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Downloads by surname / Downloads: discussion without links / Re: United States Music
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on: April 03, 2015, 04:33:33 pm
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I believe the actual story is that Koussevitzky had sensed that Schuman was strongly influenced by Harris in his early work, and after K. premiered Schuman's 3rd Symphony, he told the young composer: "Now you must learn to hate Harris!" It was K.s way of telling Schuman that he had to start developing his own voice. Which he most assuredly did! :-)
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Assorted items / Individual composers / Re: Malcolm Williamson (1931-2003)
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on: March 15, 2014, 01:57:40 am
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I believe there were some reasons as to why those Chandos series hit the buffers - The Williamson series owing to Iceland's financial collapse a few years back (and consequently affecting the Iceland SO used for the sessions) and the Bennett series because of Richard Hickox's death. As for Williamson himself, what I've heard of his has always left me wanting more, and with as big an output as his, there's plenty of his stuff out tehre waiting to be discovered. Having acquired Piers Lane's new set of the Piano Concertos I can report that there's a great deal to enjoy - no.2 is an especially infectious creation. The late no.4 has a rather wonderful tune in the central movt., too. First review I read was (alas) Norman Lebrecht on the Sinfini site - a typically condescending, damning-with-faint-praise piece which tends to be the sort of thing he does for any composer who has the temerity to spell his name something other than M-A-H-L-E-R. And as such, best ignored. The music, naturally, is another matter entirely! :)
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Assorted items / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / Re: Holst Choral Symphony from Chandos
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on: September 15, 2013, 02:34:17 pm
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Haven't heard the Davis recording yet, and as I too am very happy with Boult, doing so is rather low on my list of priorities. But this did trigger a memory from a few years back, when I attended the Proms premiere of the Choral Symphony back in 2009 - David Atherton was the conductor, and I suspect this was originally one of Hickox's programmes before the Grim Reaper claimed him. For me, Atherton is a very underrated conductor, and he unquestionably "gets" Holst: had he been the conductor on this recording, I think the performers' response would have been much closer to what I heard in the RAH 4 years ago. The best moments were almost on a par with Sir Adrian (I recall an especially blistering Scherzo).......... Oh well. May as well file under "missed opportunities" and stick with Boult..........
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Assorted items / General musical discussion / Re: Music "For the Birds"
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on: September 08, 2013, 01:38:28 pm
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Would Stravinsky's "The Owl and the Pussycat" half-qualify at the very least? From more recent times, John McCabe's double violin concerto "Les Martinets Noirs" (if someone else has already mentioned it, apologies). Also worth mentioning is Michael Finnissy's 3rd String Quartet, which makes extensive use of recordings of birdsong.
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Assorted items / Coming broadcasts and listen-later links / Re: Proms 2013
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on: April 23, 2013, 07:21:15 pm
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For all the ambivalence that the "cult of the centenary" can engender, I for one am not displeased to see George Lloyd peeking from behind the shoulder of a far more celebrated fellow centenarian from these shores: I believe he has been represented at the Proms only once before (Symphony 6 in 1981 under the much-missed Ted Downes, if memory serves).
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Assorted items / General musical discussion / Re: USA composers influenced by RVW
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on: February 20, 2013, 09:03:22 pm
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Peter Mennin was strongly influenced by RVW: his early Folk Overture (1945) could almost be an offshoot from the last movt. of the older composer's 4th Symphony, and there are moments like that in much of his work from the 1940s (though the 3rd Symphony [1946] also has strong echoes of Walton 1 to my ears). Thomas Canning also comes to mind: his Fantasia on a theme of Justin Morgan (recorded by both Howard Hanson and Stokowski) could almost be the Tallis Fantasia transplanted to the US. I suspect William Schuman was also influenced by that work, if some of the string sonorities in his 3rd Symphony (1941) are any indication. In more recent times, Claude Baker quotes quite brazenly from RVW's 4th Symphony in his orchestral "The Glass Bead Game" (1982). Slightly off-topic, Howard Hanson went on record mentioning Holst as one of the composers he felt he had been strongly influenced by.
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Downloads by surname / Downloads: discussion without links / Christopher Rouse upload
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on: December 24, 2012, 09:05:46 am
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I attempted to access the mouthwatering Christopher Rouse hoard that has just appeared only to get the following from Rapidshare:
Download not available File owner's public traffic exhausted. (da3c7b74)
:(
Is there a chance that it could be reposted?
Many thanks in advance.............
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Assorted items / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / Re: Panufnik Symphonies on CPO
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on: December 21, 2012, 07:57:07 am
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The Warsaw Phil came to Cadogan Hall last year with Antoni Wit and included the Sinfonia Rustica as the second work in the programme - which meant that after the overture the players had to re-seat to conform with the antiphonal seating Panufnik devised for that work (it requires what is essentially a double string orchestra along with a modest wind complement). It took several minutes for that to happen, if I remember correctly. Worth the wait, though! :)
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