We remember Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, who passed away today. His groundbreaking approach to music, which earned him our Kravis Prize for New Music, informs this 2018 performance of "Symphony for Open Strings," conducted by Music Director Jaap van Zweden, in which he constructs a melody comprising notes sounded by 12 solo string players performing on open strings all tuned to different chromatic pitches. The f…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:42PM on July 1, 2021