Thomas May’s blog, Memeteria, is definitely worth a visit (it’s where I found yesterday’s link to a George Walker review). Another post juxtaposes Ligeti’s Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes – the piece constitutes a gradual descent into entropy – with a demonstration of what happens when multiple metronomes are on a flexible surface. The result is (to my non-physicist mind, at least) unexpected. Go to May’s post for an explanation; here are the two relevant videos:
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New George Walker CD
Thomas May reviews George Walker’s CD “Great American Orchestral Works, Vol. 4” here. The album includes his Pulitzer Prize winning “Lilacs” as well as works ranging from 1967 to 2012.
