Xénakis: Synaphaï (1969)/ H.Ooï(p), M.Inoue(dir) 2/2

[okada1470]

苦痛と混乱と不安を掻き立てる。

統一障害の心情を表しているように聞こえる。

[SergeyHod]

Посмотрите, насколько хорошо музыканты друг друга понимают!

[Zestivity]

this is utterly satanic sounding...would make an excellent score for an avant garde horror film. :D

i'm sure the pianist would be less than delighted to hear that :P

[hessianihil]

Guys, shut up.

[Bagas]

The conductor is cool

[omargk]

n order to understand this music u have to listen it not as "music" but as beautiful sounds like the sound of the sea the sound of the wind in your ears the sound of the rain the sound of the storm etc., because this "music" is beyond the traditional music and the traditional association of sound-emotion. This music implies mathematical calculation, and mathematics are just a abstraction of the nature. if u listen this music in the same way u listened mozart, for sure u will not understand it.

[omgtkseth]

Did Xenakis himself said you cant interpret this emotionally? I'm trying to do so, thinking of how Stravinsky could be so humoresque even in plain dissonance, because everybody seems to find dissonant music as 'hell music' at the most. I find this at times sad and at times hateful, and at times I cant find anything, but I still enjoy listening, its stimulating.

[omgtkseth]

But why hear numbers and not emotions? Its like writing poetry, passing it morse code and use it as rhythm for a piece. That rhythm isnt a projection of a humans soul, but its also not poetry anymore. Unless you tell people to hear it in morse, then the rhythm would bring up the semantics to mind. Its purely methodological, does that classify as music? Sounds not from ones ears and heart but from calculations. Like if you toss silverware methodologically based on some physicist theorem. 'Music'?

[scitsalcoryp]

Thanks a lot for posting this...probably the most excellent music on You Tube....

Thanks

[BchWrkVrzchn565]

Sonidos Universales, colapsos estelares.

[CJSHM]

I'd like to hear it in actual performance to see whether it can actually be classified as "Music" rather than "Cacophony." At 1:08 it sounds like Vuvuzelas... and I think anyone could compose this kind of sound.

[physphilmusic]

@CJSHM I'd like to see you do it, if it's really ANYONE. Compose a Xenakis-ian piece for piano solo and full orchestra, let's see.

[physphilmusic]

@CJSHM By the way, why can't Cacophony be used as part of Music???

[CJSHM]

@physphilmusic true... also, this would be so difficult to play! I play piano as a hobby, and also violin... this would be near impossible.

[physphilmusic]

@CJSHM Well you see the point. Say I want to write a piece depicting the "pointless and disturbing nature of World Cup enthusiasm." Can't I use vuvuzelas in cacophony to express my idea? Hm?

[jppitman1]

You know what fascinates me, too, about this broadcast? The direction as to what goes to the viewer. There is forethought in getting cameras set for certain sections and then, boom, there it is on the TV, whether it`s an orchestral outburst or the brass foaming at the mouth or being right on cue EXACTLY when the piano comes back in. This music is not most people`s mug of java, so it`s doubtful that any of them enjoyed their association with this; however, they performed their profession anyway.

[kippis321]

A meaningless stream of letters written down with a mathematical precision will have as little influence on me, as this orchestrated noise - no matter how beautiful the typeface and paper would be and how well a printer would perform printing. I don't believe that anyone can find this piece aesthetically or intellectually appealing. However, what is truly great to me, is that we humans can conceive such absurd ideas as serialism and by arguing about it, expand our experience of music

[nobodady1]

@kippis321 I find this music appealing on both counts. Your analogy to meaning in a text explains your distaste very well. But when I listen, I am not listening for a text. I hear sounds, and an interplay of qualities within those sounds. In many ways these interplays sound almost traditional to my mind --- quite dramatic, in a musical sense. The contrasts from one sonic episode to another seem intentionally dramatic.

[cuallito]

ART

[BodyHeaven]

Thank you for this video.

[johnteddyJoe]

das kann einfach nicht wahr sein.

[nelsyeung]

Is it just me or this is actually harder than the transcendental studies or even all the piece that piece liszt ever written? XD

[amontepeluso]

At 1:00 the percussionist is sleep... I don´t understand how can he be asleep with all that noise...

[maizahyodo]

He's not asleep. He's moving his hands.

[Verito999]

Jajajajaja, true!

[MrRaph87]

fabuleux document !! l'interprétation de H. Ooï est tout simplement impressionnante ... et l'orchestre ne l'est pas moins !! impressionnant et trés lisible duel entre le soliste et l'orchestre, tout à la fin de la partition.

à quand une version d'Erikhthon en vidéo sur YT ?

en tout cas, beau travail ...

"thanks a lot !!"

