Iannis Xenakis - Synaphaï (Audio + Full Score)

Iannis Xenakis - Synaphaï, for piano and orchestra (1969)

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor - Elgar Howarth
Piano - Geoffrey Douglas Madge

Synaphaï (Greek: connexities) is a composition for piano and orchestra by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis. It was finished in 1969 and premiered in 1971. Synaphaï was initially commissioned by Hofstra University on New York's Long Island for the conductor Eleazar de Carvalho and the pianist Jocy de Oliveira. It was finished in 1969 and premiered at the 1971 Royan Festival, of which he was a regular composer, during the festival's Xenakis Day, in which ten of Xenakis's most important works were performed. The piece was performed by Georges Pludermacher at the piano and the Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF with Michel Tabachnik. The piece was later published by Éditions Salabert in May 1981.

[cubycube]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but
This is so comforting.

[benjamin]

Synaphai is a top 5 Xenakis piece for me: maybe top 2 along with Ais

[fresh]

nice to see that ever genre has its own form of hardcore, love this

[zgart]

I never thought I'd see the score to this, thanks!

[k_ope]

ahh madge, makes sense that he's playing

[woomyboi]

the end of the piece (~10:56) sounds like the symphonic equivalent of rush hour traffic (not a bad thing)

[Alexander_the_dumb]

Is it me or does this just sound like an apocalypse

[asjdhkasbd]

what in the frick frack diddly dack pattywack snick snack crack pack slack mack quarterback crackerjack feedback backtrack thumbtack sidetrack flapjack lip smack sneak attack big mac tic-tac did i just witness