<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Nov 18, 2009, at 6:09 PM, Dmitri Tymoczko wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>I'm wondering if anyone can help me come up with examples of what I think of as the "Prog-rock Symphony" -- album-length, through-composed instrumental pieces suggesting some sort of classical influence, however vague.<br></div></blockquote><br></div><div>I wonder if Sigur Rós would qualify? Their vocalists supposedly draw from nonsense syllables based on their native Icelandic, and the vowels are long-sustained, so the effect is quite instrumental. The music, tending to slow-moving tracks of 7-13 minutes in length, reminds me of Brian Eno's ambient effects put to drums-and-bass ostinati, with some resemblance to recent Radiohead. A symphonic scope is suggested by the multiple synths and guitars in a thick, reverb-soaked texture that occasionally supports ensemble climaxes.</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Walter Everett</div><div>Professor of Music</div><div>Chair, Department of Theory</div><div>The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance</div><div>1100 Baits Dr.</div><div>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:weverett@umich.edu">weverett@umich.edu</a></div><div>voice: 734-763-2039</div><div>fax: 734-763-5097</div></div></div></span> </div><br></body></html>