Loving all opinions! Really! How many humans are currently living in our planet? All of us are different regardless of where we were born. This Rítmicas piece was dedicated to the spirit of the great Cuban composer-conductor Amadeo Roldán. Early last century, Amadeo Roldán created a work entitled “Rítmicas No. 5” Take a listen, do your best to listen to that work. His was a contemporary work then, and it is a work that has continued to be a contemporary piece until now. Cuban music is syncretic, a very rich blend of influences, indeed: Amerindian, Spanish, African, Asian, and at times French. Each culture exhibits a blend of cultural influences we could talk about. How much do we ever know about something? Just a thought! Sending ❤ and good wishes to all!, Tania León
Some absolutely delicious textures and rhythms. Very imaginative writing. If this is not your music, keep in mind that takes almost as much effort to appreciate this as it does to write it and certainly play it. If you are curious, keep listening.
I like it! My feeling was that I was taken on a journey of musical sounds that reminded me of wildlife. Each instrument plays interestingly but my favorite part of this piece is the rhythm. Listening to Tania Leon’s music for the first but not last time. Just read about her in New York Times.
I hope her opera "The Little Rock Nine" will be posted to TH-cam. Tania Leon was interviewed on the PBS News Hour on 1-2-2023. Ms. Leon showed how she writes musical phrases in a notebook. It was fascinating to learn that Ms. Leon carries a musical note book. She can write down musical fragments as they occur. Fortunately Ritmicas is on TH-cam and I can listen to it several times. When I develop some memory of a piece of music then I am able to listen further ahead and enjoy the musical developments,
Apparently you are not familiar with polyrhythmic and dissonant compositions, which have been around for over a century and a half, and widely used by Ravel, Bizet, Saint Saëns, Dvorak, Stravinsly and others in Europe, as well as Gottschalk, Copland, Gershwin, José White, Villalobos and Amadeo Roldán in the Américas. The Western canon has become enriched with these global influences.
With all due respect, this was not written for you. You do not do anyone, yourself included, any favors by listening to it. The internet is filled with music you can enjoy without your need to push this off.
@@kennethhodge7953 Oh, I can see why somebody would dislike it: It's an odd and lumpy combination of modern classical chamber music with Afro-Cuban folk/popular music - not quite "rigorous" enough for the first, and not "tuneful" enough at all for the second. Sure, combinations like that go back a hundred years; see L'Histoire du Soldat or La Creation du Monde for notable examples. But even those can still be rackety to some.
Loving all opinions! Really! How many humans are currently living in our planet? All of us are different regardless of where we were born. This Rítmicas piece was dedicated to the spirit of the great Cuban composer-conductor Amadeo Roldán. Early last century, Amadeo Roldán created a work entitled “Rítmicas No. 5” Take a listen, do your best to listen to that work. His was a contemporary work then, and it is a work that has continued to be a contemporary piece until now. Cuban music is syncretic, a very rich blend of influences, indeed: Amerindian, Spanish, African, Asian, and at times French. Each culture exhibits a blend of cultural influences we could talk about. How much do we ever know about something? Just a thought! Sending ❤ and good wishes to all!, Tania León
Gracias Michael and the Grossman Ensemble for your beautiful premiere - interpretation of Rítmicas! With immense Gratitude!, Tania
Tania León, the Cuban-born composer, won the Pulitzer Prize in Music on Friday June 11, 2021, for her orchestral work Stride.
Congrats to Tania for this masterpiece... Hope to meet her very soon!
Incredible! She splashes music the way Jackson Pollack splashes paint on a canvass. I love it.
failing to hear the extreme organization is so embarrassing
Some absolutely delicious textures and rhythms. Very imaginative writing. If this is not your music, keep in mind that takes almost as much effort to appreciate this as it does to write it and certainly play it. If you are curious, keep listening.
I like it! My feeling was that I was taken on a journey of musical sounds that reminded me of wildlife. Each instrument plays interestingly but my favorite part of this piece is the rhythm. Listening to Tania Leon’s music for the first but not last time. Just read about her in New York Times.
I hope her opera "The Little Rock Nine" will be posted to TH-cam.
Tania Leon was interviewed on the PBS News Hour on 1-2-2023. Ms. Leon showed how she writes musical phrases in a notebook. It was fascinating to learn that Ms. Leon carries a musical note book. She can write down musical fragments as they occur.
Fortunately Ritmicas is on TH-cam and I can listen to it several times. When I develop some memory of a piece of music then I am able to listen further ahead and enjoy the musical developments,
Amazing!
this piece rocks!!!
WOW! So glad she got this year's Pulitzer !
非常酷的一段！ 有意思的！
Magnifique!
Dis slaps hard yo!
The Beethoven of today !
This is beyond bad, I cannot understand those who praise her music. I was born in Cuba and I find this horrible !
We were born in the same island!
All best to you! Con sinceridad, Tania.
@@ohyemanja My comment was not personal, just technical and indicative of aesthetic preferences not filtered by geography....
This is utterly horrendous
Apparently you are not familiar with polyrhythmic and dissonant compositions, which have been around for over a century and a half, and widely used by Ravel, Bizet, Saint Saëns, Dvorak, Stravinsly and others in Europe, as well as Gottschalk, Copland, Gershwin, José White, Villalobos and Amadeo Roldán in the Américas. The Western canon has become enriched with these global influences.
With all due respect, this was not written for you. You do not do anyone, yourself included, any favors by listening to it.
The internet is filled with music you can enjoy without your need to push this off.
@@kennethhodge7953 yikes
@@kennethhodge7953 Well said, Kenneth.
@@kennethhodge7953 Oh, I can see why somebody would dislike it: It's an odd and lumpy combination of modern classical chamber music with Afro-Cuban folk/popular music - not quite "rigorous" enough for the first, and not "tuneful" enough at all for the second. Sure, combinations like that go back a hundred years; see L'Histoire du Soldat or La Creation du Monde for notable examples. But even those can still be rackety to some.