Classical music and psychedelics

[kidklmx]

I have no idea why, but I find "And God Created Great Whales" hi-la-rious.

 

[Dondante]

...for some slightly crazy 'modern' Soviet acapella sacred choral music, try Schnittke's Concerto for Choir (the last movement is my favourite).

Nice.

Here's a particularly haunting choral piece I came across a while back: Vivaldi - et in terra pax.

...discovered it on the list of music played for the Hopkins psilocybin study volunteers.

 

[electrodevo]

Anyway, some other composers and performers have definitely dabbled with psychedelics at some point, but I'd rather not give names...

Why not? Since the school of minimalism was in part founded on psychedelics. (Namedrop: La Monte Young)

ya know when I first started going to Raves in the Early 90's DJ's almost always intro ed with some kind of classical music that flowed nicely into the world of thundering house music.

Even now, you can occasionally find some examples. (John Adams "Harmonielehre" serving as an intro to Nero's "Doomsday" for instance.) Would be nice to see more.

 

[WritingOnTheWall]

Schoenberg and his madness



Schostakovich and his madness



Yngwie Malmsteen and his madness

 

[WritingOnTheWall]

Out of this world voice of Andreas Scholl interpreting Vivaldi:



Out of this world voice of Gerard Lesne interpreting Purcell:

 

[xdrc]

Playlist of various music covered in PiHKAL&TiHKAL compiled by Jitka Nykodemova.