György Kurtág’s Officium Breve: Analysis
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2018
- Composer Samuel Andreyev analyzes György Kurtág's string quartet, Officium Breve in Memorium Ændre Szervánszky (1988-89).
NOTE: This is a re-upload of a video originally added February 22nd, 2017. The musical excerpts of the original video were flagged by CZcams for copyright violation, and it was blocked worldwide. This new upload uses different excerpts.
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From a Hungarian musician: noone did such incredible and well-translated lectures about Kurtág, so the last thing I am worried about is your pronunciation :D Thanks for your material, incredible!
Thank you, that’s very kind!
VERY nice talk for musicians, especially--this period is often neglected until graduate studies. Thanks for posting.
Love this Video Samuel it has opened new doors and provided inspiration for a week in Budepest.
After my quartet played Kurtág’s “Microludes,” a fantastic work, I remember asking János Starker why he never programmed music by this composer. His answer was, “Well, he’s a Communist, you know.” How worldwide political cancel cultures affect perceptions of artists is becoming more and more a fascinating question. (On the other hand, Starker made Caspar Cassadó’s miraculous Suite for solo cello famous-after Cassadó’s works had been eschewed for decades following the Spanish Civil War because he had sided with the Fascists. Starker was decidedly not, in any sense whatever, a Fascist sympathizer.) Great music is great music!
Thank you very much for sharing these research documents. Cheers From México City, Maestro!
I recently discovered your channel and I'm really impressed by the quality of your videos. I'm learning a lot from your analysis.
And I'm curious, what is the piece of music that plays at the end of your videos?
Thank you Lucas. The end music is an excerpt from my Strasbourg Quartet (2014-15). The full piece is 22 minutes long. I'm in the process of recording it with the Strasbourg-based ensemble Hanatsu Miroir, for a new CD of my music that Kairos Records (Vienna) will release on October 1st. More info to come soon.
I'm still following you and particularly enjoyed the extracts from Kurtag's work. I will listen to the whole piece. Kurtag also composed a Homage to Schumann, my favourite composer together with Alban Berg.. He trained a small group of chamber musicians to play lesser known pieces by Schumann for piano and solo instruments and the recording is absolutely exquisite. I tried to leave a comment to your previous video but was suddenly asked to register and usually when this happens I'm told my address or password or both are wrong and a battle ensues.
Thanks for your comment. Kurtág is one of my favourite contemporary composers. He never wastes your time. Best regards.
Thanks Samuel
No problem.
Hey, I was wondering if you’ve done any analysis on improvisation yet. For instance maybe Weasels Ripped My Flesh by Frank Zappa? Or typography of the lungs by Derek Bailey? I think it would be a really cool topic to get into. Love the content, been meaning to get more into classical compositions thanks!
Im here to back up the Topography of the Lungs Mr.Andreyev
These analysis videos are superbly educational and just really enjoyable. May I humbly ask if you have any plans to cover Takemitsu? I'd be particularly interested. Cheers!
Thank you, I'm happy to hear that you've been finding my videos to be of interest. Regarding Takemitsu: yes. I will definitely be covering his music on the channel. Hopefully within the next few months. Regards, Samuel
Hi Samuel, great stuff, I like your analysis ! I think that Varese and Xenakis, Gubaidulina and some more other great composers are belonging to that generation too....right ?
Bravo.
Thanks!
Hungarians pronounce György as [ɟʝørɟʝ] (roughly 'dueardu').
I don't think new music is heard enough. I don't think we can be talked into engaging with something that is worthwhile, though. I've been talked into engaging with plenty of music that WASN'T worthwhile. . There are probably numerous masterpieces of 20th century music we have never heard. What can be done about this situation? Perhaps a giant project. Platforms like CZcams could be carpet bombed with good performances of worthwhile music with well conceived graphics. Boom. Interesting graphics can DISENGAGE the visual, monkey mind by distraction, dialing down the internal dialogue, providing easy entree into the new music. Talk stimulates the monkey mind, which is COUNTER INDICATED when assimilating the new.
great! hope you get around to stockhausens "kreutzspiel " someday
drumier I love that piece.
story about kreutzspiel; somewhere in the 80's downbeat magazine asked miles davis "what do you listen to?" he answered " stockhausen only stockhausen " some years later at a concert conducted by zubin mehta on a program of mozart beethoven and stockhausen's kreutzspiel composed in 1951. something clicked in my head, as a long time fan of miles "bitches brew " i made a connection; stockhausen scored the piece for oboe, bass clarinet, piano and two percussionists and my impression of the piece was an elegant portrait of an african jungle scene.
0n bitches brew miles includes bass clarinet ,soprano sax, keys, two drummers and a percussionist etc. although heavily improvised miles creates the same aura if you will.
Massively distracted by your bookshelf, but fantastic stuff. Not enough love for Kurtág.
Thank you for this video. I think it's great the way you pay attention to Kurtag. Only, you say that you have problems with Hungarian names, but, you try as best you can. Certainly you should have paid Kurtag the honor of at least pronouncing his first bame correctly. 'Gy' is a 'ge', much like the 'Ge' in the English 'George'. So, how difficult can it get? Into the bargain, you will pronounce György Correctly. And you could probably work out how a Hungaria 'ly' will sound (i.e, like the 'y' in 'yeti). And 'ny' is like the 'ni' in 'onion.