Message #30879

[Dundonnell]

It would be worth perusing this list of British (and commonwealth) symphonies and see how many are post 1963 (or whatever arbitrary cut off) to see how rare Pickard is or how common and crowded the field is.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ntl_discogs/British_symphonies/British_symphonies.htm

Three British composers are listed post-John Pickard and Matthew Taylor: Julian Anderson with one symphony and Thomas Ades and Richard Causton each with a Chamber Symphony.

....But of course the neglect of what one might call "symphonic music" in its broadest sense composed by a number of distinguished living British composer on disc is shocking. Look at the case of Robin Holloway, for example! Not a "symphonist" but certainly a very, very fine composer of music in traditional format.