Clocks and Clouds

Ligeti's "Clocks and Clouds" is a relatively-short composition from 1972-1973 that takes its title from Karl Popper's 1966 philosophical essay "Of Clouds and Clocks". In this, Popper makes a compelling and easily-understood argument that scientific phenomena can be broken down into two main categories. The "clocks" are things that we can depend on such as, well, clocks. A clock can be easily measured, taken apart, and reconstructed. "Clouds", on the other hand, are things that we can only get a general, macroscopic view of -- things whose inner-workings we are unable to understand in a deterministic way.

In memoriam of Catalonia's terrorist attacks victims

Ligetti - Estudi "Galamb-Borong"

Gyorgy Ligeti - Artikulation

In the 70's, Rainer Wehinger created a visual listening score to accompany Gyorgy Ligeti's Artikulation. in youtube.com/user/d21d34c55

György Sándor Ligeti - Lux Aeterna

Lux Aeterna for 16 solo voices


Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine,
cum sanctis tui in aeternum quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.


Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg, Dir. Helmut Franz, Recording: 1968 in youtube.com/user/musicaergosum

György Ligeti - Étude Nr. 1 "Désordre"

Giuseppe Andaloro plays György Ligeti's Étude "Désordre"

Ligeti - Étude Nr. 2 "Corde à vide"

Giuseppe Andaloro plays György Ligeti's Étude "Corde à vide"

Ligeti - Étude Nr. 5 "Arc-en-ciel"

Giuseppe Andaloro plays György Ligeti's Étude "Arc-en-ciel"

György Ligeti dies on 12 june 2006

On Monday morning, the Austrian-Hungarian composer György Ligeti died in Vienna at the age of 83 after suffering from a serious illness. With him, we have lost one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

 
György Ligeti was an adventurer in form and expression and a great visionary of contemporary music. His richly varied output takes a special position in its musical quality and uncompromising individuality. Ligeti moved far away from aesthetic trends and methods all his life. He was characterized by fresh and unorthodox ideas, any form of dogmatism was foreign to his nature, his entire oeuvre is marked by radical turning points. Admired and hugely influential in the profession, the sensual accessibility of his music has won the hearts of audiences everywhere. 

in http://www.schott-music.com