Igor Strawinsky: Dumbarton Oaks (1+2 mvmt)

I love Bach,but Stravinsky takes music to a whole new level. You have to listen beyond the dissonant notes to what the composer is actually trying to say. Stravinsky meant for this piece to sound rigid and unnatural. That's what makes it and most of his music, so special and unique. I think Bach would have enjoyed it!

I'm not clear that Stravinsky meant his neo-classical music to sound 'rigid and unnatural'. That it does indeed sound rigid and unnatural says something about our perception of it rather than the intention I think. Dumbarton Oaks isn't more dissonant than, say, a Bach Brandenburg; the difference lies in the way dissonance is treated and the way in which the musical gestures are pressed home.

Where can I find the 3rd movement?

This is a work of genius!

I'll bet a lot of things take you a minute to figure out, don't they?

I guess that's the short bus for you.

ahhh...Id take this over Bach anyday....Bach is truly overrated, in my eyes....this is music with life, variety....

This is so lovely, and transporting. Stravinsky takes us to places Bach could not have imagined, Bach would happily go with us now!

A lovely performance of one of my favorite pieces of 20th century music. If you don't like Stravinsky, you don't have to click on the "play" button.

Composers have to keep composing, and even if we could do it, the world doesn't really need Bach, the Sequel. How does a great composer (such as Stravinsky) respond to the existence of Jazz? Of Debussy, or Schoenberg, or the fact that he too loves Bach (and has clearly studied him fairly intensively)? He writes a tribute in his own style.

What was my comment, anyway? Youtube seems to be permanently deleting any comment marked down 5 or more.

You have to change the settings at the top of the comment column in order to see it (Show: poor). And your comment was OK, just that some people misunderstood it, I guess.