SHOSTAKOVICH: How to compose a massacre | Inside The Score

On Shostakovich's 11th Symphony (subtitled 'The Year 1905'), and how art can be used to process trauma and atrocities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU7a1b4yE-Q 0:00 - Bloody Sunday1:30 - Program Music Reflecting Reality2:30 - How to Compose a Massacre (Shostakovich's 11th)5:00 - Fugere…8:38 - In the wake of tragedy…9:17 - Tocsin, A Warning Bell9:56 - Legacy Script by Emmanuel…

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Nick Cave: Christ, the Devil and the duty to offend | UnHerd

Faith, Hope & Carnage: Join legendary musician and bestselling writer Nick Cave as he discusses his new book and beyond with UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1XbKPPMLE4 Introduction How has Nick Cave changed over the years? Nick Cave explains his creative process “A wet blanket has been thrown over art in general” - cancel culture and the…

DIAMANDA GALÁS – The Litanies of Satan (Baudelaire)

"Les Litanies de Satan" ("The Litanies of Satan") is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, published as part of Les Fleurs du mal. The date of composition is unknown, but there is no evidence that it was composed at a different time to the other poems of the volume. 1985 Target Video full VHS rip, including…

DAVID BRUCE – Terry Riley’s “In C” | Much More than Minimalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN0bW3ilqF4 There's a lot more to Terry Riley's seminal piece "In C" than minimalism. Having known about the piece for years, I only recently really gained a better understanding of how it offers a genuinely new way of approaching composition and creativity, in a way that benefits all who come to it. My only question…

Poesía y canto en la Grecia antigua | Luis Calero y Coro de Jóvenes de Madri | Fundación Juan March

En la cuarta conferencia del ciclo “La música en la antigua Grecia”, el profesor de filología griega Luis Calero aborda distintos aspectos que confluyen entre la poesía y la música de la antigua Grecia, prestando especial atención a los repertorios épico y lírico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1r-Ohnsqcc La conferencia será ilustrada con una selección de fragmentos de diversas…

TERRY RILEY – Music Is a Continuum | Louisiana Channel

"Music is the evolvement of the human spirit with sounds". Meet the pioneering composer Terry Riley whose minimalistic and hypnotic works have inspired musicians and composers for decades. We visited him in his new home in Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE5J_wO9fvo Terry Riley was born in California in 1935, and his first memory of music was at the…

RUÍDO VÁRIO – Ah, Quanta Melancolia!

Musical adaptation of Fernando Pessoa's poem (1924) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHM6wnHrAQo Ah quanta melancolia!Quanta, quanta solidão!Aquela alma, que vazia,Que sinto inútil e friaDentro do meu coração!Que angústia desesperada!Que mágoa que sabe a fim!Se a nau foi abandonada,E o cego caiu na estrada —Deixai-os, que é tudo assim.Sem sossego, sem sossego,Nenhum momento de meuOnde for que a alma emprego…

DIAMANDA GALÁS – L’Heautontimoroumenos (Baudelaire)

Diamanda Galás's interpretation of Baudelaire's poem.From Saint of the Pit (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0os8wxp04 "The smile of the Buddha, that smile which overhangs the world, does not elucidate our faces. At best, we conceive happiness; never felicity, prerogative of civilizations based on the idea of salvation, on the refusal to savor one’s sufferings, to revel in them;…

Behind The Board: Faith No More “The Real Thing” with Matt Wallace

We trusted each other and we did it for the right reasons. We didn't expect any kind of success, and we certainly didn't expect it to blow up. It never occurred to us that would happen. At least to me. They thought it was a pop record. There's an honesty to that record, that was…

The Effective Scoring of Requiem for a Dream

Do you remember this music? I bet you do. It was all over the place in the early 2000s, from Youtube videos, trailers, video games, TV shows, TV series…you name it. But why did this music become such an iconic piece of work? What makes it so…'memorable'? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO20yrnlg-U Special thanks to my good musician friend…