What are you listening to now?

[Quijote]

Enrique's posting of Ligeti's Lux Aeterna has made me think of Scelsi's Aion. I think I have posted this work before.
Why do I think it is worthy of attention? It's orchestration, the "de-tuned" aspect and its sheer horrific, menacing power.

[Enrique]

Problem is at such a slow tempo it's really hard to follow the rhythms. Still, magnificent "cathedral" sonorities!
It's almost like Perotin transported to the 20th century. Love it!
Thanks for posting this, Enrique.

Don't mention it, Quijote. In Kubrick's picture there also was Atmospheres, another of Ligeti's compositions. What a coincidence you discovered Ligeti in the same way as me.

[Quijote]

Don't mention it, Quijote. In Kubrick's picture there also was Atmospheres, another of Ligeti's compositions. What a coincidence you discovered Ligeti in the same way as me.

I think a lot of people have discovered Ligeti's music via this film by Kubrick; what an inspired choice by the film director!
Here are two other works by Ligeti that I think you will like, they are completely different to his music used in the film:

[Enrique]

The first is very interesting. Thanks.

[Peter]

Sibelius symphony no.6 - I've always loved this piece, perhaps more than the more famous 5th and 7th. The clarity and lightness of the orchestration is especially appealing.

[Quijote]

A strange coincidence: the pieces posted recently by Enrique and I (Ligeti [Lux], Perotin and Scelsi, see above) all start on the note F in various octaves..Weird, no?
That's ok, I'll take my anorak and be off now...

[Enrique]

A strange coincidence: the pieces posted recently by Enrique and I (Ligeti [Lux], Perotin and Scelsi, see above) all start on the note F in various octaves..Weird, no?
That's ok, I'll take my anorak and be off now...

All with an F natural? Truly a coincidence! Do you have absolute ear (spanish oido absoluto)?

[Quijote]

Well Enrique, I do teach ear-training !!

[Enrique]

I know. I should have guuessed the answer to my question was yes. I have not that gift.

[Quijote]

Dear Enrique, would you like to try out a bit of the ear-training I do for my 1st-year undergraduate students? I can send you a link to it via PM (Private Message) if you'd like? I can add you to my students list, it's free of charge, I am the designated administrator for the University here where I teach.

[Quijote]

I should add that the ear-training programme at my university's Music Department has been set by my superiors. In class, I cover week-by-week the required content (intervals, chords, melodic dictations, rythym dictations, etc.) and ask my students to consolidate what we do in class via a third-party ear-training website for which I am the administrator. Via this site, I can follow their progress: the time my students spend on the exercises, their mistakes, and so on. Go on, give it a try, it's fun. I'm a serious and demanding teacher but my lessons are fun and well-appreciated.
Just as an example, I set my students an exercise over the holiday period to identify the key intervals in the Scelsi piece (Aion) that I posted here above. It starts on an F natural (very slightly de-tuned).

[Quijote]

Moving on, here's a nice little Xmas gift for you all:

See you next year!

Best wishes,

Quijote

[Enrique]

Dear Enrique, would you like to try out a bit of the ear-training I do for my 1st-year undergraduate students? I can send you a link to it via PM (Private Message) if you'd like? I can add you to my students list, it's free of charge, I am the designated administrator for the University here where I teach.

I beg you, send me the PM. And add me to your students list. Only problem is I don't know where to find the PMs. Since Chris changed the user interface I have lost track of my PMs.

[Quijote]

Hello Enrique, done! Check your PMs for your log-in details for the ear-training website we use.

[Sorrano]

I beg you, send me the PM. And add me to your students list. Only problem is I don't know where to find the PMs. Since Chris changed the user interface I have lost track of my PMs.

Enrique, check the top of the browser. You'll need to be scrolled to the top and there is a menu with messages. That is where the PM's are. Using Thunderbird I find them at the top right.