Iannis Xenakis : Pithoprakta

The wonderful "Pithoprakta" (1956), which I personally regard as Xenakis' greatest work from his early period... but then I suppose there's ST/4 and Achorripsis. Anyway, there's a better recording of this with Tamayo and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, but it's really worth buying.

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[quietchannel]

What is this image?

[flammesombres]

@quietchannel one of Xenakis' designs for a building

[Easleytee]

Varese is far superior to Xenakis.

[flammesombres]

@Easleytee

haha, very funny

[fishybishbash]

I think they should have a Xenakis night on X-Factor

[MrInterestingthings]

.Lichens blew me away.This is so early and like his early work totally original.Ligeti,Penderecky aside-Xenakis has always been a new language. Whats to understand.Texture,movementstr­ange pitches and rhythms.Use your imagination it can be interpreted lotsa ways.Can u understand Brahms ?no u just know the harmonic language so u think he says yes or no here and there or remember or Im lonely or this hurts but i think there is more to brahms than that.Look at Schonberg a Brahmsian language too!

[BodyHeaven]

@flammesombres There is no possibility that sound can be "understood". Music is nothing but mechanical waves - only if you are physician you can handle waves. And only on mathematical level. :-)

Xenakis is always great.

[jmbs0088]

I have one word for this.....BRILLIANT

[dinck]

@dothque

Xenakis started out as an architect, he was Le Corbusier's assistant with the Phillips Pavillion. Varèse was the composer of the music played (Poème Electronique) and he was assisted by Dick Raaymakers who worked at Phillips Natlab.

[dothque]

the structur in the begining of this video is the Phillips Pavilion.

which has been built in Brussel and xenakis's pieces were played inside.

but that is just a part of the whole idea behind this project.

[tolkienfan51]

Is something wrong with my mind when Xenakis, Stockhausen, Boulez, Crumb, Saariaho, and Penderecki are my favorite composers?

[wagneristhebest]

wonderful wonderful wonderful music. Do not try and understand this music! Just listen! No bias, no bias no bias! It's another portal into the musicworld, of so much more interest then others! Listen like an alien, and have imagination!

[PaparoniFilms]

@flammesombres What a cheerfully open way of inviting people to the world of Xenakis. Great job.

[lennic95]

@20echris Try to think about what he was trying to interpret while composing this. Each sound is an effect that is supposed to make you think of something in particular; a bird, an engine, distress, confusion....

[pathduck]

Late at night, put out all lights and draw the curtains. Listen to this high volume. I guarantee you'll have nightmares :D