RIP Gyorgy Ligeti

[beddoes]

Another old giant gone.

[jakartajive]

It'll be ME next at this rate, I tell you.

And no-one will know who I was either!!!

[beddoes]

Aw man, don't do this to me... (Grumpy noises emanating from America)

Turn off the football and listen to some dope classical!



dope classical

dope classical

dope classical


No, it doesn't begin sounding more natural with repetition...

[ginghamkitchen]

I sort of lost track of the whole classical thing when Vaughan Williams died. Anything new to report?

[peretti]

I sort of lost track of the whole classical thing when Vaughan Williams died. Anything new to report?

Yes. Vanessa Mae still lives.

[ginghamkitchen]

Yes. Vanessa Mae still lives.

Wasn't she hatched from that boil on the side of Nigel Kennedy's neck?

[wayne]

Only recently finished reading Richard Steinitz's book on Ligeti, which definitely made me want to hear much, much more of his music than I've so far managed. Funnily enough, sorting through things while packing, I was checking some old tapes a friend made about 10 years ago of people like Ligeti, Messaien, Xenakis and others, and thinking I really need to get some of this stuff on a proper format, at last. Unfortunately, he chose the option of making a lovely arty graphic insert rather than a tracklist...

[beddoes]

I sort of lost track of the whole classical thing when Vaughan Williams died. Anything new to report?

I read about a farmer who used to play Vaughan Williams for his cows.

[ginghamkitchen]

I read about a farmer who used to play Vaughan Williams for his cows.

Very happy cows then, I should think - unless he played them the 6th or 7th symphonies which are a little more challenging.