I love coming across this stuff. Here we go. The winner gets a copy of Philip Glass' Violin Concerto No.2 "The American Four Seasons." And please don't cheat. I know there's music recognition out there and I think that some of my picks have been obscure enough for people to not guess immediately.
Merry Christmas to all…
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I’ll make an uneducated guess: Henryk Gorecki
Turns out my guess is very uneducated, cause the music I was hearing was from a web page that I had opened for Brooklyn Rider string quartet. Upon hearing the appropriate piece now, I have to say I have no idea. But I’ll stick with my guess of H.G.
Nope…
It sounds to me like John Adams stuff but I supposse that it would be too obvious to be the right answer…
Howard Hanson’s Romantic Symphony (No 2).
Bingo. Nice one David
Ohhhhh! Just by coincidence, I bought the recording of this, I can’t wait to hear it now.
~Mike
A bit offtopic but I thought you might be interested in reading this, Richard (if you haven’t already).
Looks like Philip was an insparation for Daft Punk to create the score for Tron legacy. Here a quote from here:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/12/tron-legacys-orchestral-score-reveals-a-new-side-of-daft-punk.html
“But even after a meeting during which Kosinski and the musicians discussed their mutual admiration for recording artists such as Vangelis, Philip Glass and “Tron” soundtrack composer Wendy Carlos, De Homem-Christo and Bangalter still had doubts about signing onto the project.”
And another article here:
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/12/23/daft-punk-we-didnt-sell-out-for-tron-legacy-soundtrack/
They also brought up Bernard Herrmann among others.
Hi Proman,
Funny you should mention that about Philip and Tron….I definitely hear some Glass and Vangelis in the Tron Legacy soundtrack. I really enjoy it.
Happy New Year!
-Mark