Proms 2016: Georg Friedrich Haas – Open Spaces II, Gérard Grisey – Dérives (UK Premières), Mica Levi – Signal Before War; David Sawer – April \ March (World Premières)
Re: inspiration, I’d go further and say that Ligeti (as well as late Rubbra, of course 😉 ), namely ’80s and ’90s “non-atonal” Ligeti, also finds his way into the Sawer. But not the Levi, which resembles nothing so much as Scelsi’s Anahit reduced claustrophically to its barest essential.
David
8 years ago
Just a small point – Signal before War wasn’t played all on the G string – Morton used all 4 strings. I loved it, my partner hated it
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Re: inspiration, I’d go further and say that Ligeti (as well as late Rubbra, of course 😉 ), namely ’80s and ’90s “non-atonal” Ligeti, also finds his way into the Sawer. But not the Levi, which resembles nothing so much as Scelsi’s Anahit reduced claustrophically to its barest essential.
Just a small point – Signal before War wasn’t played all on the G string – Morton used all 4 strings. I loved it, my partner hated it
Interesting; i didn’t hear the transitions from string to string – even more impressive!