John Williams dethrones Arvo Pärt as the most performed living composer. Congratulations maestro!

[Fabulin 3,513]

https://estonianworld.com/culture/arvo-part-was-the-worlds-second-most-performed-living-composer-in-2019/

[Thor 7,504]

I love Pärt, but about time!

 

Of the others listed, I'm not familiar with the works of Kurtag and Rutter. Any recommendations?

[Holko 9,526]

Games for Piano may be Kurtág's best known/most prolific work (well, more of an accumulated collection).

 

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,076]

Nelsons probably had a lot of spare time to fill up now that he's divorced.

[mrbellamy 6,287]

And alimony lol

[Jurassic Shark 12,076]

Hehe

[Disco Stu 15,495]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

Rutter

 

He's very much a contemporary church (often but not always Anglican, specifically) composer, so if that's something you can be into, I highly recommend his Requiem.

 

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,076]

I thought Rutter's music would be too sweet for you, Stu.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

I thought Rutter's music would be too sweet for you, Stu.

 

He's not completely to my personal listening taste, but his music is well-crafted and perfectly suited to its intended setting (which is most often amateur performances by church choirs large and small, how I first became familiar with his name).

[Jurassic Shark 12,076]

1 minute ago, Disco Stu said:

 

He's not completely to my personal listening taste, but his music is well-crafted and perfectly suited to its intended setting (which is most often amateur performances by church choirs large and small, how I first became familiar with his name).

 

I kind of like his music myself, but I do think some of it becomes too sugarsweet.

[Thor 7,504]

4 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

 

He's very much a contemporary church (often but not always Anglican, specifically) composer, so if that's something you can be into, I highly recommend his Requiem.

 

 

That's actually some of my favourite kind of music. Thanks for the info and clip (and you too, Holko, for the Kurtag).

[Naïve Old Fart 9,533]

21 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

 

He's very much a contemporary church (often but not always Anglican, specifically) composer, so if that's something you can be into, I highly recommend his Requiem.

 

 

Wasn't some of this music used in the trailer for GRAND CANYON?

[Jurassic Shark 12,076]

I can't say.