[JorPove]

No existen canones de belleza musical universalmente aceptados. De existir tampoco serian estaticos,sino modulables acorde con nuevas formas de esteticismo.

Hay quienes aceptan-de inmediato,o rechazan-ipsofacto- nuevas formas de expresion musical y

se apegan solo a lo viejo conocido y aceptado. Pero esa si es una constante universal aplicable desde que el primer ermitaño comenzo a tañir una flauta rustica. Hay musica que requiere el paso del tiempo para su aceptacion . Es cuestion de tiempo.

[DillonDemas]

imagine this. a person is shot in the head with a hallow point bullet. these are his last thoughts as his brain is being dismantled by the shrapnel.

[peterbreslin]

awe inspiring, gorgeous, extraordinarily well performed. Anyone know the mathematical underpinnings of this one?

[scottturner1994]

That cadenza must be insanely difficult to play!

I really enjoyed this piece, I was glad I'd found a live performance of it. I also recommend Erikhthon.

[HerrWozzeck]

Great piece. I'm just now starting to get into Xenakis, but this definitely shows a great amount of genius. Thanks very much for posting this.

[laurion69]

This kind of music has no sense.

It is only a great mistake.

[inescaro]

Thanks for posting this! I think he is one of the great visionary composers of the 20th century!

[DannyDaWriter]

I'd feel sorry for your misunderstanding, but given your previous history of comments... maybe not.

[LackingLack0]

this was AWESOME

[piargno]

Amazing piece, astounding performance. It's so wonderful that something of this magnitude is available on YouTube. I wish I were there ...

[PoorElbe]

hes incredible isn't he? he must've been a harpsichord in a previous life or one of mozart's socks. how the fuck can he read that score? i bet if he ever got laid it'd be amazing, if he had the sheet music of course

[minirausch]

only recently getting into xenakis, but, what a fabulous piece. what a strange explosion of sound at 1:43, almost like it's messiaen all of a sudden...

this pianist is unbelievable.

[DannyDaWriter]

Messiaen was after all Xenakis' most influential teacher, so it would not be surprising to see a bit of a tribute toward him.

[japanesesweet]

i LOVE this piece.

The harmony at 1:58 sounds unexpectadly jazzy/romantic-can this be right?

What impassioned conducting....Inoue is getting thrilling playing from the orchestra.

[DannyDaWriter]

Synaphaï was Xenakis' first foray into a piano concerto, so I wouldn't be surprised if he threw in a reference to late 19th century piano music, such as in that cadenza.

It's a lovely piece indeed.

[filexfilex]

Excelente interpretación y el director francamente admirable.

Gracias por el video

[tim0123]

i like how at 1:20, you see all the violins and the two basses in the back start playing on the underside of the bridge. xenakis was a genious. only him could've gotten stuff like this published.

its surprisingly quite enjoyable to listen to...somehow.

[ernesttehemo]

sorry but this is a piece of crap

...

synaphai=crap

[ChicoJeringoso]

sos un inutil, no sos quien para decir eso.

[CzarDodon]

Expert in crap are you? how nice of you to share your deep, meaningful and elequently articulated opinions about this music. Your contribution to the debate is so well reasoned we will all keep it in the highest consideration

[sonicpsychiatry]

Excellent performance. Inoue is brilliantly insane.

[Bougadas]

Amazing

[guy214]

STUNNING!!!!!!!!! Thank you for posting this.

[ganymed45]

lol are you still sane? this is pure noise..

ARGGHGHh my EARS are getting cancer

[homegirrl]

Well, Xenakis wasn't just about pleasing the ears.

Maybe more like, pleasing the mind...

[iwanttowatchsomethin]

I'd rather not be sane. I'd rather enjoy noise than detest it. If it helps you feel better just think of it as an extended head-rush from "A Day In the Life" (Sgt Pepper).

[pionata]

Whoho! My Favorite composer. The Beethoven of modern times.

[TheMadman2006]

actually beethoven wrote sutff that was actually beautiful. Though i am curious how he would react, you could argue both ways

[BeQuietPeter]

Beethoven's later work was considered unlistenable and dissonant, probably considered beautiful by today's standards

[jatwell55]

FYI, the score for this piece is totally bonkers! Especially for the piano solo. You can hear that he is trying to negotiate multiple repeated notes some of which are accelerating and others ritarding AT THE SAME TIME! The piano part itself is so complex that it sometimes splits into 10 (ten) staves, one for each finger! Performed by the redoubtable Hiroaki Ooï, piano. What a performance! Thanks!

[robcastellani]

When you put it like that, 10 staves! Xenakis rules!

[bet23]

thanks for this video!!!!

[jre58591]

thank you so much! any xenakis videos, piano or not, are very appreciated!!!

[crowe]

viva! you said it!

[ninjapunk76]

Thank you Juan Pedroti for this. Viva Xenakis!!