recommend me some good modern/experimental classical music

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Didn't know which classical thread to revive, picked this one.

Just bought The Four Pillars Appearing from The Equal D under Resonating Apparitions of The Eternal Process in The Midwinter Starfield 16 VIII 10 (Kansas City), a piece for piano and electronics composed by Randy Gibson (who, obviously, is a student of La Monte Young) and performed by R. Andrew Lee. It's a three-CD set running about three and a half hours, and the whole thing uses just the seven D notes on the piano keyboard. I listened to some of it before buying it on Bandcamp (here's the link), expecting a LMY-esque shimmering cloud of sound, but in fact it's more like Ryoji Ikeda, or like someone trying to send a Morse code message using small gongs. It's really pretty amazing-sounding, and I can't wait to check out the whole massive thing.

Seth Colter Walls wrote about it for the New York Times; here's that link.

going bonkers trying to remember a composer, for piano, of difficult music -- I think he's English, but I'm more certain that a composition of his which had the word "English" in the title had its own thread on ilm an age ago. I want to say it was a three word title, ____ English _____s. the thread linked to video of him playing this difficult piece. ringing any bells for anybody?

Michael Finnissy- English Country Tunes, Japanese News Response

the youtube embeds aren't showing up for me though

Nor me. I posted a thread on MF in the archives. There should be a YT of MF playing this in the mid 80s with a ballerina on the stage

that was exactly it!! thank you!!

Nor me. I posted a thread on MF in the archives. There should be a YT of MF playing this in the mid 80s with a ballerina on the stage

yes this is great, watching now