May 14, 2007
Note on Structure
By orienting and organizing the coherence of the system, the center of a structure permits the play of its elements inside the total form…a structure without any center represents the unthinkable itself. Nevertheless, the center also closes off the play which it opens up and makes possible. As center is the point at which the substitutions of contents, elements, or terms is no longer possible. At the center, the permutation or the transformation of elements (which may of course be the structures within the structure) is forbidden. At least this permutation has always remained interdicted…Thus it has always been thought that the center, which is by definition unique, constituted that very thing within a structure which, while governing the structure, escapes structurality. This is why classical thought concerning structure could say that the center is, paradoxically, within the structure and outside it. – Giovanna Borradori, Holism in a Continental Key. Derrida and Structuralism
“Some note and such”
01. Olivier Messiaen – Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps (V. Louange A Leternite De Jesus)
(Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, 2000)
02. Peter Kiesewette – Tango pathetique
(Tchaikovsky & Shostakovitch Piano Trios, 1999)
03. Tchaikovsky – Trio. 2. ([Coda.] Andante con moto — Lugubre)
(Tchaikovsky & Shostakovitch Piano Trios, 1999)
04. J. S. Bach – Sonata For Violin and Harpsicord No.2 in A Major BWV.1015
(Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019; Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029, 1995)
05. Richard Strauss – Sonata in B Minor Op.5
(Images, 1996)
06. Ottorino Respighi – Sonata in B Minor
(Debussy, Ravel, Respighi and others, 1989)
07. J. S. Bach – Partita n.3 in A minor, BWV 827 (gigue)
(Partitas 1 2 & 3, 2002)
08. Alfred Schnittke – Concerto Grosso No.1 (Toccatta: Allegro)
(Kremer plays Schnittke, 1994)
09. J. S. Bach – Cello Suite no. 2 in D Minor: BWV 1008
(Phoebe Carrai. J.S. Bach: The 6 Cello Suites, 2003)
10. J. S. Bach – Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor: BWV 1011
(Mstislav Rostropovich. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, 1995)
Note: This is a long list with some magnificant pieces. I need this for myself. And be warn, a little in the psychotic side.
see also: The Last of the Romantic.
Image: Rome, Study Mode, Zaha Hadid
about the music. This is my reset button. I’ve been listening to so many strange rock albums, I need to reset my head. Several of the song in the list are played at faster than average masterfully, which is the reason I pick them. It absolutely locks my concentration.
Great pieces in the list: Tango Pathetique (Martha argerich, et all)
All the Bach piano are Glenn Gould,
Phoebe Carrai: you can find her recording at magnatune. Her cello partita is magnificant. (fast, crisp, with that memorable bow twist. I love it.)
Mstislav Rostropovich is classic, very stately, with large sound.
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intresting perspective, as allways happens whith saha hadid. the contrast betwen the clasical term of center and composition in general, is so deep that it becomes an ilusion to even think of both shearing the same time and space. i think that in saha architecture the center is dead, and the reality turns on itself until it is another thing, the time is a new one, and then, only then, when humans or users arrive at that state of awarenes and peace of the new sapece; then the contrast dissapear and any everyone is free of structure in that sence. beautiful thing when theory architecture and music mixes into one post :) jaja
best wishes.
germán garibaldi – architecture student – music lover and sometimes player. art consumer (jaja)
(ps – excuse my poor english)
It’s interesting you mentioned that awareness comes after reality. Coming from an architect, I couldn’t imagine how all that will play into the act of creating something.
This series reach isn’t in that level. in general it merely tries to collect ideas and method of organising songs differently then see what comes out. Tho’ what you say is certainly intriguing.