The new-musicn group Explore Ensemble has been named as one of two recipients of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation’s Ensemble Prize.
The other winner is Poland’s Spółdzielnia Muzyczna.
Photo: Dimitri Djuric
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What do they explore? The nonsense that untalented people in the sixties thought were a better replacement of music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHczIvWzjzY
Let it be noticed that this poor man even plays the ‘fantasy flute’ at 16:18, comparable with the silent gestures for the conductor that Mrs Gubaidulina inserted in one of her ‘spiritual’ pieces.
All of that stuff has already been ‘explored’ half a century ago. and it never left anything memorable, so it can be called ‘dementia music’, or ‘placebo music’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCHe9t9IGVA&t=22s
It’s for people without any music, so they stick to the sounds.
Come on John, don’t be so harsh. This is rather jolly:
https://soundcloud.com/explore-ensemble/john-croft-sextet
It sounds like a composer reading the review on his piece the day after the premiere.