I may spend my days waxing lyrical about all manner of music, but I’ll be the first to admit that I’d need to be a lot smarter before I could even consider entering the debate regarding atonal music. Then again, even Schoenberg, perhaps the composer with whom the term is most closely associated, said that the argument wasn’t worth wasting your breath on. Who am I to argue?
So, it’s best I just listen to and enjoy Aaron Wyanski’s take on his music, one in a series of his releases celebrating the man himself. Wyanski pulls off a clever trick: he faithfully reproduces the piece in terms of the notes played and also breathes new life into it. This makes it both respectful of the original but allows him to explore the piece to a greater or lesser degree.
As I said at the beginning, I would need to be more qualified to discuss the finer points of such music, but if you think that atonal music is akin to non-music, then think again. Here, we have music that wanders between the realms of jazz, classical, and avant-garde yet delivers intriguing and adventurous new takes on this often controversial composer.
Music should be adventurous; that’s how it moves on. Even if you find that music such as this is not your “cup of tea,” perhaps at least respect its importance in challenging the musical status quo. That’s a start, at least.
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