May I pay this an honest compliment by saying that it reminds me of B-Horror music at its finest .... and I say that as a lover of film music and it's power.
Rad. I love this! I'll admit I'm not familiar with the genre; the closest I can think of that I'd call an influence (though not B-movie by any means) would be some of Bernard Herrmann's work on Hitchcock films. Do you have any recommendations for me to check out? Cheers!-Haralabos
This was very listenable because Stafylakis hasn't forgotten that melody exists. It has directness and communicates it's terse but nuanced vision with great expressiveness. The minimalist strain is there but not in a hindering way. The dynamic rhythms are quite powerful and musically relevant. Beautifully and richly imagined.
@@hscomposer And it's better the 2nd time around, Harry! Congrats on this fine and forward thinking piece....and to have such talented ensemble perform it. Kudos.
“Off the string” meaning detached articulation with the bows more readily bouncing off the string to exaggerate the sharp, aggressive attack on every note that the passage calls for at mm. 77. Compare to the smoother, more continuous sound when they switch to “on the string” at F (though still with alternate bowing). I hope that clarifies!
finally a piece which is not just random noises and no structure! Nice piece! If I were you I would have put a bit more odd figurations rather than keeping the ostinato rhythm all the way through in the first movement, but still it has character
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The way the music is shaped! OMG the control over the sound is absolute.
Thank you so much, Axel, glad you enjoyed it! JACK Quartet absolutely brutalized this piece, what masters.-Harry
What a string quartet ! The piece is awesome but the players are so good too !
Thank so much for listening, Vincent! These players are f*cking _incredible_.
Very very eloquent and affecting ending. I will have to study this more... thank you for posting.
Thank you, @charmoka, glad you enjoyed the ending!
@@hscomposer I enjoyed the whole piece! Bravo.
Great!!
May I pay this an honest compliment by saying that it reminds me of B-Horror music at its finest .... and I say that as a lover of film music and it's power.
Rad. I love this! I'll admit I'm not familiar with the genre; the closest I can think of that I'd call an influence (though not B-movie by any means) would be some of Bernard Herrmann's work on Hitchcock films. Do you have any recommendations for me to check out?
Cheers!-Haralabos
Great music
Great piece!
Thank you Barret!-Harry
This was very listenable because Stafylakis hasn't forgotten that melody exists. It has directness and communicates it's terse but nuanced vision with great expressiveness. The minimalist strain is there but not in a hindering way. The dynamic rhythms are quite powerful and musically relevant. Beautifully and richly imagined.
Thank you for the analysis, John, really appreciate your encapsulating the listening experience so nicely!-Harry
@@hscomposer And it's better the 2nd time around, Harry! Congrats on this fine and forward thinking piece....and to have such talented ensemble perform it. Kudos.
Very nice
Awesome great thanks
Cheers Alan!
what does he mean by the direction "off the string"? Certainly sounds like they are bowing on the string
“Off the string” meaning detached articulation with the bows more readily bouncing off the string to exaggerate the sharp, aggressive attack on every note that the passage calls for at mm. 77. Compare to the smoother, more continuous sound when they switch to “on the string” at F (though still with alternate bowing).
I hope that clarifies!
A modern version of the flight of the bumble bee and I don't mean this in a negative way.
Peter Sculthorpe territory ? Very likeable.....
Well, I'm a Greek born in French-Canada and living in New York - not Australian - but I'll take it 😉
finally a piece which is not just random noises and no structure! Nice piece! If I were you I would have put a bit more odd figurations rather than keeping the ostinato rhythm all the way through in the first movement, but still it has character