CHARLES IVES - CENTRAL PARK IN THE DARK

[kitomir]

The Mask

[HerbseasonSpringfeel]

Definitely sparks the imagination!

[QMPhilosophe]

I find this piece endlessly fascinating. I wish more contemporary orchestras would put Ives on the program. His music is unique and was way,way ahead of it's time.

[tristianity4u]

@normalcomputerable Or maybe it's just about Central Park in the dark...

[darkblueangel1956]

Delizioso. Tensione onirica del linguaggio, meno stridente (ad esempio) del Secondo Tempo del Concerto N. 2 per pianoforte di Bela Bartok. Non ci sono sdilinquismi falsati di certi autori contemporanei poco attendibili. E' pura ispirazione sulla sequenza dei blocchi armonici degli archi, che guidano il percorso del fraseggio. Al 6o minuto, l'ingresso del piano con l'orchestra sembra un richiamo a Gershwin ... per alleggerire l'atmosfera, che sa di incognita e desolazione urbana ! Bella mossa !!

[olelumpy]

Neat. I never heard of this guy until a few weeks ago. I'm loving his stuff.

[gramsbyrds]

indeed

[normalcomputerable]

This has to be my favorite of Ives. There are many ways one can interpret meaning. To me the strings resemble the unresolved unconscious conflicts. The piano and other instruments resemble the conscious attempt to resolve these conflicts and irrationalities. As hard as the piano and other instruments attempt to drown out the unconscious conflicts and irrationalities, they will always remain hardwired.

[qwerty12345678960]

wow!! this was composed in 1906! years before the adagio of Bartok piano concerto 2! So beautiful!

[oberpupsbackeman]

i love ives music :)

[nobodady1]

The future belongs to Ives.

[RichardASalisbury1]

Notice that at :52 Ives switches from chords w/ prominent major 7ths & minor 2nds to a more open sound, w/ 4ths, 5ths, minor 7ths/major 2nds to the fore; then back to original chords; at 1:55 switches to the more open, less dissonant sound, at 2:08 back to the more dissonant, at 2:20 to more open, at 2:39 back to full dissonance, etc.--back & forth. Remarkably, he anticipates by >/= 25 years Bartok's mysterious string chords in mvt 2 of pno cto 2, long one of my favorite mvts in all music.

[QMPhilosophe]

@RichardASalisbury1 That's really interesting. Bartok and Ives (especially Ives) are two of my favorite composers. Your post reminds me I should go back and listen to the Bartok 2nd piano concerto, which I think is even better than his 3rd concerto (and a lot better than his 1st).