[...] "4'33" [...] after watching it, it wears thin [...]
Haven't seen this particular version before, you link too. Will do in about 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
But I do know the piece and I Do Love the idea! Not for reasons of music, of course, but for it being a great and new idea and being an art-form. I've also listened to a part of his slowest composition, which is performed in Halberstadt, Germany at the moment. It was a very interesting experience. (Well, I was lucky to be there, when they played a tone that sounded harmonic. It sure can be annoying to arrive there, when a dis-harmonic sound or even a pause is played.)
It's the oppositeland version of Metal Machine Music!
in a way, yes! definitely!
nervas:
You sure remember the very beginning of Tchaikovsky's piano-concerto #1 (b-minor) Op23, which has been in at least a dozen movies (e.g. Harold & Maude).
Hiddn:
yeah, I like Sibelius too. It's like slowly wandering through an icy winter landscape.
For all fans of Bukowski who are interested in classical music because of him and don't know where to start:
I know myself, it's intriguing to try the pieces he himself mentioned. You start with these pieces with a different feeling and expectation than whith a 'random' or other piece. And in MANY cases this worked for me very well! But in Some, it just DIDN'T.
What I want to say is: if someone is new to classical music, recommendations by Bukowski can be difficult. (depends on your own favor/feeling of course.) In my case (e.g.): Shostakovich is 'all right' in my book, but he didn't get through to me. There are others praised by Buk, that I don't liked too much. Even with the allmighty Mahler I had a problem at my very first encounter! Now I love him. But wouldn't recommend for a starting.
Starting should be EASY. Always. Shostakovich or Mahler or Stockhausen or Cage aren't easy. Beethoven is (minus the late Violin-quartetts) and Mozart is and Schumann and Brahms and Rachmaninow and Tchaikowsky are - and NONE of them is 'simple' or meaningless! They are HIGH LEVEL composers! But they are far more accessible for a newbie than some others.