javileru Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 hi, my favorite composer is Andrey Rubtsov. what's yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giselle Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 That's a very difficult question! If I have to choose only one that has influenced me the most, I would say...prokofiev. He may be a big gun, but he has a hold on me that I have to work hard not to get too caught up in! (and find my own voice) Golly, though, it's hard not to pick so many others, like Stravinsky or Debussy. Andrey Rubtsov is so young and so accomplished! I'm not sure who my favorite "new" composer is (depending on how you define new). That would take me a bit longer to decide because there are so many still alive and kicking and creating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob stole my cookie Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 John Cage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kirk Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 you must be a big fan if you like silence that much to chose him as your favorite I prefer 2 inparticular I couldn't just choose one Ferdinando Carulli and Franz Liszt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhowitzer Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 My favorites (sorry, can't pick just one) are Debussy, Stravinsky, Gershwin, and one of my favorite pieces is by Clifton Williams, though I haven't heard anything else he's done. Ooh, and Palmgren has piqued my interest, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnGalt Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Sergei Prokofiev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaltechViolist Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Favorite composer: Brahms, Borodin a close second. Favorite active composer: Charles Knox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtheman5824 Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I would have to go with Malcolm Arnold (not that well heard of) and for new composer I'd have to go with Eric Whitacre he single handedly turned me on to a cappella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnGalt Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I would have to go with Malcolm Arnold (not that well heard of) and for new composer I'd have to go with Eric Whitacre he single handedly turned me on to a cappella. I love his Ghost Train and October pieces. I've talked to him before too :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtheman5824 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Malcolm Arnold also has some pretty sweet dance suites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mithius Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Shostakovich, Though there are many other composers that I still need to hear very much more closely. At this time Dimitri is the most favorable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giselle Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 We have similar tastes, Alex Pope (oh and thanks for the comments in chamber music!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Shostakovich, Though there are many other composers that I still need to hear very much more closely. At this time Dimitri is the most favorable to me. I couldn't agree more. Shostakovich's music has fascinated me for over ten years now, though I must admit that recently I haven't listened to much. I shall put that right, in Shostakovich's centenery year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Oh, can you send one to me? *grin* I am wondering what kind of a 'concert' I will have on the day... 24 hours of Shostakovich's music. Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnGalt Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Hey hey, include me! Hell, give me a shovel, I'll drag him to the party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Hey, less of the shovels! I expect no less than a JCB to allow himself to attend the party! Shovel, indeed! *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Reglay Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I really prefer Antonio Vivaldi. Secondaries are Chopin, Scott Joplin and Dacqin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mithius Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Alex pope,a Shostakovich shirt that would be very ;) I would wear one. I can understand the fascination david. The pieces that I have listened to are intense and moving with wavering intertwining melodies. It is to me encapsulating beyond an horizon and does not let one go. Music from Shostakovich where would this centenery year concert be held? Or have misunderstood what was said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Well, the concert I was refering to was the selection I will make from my library of CDs. If we can get a nice studio (comfy chairs, fridge for the beer, somewhere to cook food etc.), then we could host a small private celebratory function for the listening of Shostakovich's music. There will, I'm sure, be several concerts of his music on or around the day of his birthday. Edit: I say a studio, as it would be an injustice to play his music for such an occasion on a sound system that is anything less than studio quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnGalt Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Well, the concert I was refering to was the selection I will make from my library of CDs. If we can get a nice studio (comfy chairs, fridge for the beer, somewhere to cook food etc.), then we could host a small private celebratory function for the listening of Shostakovich's music. There will, I'm sure, be several concerts of his music on or around the day of his birthday. Edit: I say a studio, as it would be an injustice to play his music for such an occasion on a sound system that is anything less than studio quality. I'll try to talk my school into doing something. Exactly when is the date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gymsum Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Korsakov, and Dvorak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaltechViolist Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Hey, I still remember one night, a few days before I started med school, dreaming about showing up on the first day of class and finding that Dmitry Shostakovich was giving a biochemistry lecture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Borodin. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musiker Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 My favourite composers are Beethoven and Rachmaninoff and followed by Bortkiewicz, Glazunov, Taneyev and Elgar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnGalt Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Bortkiewicz, Glazunov, Taneyev and Elgar. Woot, there's a few you don't hear often. Good composers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.