiveness Minimailism glorifies, and the prepared sounds of John Cage who he hated. Thank you for desecrating that demagogue's lifelong principles and memory. Hats off, EI!
@4980cbs6 күн бұрын
@@BaribrotzerMinimalism is basically stupid, repetitive and cloying, good for people with no brain to really enjoy great music. Sorry.
@sammyll08Ай бұрын
It just does not work and nothing to really catch our memory afterwards. (Ironically, the most interesting (very short) passages are without the electric guitar.)
@MarkDarnell-cq2wy Жыл бұрын
Honestly - for an ensemble that has been associated with Boulez, Dutilleaux, Varese, Messiaen, and even Frank Zappa - this static Fog music must be Mind-numbing!
@jesusmauryvargas89714 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to be the 421th like on this video -that surely breaks something, it's 04/20/2020- but this is seriously amazing!
@elvislives-gl4rv6 жыл бұрын
I thought they were just tuning up for the real performance....
@williamyonts44287 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible! Every second of the piece was so emotional, and the video itself is beautifully shot. Well done!
@kokomanation3 ай бұрын
B flat but great ambience Bryce Dessner is a genius
@louischen894 жыл бұрын
ooooooooooooo it's not atonal! Rare contemporary pieces that does have a musical tone to it! Impressive performance for both, gives me this kind of vibe!
@tomweast8443 жыл бұрын
excellent
5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful piece, wonderful atmospheres and wonderful performance. Bravo Bryce!!!
@sinisterbotanist6 жыл бұрын
it's just post rock with orchestral coloration. snore.
@joeboonmusic40046 жыл бұрын
I think you're listening to a very strange form of rock... I'll take this any day over Boulez of Stockhausen. This is actually enjoyable to listen to.
@michaelpowell71206 жыл бұрын
WHAT? The music is snob nazi but "post rock with orchestral coloration" WOW. That out snobs that.
@sinisterbotanist6 жыл бұрын
@@michaelpowell7120 oh right sorry. shoulda said "repetitive clean guitars plus orchestra parts" to avoid sounding bourgeois lmao
@sinisterbotanist6 жыл бұрын
@@michaelpowell7120 top rate rhetoric, thanks
@Sssvvvgggwww6 жыл бұрын
I really like this.
@karimaijala70396 жыл бұрын
It starts like Quattro Pezzi by Scelsi, doesn't it? :)
@spcfsu15 жыл бұрын
Except Scelsi is way more interesting, and composed Quattro Pezzi 60 years ago.
@rogan1521Күн бұрын
Good observation man! :)
@bowty_mcboatface3 жыл бұрын
Hey all you "cultured" geniuses: the emperor has no clothes.
@2197107043 жыл бұрын
I need that screwdriver!
@Arthur944 жыл бұрын
pièce envoutante, très beau
@machida51143 жыл бұрын
minimal
@thewomanwithnohead7 жыл бұрын
La perfection.
@ensembleinter7 жыл бұрын
Merci !
@franckmousset40226 жыл бұрын
"La perfection" pour les oreilles sans exigence.
@MrJameschance4 жыл бұрын
non mais n'importe quoi
@franckmousset40226 жыл бұрын
Franchement sans intérêt.
@Badmintonforall4 жыл бұрын
sauf pour le "compositeur" car je suis prêt à parier que c'est une "commande publique", payée avec l'argent des contribuables...
@psijicassassin7166 Жыл бұрын
Boulez hated the repetitiveness Minimailism glorifies, and the prepared sounds of John Cage who he hated. Thank you for desecrating that demagogue's lifelong principles and memory. Hats off, EI!
@dieterammann47 ай бұрын
Boulez didn’t hate Cage.
@shnimmuc5 жыл бұрын
A bore
@alexisporfiriadis3 жыл бұрын
Bad. Tasteless. Boring.
@psijicassassin7166 Жыл бұрын
It sells more tickets than any Boulez piece though.
@alexisporfiriadis Жыл бұрын
@@psijicassassin7166 so does madona but that is irrelevant... The piece is bad and boring
@georgemalefakis19613 жыл бұрын
bad, very bad..
@ianguyver86866 жыл бұрын
woah - Part Glass Richter scale ;)
@Cleekschrey4 жыл бұрын
lol
@szn17475 жыл бұрын
so boring
@wolfgangboulez20567 жыл бұрын
Why on earth is Ensemble Intercomtemporain playing this uninteresting tonal kitsch? Pierre Boulez must be turning in his grave at his ensemble playing such mediocre music composed by a guy who only gets all these big commissions as a 'classical composer' because he's a famous and successful rock musician...
@john-johnjohn-john6 жыл бұрын
Tout à fait d'accord. Le passage à 10:26 (ou 17:30 ou...) est particulièrement confondant de nullité (c'est la musique de quelle série TV, ça ?). Je ne veux pas enfoncer davantage ce compositeur, mais l'EIC ou plutôt le choix de Matthias Pintscher, oui ! Matthias Pintscher peut être très bon (cf. son interprétation de Lachenmann "Vor der Erstarrung"). Mais son éclectisme conduit à des choix parfois nullissimes. Il y a plein de jeunes compositeurs excellents à l'IRCAM, au CNSM, dans les conservatoires de Région ou bien sûr à l'étranger en attente d'exposition... L'excellence des musiciens de l'EIC doit servir le renouvellement musical, pas la médiocrité ambiante !
@Arnoldiepin6 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha damn straight
@JazzGuitarScrapbook6 жыл бұрын
(frank zappa?)
@JazzGuitarScrapbook6 жыл бұрын
I love Zappa BTW, but couldn't resist.
@joeboonmusic40046 жыл бұрын
Maybe because they want an audience? Maybe because Boulez did more harm than good with his musical dictatorship. And maybe because Bryce Dessner is a talented young composer... I love the way you use 'tonal' as a means to renounce this music. First of all, 'tonal music' is a term used by you average avante-garde snob who wants to seem in the know... When anything is tonal, as long as it has two pitches. Boulez is tonal. Second of all, you may be looking for the term 'diatonic'... Who gives a shit if this music is diatonic? Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Nico Muhly etc write modern, diatonic music and they get played all over the world. I'm not saying that something being popular makes it quality... But their music gets studied all over the world. I should know, I go to the RCM. The sooner the classical world gets rid of snobs like you, the better, as composers will stop being self conscious about writing whatever the fuck they want. Then we'll let the public decide what they listen to. I guarantee the majority would rather enjoy a performance.