Lukas Foss: Baroque Variations (1967)

[@paiddds]

you forget ... i was there... lukas gave the original score for me to read/follow as i sat in the front row during ALL rehearsals & performances...buffalo seminary made this happen ...as i became page-tuner on stage @ kleinhans & lukey's babysitter for his kiddos @ symphony circle & canadian residences...being 15 in the 60's in buffalo !!!

[@francescaemc2]

grazie

[@stueystuey1962]

Boy does this composer set us up for a complete and final deconstruction of the western tradition. Pulls us along for a little while with seemingly "lovely" variations with only intermittent suggestions that something is askew. And then he drops a nuclear bomb on us. I love it.

[@MrWhitty09]

Freakin' brilliant - Phorion is an amazing comprovisation of sorts - indeterminacy but controlled within a hierarchy of structure. Foss deserves serious kudos for pioneering this new direction in music. To most it will sound like the Miles Davis free-jazz quintet stepped in at the end to add their own neo-classical coda...and that's ok!

[@robertquay4451]

A piece of wonderful imagination that can teach a lesson to the 'serious' sticks in the mud. A lot of fun . I never tire of this music. " For music was born to be free..."

[@ghmus7]

A reminder that music should be fun.

[@Chesterton7]

So good. Thank you.

[@zsbramzuniga7277]

Gran artista y mejor persona; tuve la oportunidad de verlo dirigir la Orquesta Filarmónica del Estado de México y fue apoteósico. Siempre lo recuerdo como el mejor director que haya visto en mi país.

[@MitchellRoseFilms]

One of my favorites. Wish it would be reissued.

[@gregorypalmer5403]

God. This was so "profound" in ninth grade ( eary '70's) s still a damned good piece of work today ! RIP. Foss.

[@stueystuey1962]

Seriously 9th grade? You grew up in one cultured milieu. I was listening to Aerosmith and Alice Cooper and sometimes the Dr. Demento show on Sundays when I was in 9th grade.

[@innocenzobarrera1505]

... ma la scomposizione della Sonata di Scarlatti è qualcosa di stupefacente ! ! !

[@francescaemc2]

d'accordo~

[@IgorLazier]

Genial

[@RobbersArabella]

Ese final es asombroso!!!

[@bootman26]

It still hasn't been remastered to get rid of the "fireplace" effect. Somebody needs to get off their dead A and remaster it. Tristan McKay has written an excellent and challenging book, A Semiotic Approach to Open Notations--Ambiguity as Opportunity. There's a "score" of Baroque Variations available on KZbin, and if you like what you see the "score" of Phorion, you'll love what's in McKay's book.

[@slowpoke5042]

Zappa and Ives fans rejoice !

[@klangtidsfanger9636]

Richness of imagination!

[@thefrankonion]

21:48 to the end. Isn't that marvelous?

[@soldierofthought]

What was your source before uploading? :)

[@daviddickson2228]

Baroque: The Aphex Twin remix

[@MuseDuCafe]

iii: Phorion ~ Greek; to steal / stolen goods:-)

[@dariosilveiradeleon1674]

Mucho ruido.