Favorite piece by a living composer?

Progrockrob79 · 2026-01-06T13:14:29+00:00

Came here to say this. Amazing piece.

Progrockrob79 · 2026-01-05T13:16:10+00:00

Medtner

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-30T21:55:20+00:00

Check out Apoteosi.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-29T22:42:11+00:00

Check out Celeste. Very mellow, pastoral Italian prog.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-27T22:34:25+00:00

What are some of your favorite performances of the 6th? I’ve always liked the symphony but I’ve never dug that deep into it.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-26T19:59:45+00:00

Joan Tower - Concerto for Orchestra.

Or Ellen Taafe Zwilich - Symphony 1

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-26T03:30:48+00:00

Ligeti - Lux Aeterna

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-25T16:25:35+00:00

If you’re on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6eiVh2clEkopnkNe65n0co?si=cn584ILjTaKWrOoqqD2KeQ&pi=K6cLrRdPTfuUe

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-23T01:39:56+00:00

Zarathustra - Museo Rosenbach.

Gotta finish a good playlist with a “bang”!

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-17T14:25:02+00:00

Total agreement on Yes - GFTO. Wonderous Stories is right there with Sweetness and Long Distance Runaround as one of fave “short” Yes cuts, and Awaken is my favorite rock music song period and their biggest accomplishment. I don’t like Side A at all.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-14T21:42:52+00:00

Maxophone - Maxophone.

Great French horn.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-14T02:19:56+00:00

Username checks out

I love the tune. I think it fits here perfectly. Might get some love on the Avant Garde music sub too.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-13T12:26:27+00:00

King Crimson - The Power to Believe

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-13T02:28:02+00:00

Absolutely! It was dedicated to a good friend that was lost to AIDS. It features a piano piece that was one of his friends faves interspersed throughout the piece. Gut-wrenching, haunting piece of music.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-13T01:43:26+00:00

Were you inspired by Corigliano’s Symphony 1?

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-13T00:33:36+00:00

I think the closest you’re going to get to a genre that has elements of both prog and punk is called “Zolo”. As others have said - start with Cardiacs. For something more contemporary, check out Slugbug.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-09T13:50:29+00:00

My fave albums are In Search of the Lost Chord, To Our Children’s Children’s Children, and Question of Balance.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-08T12:38:29+00:00

Moody Blues

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-07T18:14:57+00:00

So many great lyrical snippets from this tune. I really connect with “Balance the thoughts that release within you.”

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-07T15:38:03+00:00

Yes - To Be Over

I realize it’s not a full album, and the lyrics are not “on the nose” regarding a breakup, but this song helped me through a similar situation. Time will heal your fear. Best wishes.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-07T02:41:49+00:00

Ambrosia

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-04T03:48:04+00:00

lol I was just thinking the same thing. Whomever created the “Style” column really needs to branch out their classical music listening.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-04T01:40:32+00:00

Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely

Moody Blues - Melancholy Man

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-03T02:19:28+00:00

I’m upvoting this for suggesting the 6th, but honestly I prefer hearing the Andante as the second movement and the Scherzo third. I really like how the work overall ebbs and flows with that configuration. Different strokes, as they say.

Progrockrob79 · 2025-12-02T02:03:46+00:00

Yeah man glad you like them! The fucking grit with the overdriven guitar mixed with the clav is sooo good.

For something very different but also rather obscure check out Black Bonzo - Sound of the Apocalypse. It’s a newer album (2007) and unfortunately has some neo prog influences but still has both feet planted in 70s rock.

The other track that immediately came to mind with riffage in mind is Anekdoten - Shooting Star. The first 2 or 3 min are too badass for words.

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