NTT: I (Will) will admit that I broke a bit of an unwritten rule in that I had to replay this clip several times. It's a melancholy waltz tune, and the various turns and harmonies have let me to conclude that the composer is Tchaikovsky.
The orchestration is certainly distinctive (and I mean that in a bad way). It's definitely modern, maybe late 20th century. Bruno Maderna? Joseph Schwantner? Luciano Berio? That's my orchestration bucket.
My contribution to the top 100 list would have to be John Adams' concerto for electric violin, The Dharma at Big Sur. I've never visited California but Adams' depiction of it makes me want to!
NTT: I (Will) will admit that I broke a bit of an unwritten rule in that I had to replay this clip several times. It's a melancholy waltz tune, and the various turns and harmonies have let me to conclude that the composer is Tchaikovsky.
The orchestration is certainly distinctive (and I mean that in a bad way). It's definitely modern, maybe late 20th century. Bruno Maderna? Joseph Schwantner? Luciano Berio? That's my orchestration bucket.
My contribution to the top 100 list would have to be John Adams' concerto for electric violin, The Dharma at Big Sur. I've never visited California but Adams' depiction of it makes me want to!