tenor10 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Could someone please correct the thread title?Ned Rorem is also a cool composer, I love his Symphonies and songs! :) The Songs I DIE!!! SO GOOD!!!!! The concerti are amazing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Kenny Wheeler. Kenny Wheeler - Part 1 - Opening - Music For Large & Small Ensembles | Deezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pliorius Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Extremely underrated as a composer. That man has amazing musical intuition. how is he underrated? he's the first (actually if we count london sinfonnieta and warp's work then one of the first) strictly non-notational non-academic electronic music composer whose works are arranged for acoustic instruments (alarm will sound)! and guy could sell his fart and get more than i and you for whole life's output, well, at least for now :toothygrin: richard djames is pretty much an establishment's mainstream! :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Kenny Wheeler. Kenny Wheeler - Part 1 - Opening - Music For Large & Small Ensembles | Deezer How could I forget Kenny Wheeler? I adore his stuff - I only have one album but I bloody love it. Cheers for reminding me, need to get hold of some more of him; Gnu High is not enough :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwi Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Amazed that nobody's mentioned James MacMillan or Tom Ades. Also Jan Sandstrom for the 'Motorbike Trombone Concerto'. But I think Rautavaara is my favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 How could I forget Kenny Wheeler?I adore his stuff - I only have one album but I bloody love it. Cheers for reminding me, need to get hold of some more of him; Gnu High is not enough :) Get: Music For Large and Small Ensembles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Have joined Deezer, and having heard most of the album it sounds like I definitely need it. (I always buy albums if the composer's alive) =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese messiah Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Thomas Ades is one of the few contemporary composers whose works hold my attention. His violin concerto, performed at the Proms last year, I found genuinely spellbinding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAI Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Esa-Pekka Salonen is also worth a mention. He is mainly known as a conductor but also composes some great music, you should listen to his Piano Concerto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Bleh. I heard a live performance of Salonen's piano concerto by the NY Philharmonic. It sucked, for lack of a better term. It sounded like mush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrafe@indiana.edu Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 It sounded like mush. I used to think similar things about Salonen's music but I gave it another listen recently and found it very engaging and full of really nice colors. Yeah, the orchestration is often pretty heavy, but nobody's perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exanimous Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Yeah, Fineberg is brilliant. I studied at columbia (hence my love for spectral music), and just barely missed him by a few years. I think he's in boston right now, right? Yes, he's my composition teacher at Boston University. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenor10 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Fineburg....I worked with him at Tanglewood over the summer......hes interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oingo86 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 John Adams!!! Noone likes Doctor Atomic, but I do. So there. Aaaaaand I've met him! He's a funny guy. A little pretentious and obstinant, but a good guy none the less. Steve Reich. What's he doing now, anyway? Christopher Rouse - I actually haven't heard much of his music, but I've attended a couple of master classes he's given here at Peabody. He's a genius. David Smooke - bet you've never heard of him. He's on the faculty here, and his music is dissonant, colorful, emotional, and very unique. And Nicholas Werner! I don't think there's anything wrong with liking your own music. Why would you write it if you don't like it? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulnoise Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 my favorite is John Williams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Loyd Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 John Adams!!! Noone likes Doctor Atomic, but I do. So there. Aaaaaand I've met him! He's a funny guy. A little pretentious and obstinant, but a good guy none the less.Steve Reich. What's he doing now, anyway? Christopher Rouse - I actually haven't heard much of his music, but I've attended a couple of master classes he's given here at Peabody. He's a genius. David Smooke - bet you've never heard of him. He's on the faculty here, and his music is dissonant, colorful, emotional, and very unique. And Nicholas Werner! I don't think there's anything wrong with liking your own music. Why would you write it if you don't like it? ;) Doctor Atomic is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackballoons Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I just listened to John Adams' "The Dharma at Big Sur" and I have to add him more strongly onto my list. I'm going to say Jennifer Higdon again, for more emphasis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kindofbleu Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Maria Schneider, Nico Muhly, Darcy James Argue, and Steve Reich :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Darcy James Argue is HEAVY - I look forward to hearing the record.... Interesting to have someone around here who would bother to mention him! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilkiemart Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I like Trey Spruance from Secret Chiefs 3 and Mr. BUngle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferkungamabooboo Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I'm less of a fan of Trey and more of a fan of Trevor Dunn... Trey I think is still caught up on the sarcasm that 80s and early 90s Zorn capitalized on (see the Secret Chiefs 3's Book of Angels record, versus even Marc Ribot's stuff in that series)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benburch Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 james horner!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestrowick Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Jennifer Higdon for sure. Derek Bermel and Tan Dun come pretty close. Mmm...John Adams and Steve Reich come pretty close too. you like Derek's music? I'll tell him that! He's a cool guy! I've met jennifer a couple of times also. I like Carter Pann's, Horner, Silvestri, William Bolcom's, and Ozi Cargile's music the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicdecomposed Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Eric Whitacre is my musical hero, although I do see a lot of his really beautiful stuff seeming to come back again and again in every piece. Arvo Part is remarkable in what he does. Morten Lauridsen writes really beautiful melodies and really nice harmonies...but isn't as orginal as Whitacre and suffers the same way in that he sometimes seems to write the same thing over and over. I love the works of Veljo Tormis, another Estonian who writes amazing choir music. I probably have more (Tarik O'Regan is doing some wonderful things, John Corigliano has never written anything I've heard that I haven't enjoyed) but those are some of my biggest influences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qmwne235 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I suppose I'll get chased down by an angry mob if I say Elliot Carter? (Not that I would...) I'm not even sure he qualifies. More than being living, he basically transcends life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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