Ben Sledge
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'Cassandra's Dream Song'
Brian Ferneyhough is a colossus of late 20th century literature. He is a fixture of the controversial New Complexity movement whose music is still performed worldwide to audiences of both enthusiasts and detractors. Even though his popularity has not waned in the ears of new music buffs there is still very little written in the analytical realm that parses deeply into the genetic makeup of these elaborately constructed works. The typical objection to a work by Ferneyhough from the unsuspecting concertgoer is its obsessive density, its innate ability to bombard the senses, and its unique use of a circuitous pitch language usually constructed by the composer. But given the time and acumen a deep deconstruction can be performed that gives an open-faced view into the genuine and meticulous details placed into every component of the given work.
By Ben Sledge6 years ago in Beat