Isang Yun: Symphony No. 1 (1982-83), mvt. I

Isang Yun: Symphonie I in vier Sätzen (1982/83), Satz I.
Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester, Reinhard Peters.
Uraufführung am 15. Mai 1984, Philharmonie Berlin.
Mitschnitt der Aufführung vom 17. Mai 1984.
Tonmeister: Harry Tressel, SFB / RBB Berlin.
Bote & Bock / Boosey & Hawkes, Berlin.
Internationale Isang Yun Gesellschaft e.V.

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

This is a very impressive score. There is a lot going on here. I really wanted to like this music but it is verbose. It is, for the most part, musical hysteria and I am just too old to appreciate this kind of madness. There is just too much information being thrown at me for me to connect to the musical narrative. I am sure the musicians enjoyed the challenge of making something coherent out of all this twittering and bleating. It almost reminded me of The Pines of Rome without the pines and without the Romans.

[@internationaleisangyungese6413]

This first movement refers to the threat by nuclear weapons and the destruction of the earth, did you listen to the second and the fourth movenemt?

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

@@internationaleisangyungese6413 No I didn't. I had had enough for the moment. I'll come back to it when I am feeling stronger.