A big trend in the 2000’s saw contemporary music ensembles commissioning composers not to write new pieces for them but to arrange music by pop artists. We’ll listen to music from two such collaborations: Alarm Will Sound performing arrangements of electronic musician Aphex Twin and Osso Quartet’s arrangements of indie pop superstar Sufjan Stevens.
Crossing Barriers
Playlist
Year of the Snake, by Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Year of the Snake, by Sufjan Stevens, arr. Oliver Manchon
Osso String Quartet
Epitaph, by King Crimson, arr. Ziporyn
Maya Beiser, cello
Symphony No. 1, Low Symphony, mvt. I, by Philip Glass
Brooklyn Philharmonic; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Mutilation Rag, by Beck, arr. Kahane
Pocket Calculator, by Kraftwerk
Balanescu String Quartet
Flugufrelsarinn, by Sigur Rós, arr. Prutsman
Kronos Quartet
The Queen Symphony, mvt. III (Who Wants to Live Forever, Save Me), by Queen/Tolga Kashif
Royal Philharmonic; Tolga Kashif, conductor
Logon Rock Witch, by Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin
Logon Rock Witch, by Aphex Twin, arr. Jonathan Newman
Alarm Will Sound