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One piece that isn't explicitly linked in the article but which makes very effective (but limited) use of aleatoric techniques is Lutosławski's Symphony Nº 3 wh
by klelatti 4y ago
One piece that isn't explicitly linked in the article but which makes very effective (but limited) use of aleatoric techniques is Lutosławski's Symphony Nº 3 which premiered in 1983. From Wikipedia:
> Many passages in the Symphony no. 3 employ Lutosławski's by-then well developed technique which he called "limited aleatorism", in which the individual players in the orchestra are each asked to play their phrase or repeated fragment in their own time — rhythmically independent from the other musicians. During these passages very little synchronisation is specified: events that are coordinated include the simultaneous entrances of groups of instruments, the abrupt end of some episodes, and some transitions to new sections. By this method the composer retains control of the symphony's architecture and the realisation of the performance, while simultaneously creating complex and somewhat unpredictable polyphony.
I'm not someone who listens to a lot of contemporary music but this piece has been a favourite for over thirty years and I still find it thrilling today.
Great performance here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF4LhlBBlZ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF4LhlBBlZ0
- vintermann 4y ago> in which the individual players in the orchestra are each asked to play their phrase or repeated fragment in their own time — rhythmically independent from the other musicians. That's something that exists in many cultures across the world, including in Europe in western Scotland and some parts of the Balkans. They usually call it heterophony.
- klelatti 4y agoI wasn’t familiar with the term but from Wikipedia it seems to refer to the same melodic phrase being played by different musicians. Lutoslawski assigns different phrases to different instruments which is not quite the same.