Erik Jälevik schrieb am 04.05.2002 15:11 Uhr MESZ:
So what's the kind of enjoyment to be had from listening to things like Stockhausen? For me, music is about aural pleasure (however you define that), but I assume you need to have a different mindset to get anything out of something like "Gruppen". Is it a sort of intellectual enjoyment or what would you say the reward is when listening to it? It's not exactly like the hairs on the back of your neck are going to stand on end, is it? :)
Sometimes it's *exactly* that, believe it or not! Esp. when listening to KONTAKTE or HYMNEN, which is a colourful trip through overwhelming sound landscapes. Okay, GRUPPEN is not what I would call "easy listening" (and BTW, it's an orchestral piece, no electronics in it), but have you ever realized the way the three orchestras are producing rotating sounds? For me GRUPPEN was the first time I experienced that spatial movement of sound can be *part* of a composition. Call it intellectual enjoyment, but it was an enjoyment! It's not my intention to play different musical styles against each other. I'm listening to many different musics, Kraftwerk as well as Brahms as well as Perotin as well as Beethoven as well as Miles Davis as well as Nino Rota as well as ... yeah, the meanwhile about 370 Joe Meek tracks I own. Sometimes you have to climb for a long time to broaden your mind. But you're rewarded in seeing new horizons which cannot be seen the easy way. jan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com