Witold Lutoslawsky - Chain I - London Sinfonietta

Witold Lutoslawsky conducting Chain I.
London Sinfonietta

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[mrpumpkin]

You are very young. When You grow up maybe you will understand contemporary music. :)

[pgradone]

I love watching him conduct his own music, especially knowing how difficult his scores are for conductors (and ensembles). I never grow tired of his harmonic language, especially when comparing his 12-note chords to Elliott Carter's. Lutoslawski is certainly a defining voice of 20th century music for me; specifically, he's (in my opinion) the greatest example of a seamless continuation of the 19th century romantic sensibility, minus the horrible banality of neo-romanticism.

[kyuyul]

Very Beautiful. It is one of the most beautiful 20th music.

[AfroDeezeeYak]

How is it again that imbeciles like @666aliano and and @PawelWysocki stumble upon Lutoslaswski?

[MarcusHK1]

Beautiful piece. Around 6'30'' it reminds me of an elusive and spooky passage for strings alone in the first movement of Mahlers' 9th symphony.

[PawelWysocki]

@666aliano as long as it's honked by talented honkers and directed by someone who knows his way around.

[GregFox100]

Gorgeous. Have you got the rest of this Michael Vyner memorial concert? There's a lovely tender Takemitsu piano piece played by Paul Crossley and a lush early Nigel Osborne piece in the programme if I remember rightly, as well as some appallingly crass Weill medleys :/ thanks for this though, best performance, recorded or otherwise, of this piece

[666aliano]

Exactly. Even 10 car horns honking is music as long as you call it a song.

[Depressionsbehandlin]

@andreasamati What is the definition of music?

[fanrocketonline]

I love the people bashing this genius. Witold has so much interesting melodic play in everything he writes. I had the pleasure of working with him personally in a concert I put together in his honor. While he used "Aleatoric"; techniques that allow the musicians to "jam out" on specific themes, the underlying themes are very melodic. His chains are quite atonal, yet for the bashers: the 3rd Symphony (atonal) or Concerto for Orchestra - a tonal work! Any true musicians appreciate his artistry!