How many here listens contemporary classical music - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Don´t know has this been discussed before, but the time I have been here I haven´t seen this kind of thread.

This came to my mind today when I listened first time Terry Riley´s "a Rainbow In a Curved Air" (that I find really fascinating). I am not sure is Terry Riley categorised as "contemporary classical music" -composer, but that´s not the point. All my life I have seen attitude from "common man" who listens just popular music, that contemporary classical music is just art for art´s sake no-one can really understand. I just wonder, is it same in "common" proglistener (whatever it is)? I suppose proglisteners could be more open also to contemporary classical music. Also, I think it really has influenced less of more at least some progartists.

I have always tried not to have any attitudes towards any music. But have to say I am not also a big expert of the genre of this thread. Also I haven´t seen lots of mentions about it here. Stockhausen has mentioned, I have listened from him Gesang Der Jünglinlinge/ Kontakte -album and I have really liked the first one. Going to listen him more. Only other connection to CCM I have through Sonic Youth, who released album where they played their favorite pieces from that genre (there are compositions from Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros, James Tenney, John Cage, Takehisa Kosugi, Yoko Ono, Nicolas Slonimsky, Cornelius Cardew, George Maciunas & Steve Reich. Not my favorite album, but quite interesting anyway). Then I have had less or more interest to artist somewhere in the middle of CCM and popular music as Pekka Airaksinen (my biggest fav of the artists I have mentioned here), Nurse With Wound, Einstürzende Neubauten. Faust is my really big favorite, I think it´s closest from the progartists to CCM.

So how about you? I know many likes for example Tangerine Dream, that I think also have at least some connections to CCM. I made recently a review from Terry Riley/John Cale Church Of Anthrax and noticed reviews made from his albums at least few almost every year, but not seen here any Terry Riley-thread.

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Nogbad_The_Bad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Online Points: 21364	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nogbad_The_Bad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April 10 2020 at 09:16
	Going to Big Ears every year has opened up my listening to contemporary classical. I also can you it from the Minimalist Jazz approach listening to a lot of Nik Bartsch Ronin & The Necks led to Reich, Riley and the like. I wouldn't say it's a large part of my collection but its certainly an area that's expanding and I'm enjoying exploring.
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	Don´t know has this been discussed before, but the time I have been here I haven´t seen this kind of thread. This came to my mind today when I listened first time Terry Riley´s "a Rainbow In a Curved Air" (that I find really fascinating). I am not sure is Terry Riley categorised as "contemporary classical music" -composer, but that´s not the point. All my life I have seen attitude from "common man" who listens just popular music, that contemporary classical music is just art for art´s sake no-one can really understand. I just wonder, is it same in "common" proglistener (whatever it is)? I suppose proglisteners could be more open also to contemporary classical music. Also, I think it really has influenced less of more at least some progartists. I have always tried not to have any attitudes towards any music. But have to say I am not also a big expert of the genre of this thread. Also I haven´t seen lots of mentions about it here. Stockhausen has mentioned, I have listened from him Gesang Der Jünglinlinge/ Kontakte -album and I have really liked the first one. Going to listen him more. Only other connection to CCM I have through Sonic Youth, who released album where they played their favorite pieces from that genre (there are compositions from Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros, James Tenney, John Cage, Takehisa Kosugi, Yoko Ono, Nicolas Slonimsky, Cornelius Cardew, George Maciunas & Steve Reich. Not my favorite album, but quite interesting anyway). Then I have had less or more interest to artist somewhere in the middle of CCM and popular music as Pekka Airaksinen (my biggest fav of the artists I have mentioned here), Nurse With Wound, Einstürzende Neubauten. Faust is my really big favorite, I think it´s closest from the progartists to CCM. So how about you? I know many likes for example Tangerine Dream, that I think also have at least some connections to CCM. I made recently a review from Terry Riley/John Cale Church Of Anthrax and noticed reviews made from his albums at least few almost every year, but not seen here any Terry Riley-thread.