File Under ? runs “Hurricane Playlist” contest
Hurricane Irene approaches. We’ve got two extra guests this weekend: my Mom and Humphrey, her labrador retriever. They were evacuated from Long Island and are spending the weekend with us.
Waiting out a storm can be angst-producing and, eventually, boredom provoking – particularly without music.
So, File Under ? readers (the comments section is open and so are email, Twitter, Facebook, and G+), send us your “hurricane” listening lists – either in old-fashioned typewritten format or via the usual suspects (Spotify, Last.fm, etc.). The guidelines are wide open. It can be a themed list or simply musical “comfort food.”
Stay safe everyone!
“Winner” – my entirely subjective favorite gets a prize. Hey, why should Irene have all the fun?
A little late now, but Stephen Dankner’s “Hurricane” would be a good one. Recorded by Louisiana Philharmonic, I think on Albany. 🙂
Here’s a little hurricane fun:
Ludwig van Beethoven- Symphony 6 Movement IV
Christopher Rouse- The Infernal Machine
Eric Whitacre- Cloudburst
Eric Whitacre- Water Night
Aaron Jay Kernis- Symphony in Waves
John Luther Adams- Dark Waves
Igor Stravinsky- Concerto for Piano and Winds (bad pun)
George Handel- Water Music Suite # 1, 2 ,3
John Mackey- Asphalt Cocktail
Harry Partch- Water! Water! an ntermission for voices, choruses, original and Partch instruments
Harrison Birtwistle- Panic
Steven Bryant- Ecstatic Waters
“Rock You Like a Hurricane” on repeat
To follow-up, I’ve just enjoyed:
Davd Lang: Evening Morning Day from “The Little Match Girl Passion”
Bach: Minuet-Trio from Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 (the trio is probably one of my favorite moments in all the Brandenburgs)
Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 12, movt. 2
Beethoven: Funermal March from the “Eroica” Symphony
(my soundtrack isn’t exactly an upper)
I don’t really have a playlist, but here are some notably ominous tracks that have popped up on my iPod as it has been shuffling the last few hours (in order of appearance):
Berlioz – Introitus to the “Requiem”
Bernard Rands – …where the murmurs die…
Milton Babbitt – my ends are my beginnings
Pink Floyd – Us and Them
Black Sabbath – Into the Void
(to be continued…)