Klarinet Archive - Posting 000482.txt from 1997/12

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <lgbuick@-----.net>
Subj: Powaq-qatsi trivia [was: Re:Performance nausea, was Re: your
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 04:02:33 -0500

I find that minimalist
> music (like the music to Powaqatsi, the composer's name escapes me
> momentarily) causes me great stress because, of course, there is little in
> the way of traditional resolution to dissonance. It is in fact continual
> dissonance , more or less. I had to sit in a class and listen to an
> entire selection of this stuff, after which I felt the compelling urge to
> go outside for a smoke!

If I remember correctly the music was by Philip Glass, one of his earlier
works... Powaqqatsi was the sequel to Koyaanisqatsi and they're both worth
seeing repeatedly, imho.

also if I remember correctly, the music is not particularly dissonant - he
uses very traditional chord progressions, just drawn out over 20 minutes
instead of 20 seconds. Did you see the film along with the music? It's one
of the best music-movie matches ever, it might not change your opinion of
the music, but... now that I think of it you might find the movie
nauseating too! ;-}

Apologies for non-clarinet-related mail...

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