http://www.metafilter.com/tags/gavinbryars Posts tagged with 'gavinbryars' at MetaFilter. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:29 -0800 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:29 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/76739/The%2DOutsider <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKnTj2cyNQ&feature=related">The Outsider</a>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFtOKSl3zZs&feature=related">The story</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OH0WgLgaAM&feature=related">of</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCjWIQtm-M&feature=related">Harry</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZV3zF-JpEc&feature=related">Partch</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqHH0N5vpw&feature=related">BBC Documentary</a>. "...a documentary about the composer Harry Partch who invented his own compositional method using a 43-tone scale and many instruments that he built by hand." tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76739 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:29 -0800 bbc bytheriversofbabylon gavinbryars harrypartch philipglass vronsky http://www.metafilter.com/38523/The%2DPortsmouth%2DSinfonia%2Dto%2Dreturn <a href="http://www.portsmouthsinfonia.com/">The Portsmouth Sinfonia to return?</a> In 1974, <a href="http://www.gavinbryars.com/">Gavin Bryars</a> rounded up a group of novices and enthusiastic amateurs, called them the Portsmouth Sinfonia and let them loose in a recording studio. The result: some of the <a href="http://www.miserablemelodies.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/miserabl/search.pl?search=portsmouth">most disturbing classical music ever committed to tape</a>. Intrigued by the concept, the legendary <a href="http://www.enoweb.co.uk/">Brian Eno</a> signed up and played clarinet for the orchestra, adding a certain <a href="http://www.specht-h.at/interview.htm">star cachet</a> to the cacophony. On the back of sympathetic TV coverage, there followed a now-legendary concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Thirty years later, there are plans to release Portsmouth Sinfonia's output on <a href="http://www.specht-h.at/">compact disc</a> by way of celebration. A brazen attempt for quck laughs and publicity, a serious exploration of entropy in the musical medium, or simply an early entry in <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/38493">the torture tape experiment?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.38523 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:50:48 -0800 amateurs brianeno cacophony classicalmusic disturbing gavinbryars musicians novices portsmouthsinfonia scaryduck