The New Yorker: The Century Club

An article in the New Yorker about Carter and Messiaen by Alex Ross.

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/01/05/090105crmu_music_ross

Revolution No. 9 - video responses

The Beatles eight-minute avant-garde work, Revolution No. 9 is a bizarre “musique concrete” piece that bears influences from Karlheinz Stockhausen, Edgard Varèse, Luigi Nono, and John Cage. In my research on Revolution No. 9, it turned up a lot of interesting and very creative video responses from YouTube, which I’ve included for our Pith Music audiences. Check them out…. you may want to hear the piece in it’s original form (which I’ve posted here on our home page) without all the video art, first. Read more

“Supersonic” by Alex Ross

Alex Ross writes in the New Yorker about Stockhausen, and Berlin Philharmonic’s performance of his the massive work “Gruppen”.

Luciano Berio: Composer of Mind and Heart - NYTimes

Read more on Luciano Berio in the New York Times obituary, written by Paul Griffiths on May 28, 2003.

Stockhausen and the Beatles

For a more in depth look at Stockhausen and his relationship with the Beatles, visit Stockhausen.org, the official site for the composer here.

Culture Sculpture

CULTURE SCULPTURE
By MARK APPLEBAUM

Only one person can be the best at something. Ralf Laue of Germany, for example, stacked 555 dominoes on a single supporting domino. According to the Guinness Book of World Records this accomplishment has never been equaled. Presuming that you are not Ralf Laue, it seems safe to say that you are not the best domino stacker. This isn’t a criticism; most people are not the best at any one thing. Read more

A Poem to New Music

Dazzled

by Arthur Sze

from The Redshifting Web: Poems



Reality

is like a contemporary string Read more

Something about “Teddy” Adorno

If you don’t know enough about Theodor Adorno (ADORNO’s namesake), check out this book review by Adam Kirsch in the New York Sun. He reviews “Theodor W. Adorno: One Last Genius” (Harvard University Press, 440 pages, $35) by Detlev Claussen, who delves in the personal life of Adorno. Read the article>

The Future of Science… is Art?

If you don’t know about Seed Magazine, you should! We found a fascinating article written by Jonah Lehrer on how art can be the key to understanding the areas unattainable by traditional, theoretical science. Read the article>

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