Northwestern University's Amethyst Quartet earned top honors in spring 2008 by winning the MTNA National Collegiate Chamber Music Competition (Denver, CO), the Coleman-Saunderson Prize for Woodwinds and Brass at the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition (Pasadena, CA), and the Gold Medal of the Winds Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (South Bend, IN).Their performance and competition repertoire included David Maslanka's 2006 composition Recitation Book, written for the Masato Kumoi Quartet of Japan, and Salinas's own arrangement of Six Bagatelles by György Ligeti.Amethyst Quartet members:Johnny Salinas - Soprano SaxophoneSean Hurlburt - Alto SaxophoneLuke Gay - Tenor SaxophoneZachary Pfau - Baritone SaxophoneThis video footage comes from their preliminary entry DVD used for the Fischoff Competition. [ More Detail ]
György Sándor Ligeti (May 28, 1923 -- June 12, 2006) was a Romanian born 20th century composer. Born to a Hungarian-speaking Jewish family, he briefly lived in Hungary before later becoming an Austrian citizen. 'Lux Aeterna'Kammerchor Stuttgartdir : Frieder Bernius [ More Detail ]
please note: If it says"We're sorry, this video is no longer available." you just have to reload the page several times or remove &fmt=18 .http://youtube.com/watch?v=sPFMPrBYkB8&fmt=181. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso - attacca subito2. Lento e desertoPierre-Laurent Aimard, pianoEnsemble IntercontemporainPierre Boulezhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFcFFErUuuI&fmt=18Add &fmt=18 to the end of any youtube video URL for a higher audio quality.http://www.amazon.com/Gy%C3%B6rgy-Ligeti-Concertos-Ensemble-InterContemporain/dp/B000001GLN/ [ More Detail ]
please note: If it says"We're sorry, this video is no longer available." you just have to reload the page several times or remove &fmt=18 .Praeludium: Vivacissimo luminoso - attaccapart 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz9Yiebnoms&fmt=18Add &fmt=18 to the end of any youtube video URL for a higher audio quality.Saschko Gawriloff, violinEnsemble InterContemporainPierre Boulezhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=w8Wu7t2_b-0&fmt=18Add &fmt=18 to the end of any youtube video URL for a higher audio quality.http://www.amazon.com/Gy%C3%B6rgy-Ligeti-Concertos-Ensemble-InterContemporain/dp/B000001GLN/ [ More Detail ]
GYORGY LIGETI - ATMOSPHERES (1960/1) Gyorgy Sandor Ligeti, Transylvania 1923 - Austria 2006. Gyorgy Ligeti was, along with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis and Pierre Boulez, one of a group of composers that revolutionised postwar music. Perhaps his most notable, certainly his most famous, piece was Atmospheres from 1960. It is the best known of his micropolyphony/soundscape pieces. This work featured, along with Ligeti's Requiem and Lux Aeterna, on the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. [ More Detail ]
Die Pianistin Birgitta Wollenweber spielt aus "HEBDOMADAIRE op. 62" (52 Stücke vom Jahr) von Michael Denhoff die Nr. 33 "Étude" (hommage à Ligeti). [ More Detail ]
György Sándor Ligeti (pronunciado lígueti) fue un compositor húngaro judío (que residió en Austria y luego se naturalizó), ampliamente considerado como uno de los más grandes compositores de música clásica (sobre todo instrumental) del siglo XX.Nació en Dicsőszentmárton (la actual Târnăveni en Rumania) el 28 de mayo de 1923 y falleció en Viena el 12 de junio de 2006. [ More Detail ]
Quinteto de Valencia "Ad Libitum"Tres Bagatelas de G. LigetiLuis Manuel, flautaMiriam Tijereta, oboeRosangel limon10, clarineteJetsy Pierre, cornoAlejandra del Carmen, fagot [ More Detail ]
A Nagy KaszásPéter MekisA Magyar Állami Operaház a Thália Színházban - Jonathan NottBudapest 1998http://store.operapassion.com/dvdcc648.htmlSung in hungarian (The original German libretto was translated into Swedish for the premiere, and Mr. Ligeti has requested that the work always be performed in the language of the audience) [ More Detail ]
A Nagy KaszásPéter MekisA Magyar Állami Operaház a Thália Színházban - Jonathan NottBudapest 1998http://store.operapassion.com/dvdcc648.htmlSung in hungarian (The original German libretto was translated into Swedish for the premiere, and Mr. Ligeti has requested that the work always be performed in the language of the audience) [ More Detail ]
A Nagy KaszásPéter MekisA Magyar Állami Operaház a Thália Színházban - Jonathan NottBudapest 1998http://store.operapassion.com/dvdcc648.htmlSung in hungarian (The original german libretto was translated into swedish for the premiere, and Mr. Ligeti requested that the work always be performed in the language of the audience) [ More Detail ]
György Sándor Ligeti (May 28, 1923 -- June 12, 2006)Passacaglia Ungherese for Harpsichord (1978)Dedicated to Eva und Ove Nordwall.The Harpsichord was tuned in mean-tone temperament according Ligeti's instructions:"The piece is to be played preferably on an instrument which is tuned in mean-tone temperament. The eight intevals (major thirds and minor sixths) on which the music is based are then heard in just intonation".Harpsichord Mário Marques TrilhaRecorded at Aveiro's Museum PortugalDecember 2007 [ More Detail ]
Karole Armitage creates an icy dreamscape for dancers Mei Hua Wang and William Isaac to explore the range of possibilities in relationships- from frayed aggression to delicate vulnerability, these vituosic dancers express the complexity of two minds together. [ More Detail ]
Parts of movements "Kyrie" and "Dies irae" from Gyorgy Ligeti's "Requiem", with photos from Stanley Kubrick's "2001 - A Space Odyssey", and with some portraits of Kubrick, and of Ligeti. [ More Detail ]
+Mesto rigido e cerimoniale+Me playing Ligeti Musica Ricercata II, a worrying Eyes Wide Shut orgy theme.Is it the most anguished piano theme?.. [ More Detail ]
The Parker recorded the complete string quartets by Gyorgi Ligeti for Naxos Records. Sessions were held in Toronto, produced by Norbert Kraft. This clip is from the Quartet #2, 4th movement [ More Detail ]