Magnus Lindberg on "Kraft"

Magnus Lindberg, Composer-In-Residence on the New York premiere of "Kraft." The New York Philharmonic performs "Kraft" October 7-8 & 12, 2010. For more information visit http://bit.ly/bPqsD1

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[muiohuio]

What kind of "music spaghetti" is this piece?

[someone91510]

@someone91510

Though I had issues of comprehending the piece when it was first played, now I have to say that Lindberg did an amazing job. Quite a few people in the audience did not enjoy it, but I suppose that just reflects how avant-garde this piece is especially with its incredible exploration of sound.

[someone91510]

@someone91510

stations. It was as if despite the insane mixtures of sounds and what seemed to be chaos, there was order in all of their actions.

Most interestingly, after taking a glance at a page of the sheet music, the stage was characterized as "home" which made much more sense at the end of the 1st movement when the day was winding down, the conductor sent out the final jobs (ringing the gongs), and everyone finally marched back to the stage, aka home.

[someone91510]

This piece was definitely different.

The piece was composed of two movements, which for me represented two different days, both ridden with a marvelous amount of sound which to me represented the chaos that can happen in a large city like Berlin.

What struck me most involved the direction given to the 5-7 soloists, each dressed in a different colored shirt. Each of them was moving around a variety of stations throughout the hall doing a different kind of "job" with Gilbert "conducting" their

[someone91510]

Can't wait for the performance this afternoon! ^_^