Thank you thank you thank you Dave! I have been patiently waiting for so long for this one!! You have really got me hooked on Lloyd and your pairings have been simply amazing!
The gorgeous main theme of the slow movement of Lloyd’s 6th is one of those immortal tunes that you feel like you’ve known your whole life - Lloyd sure had a knack for writing those! The whole symphony is just wonderful and there’s not a note wasted anywhere!
Oh, I certainly wish that too! Unfortunately, most orchestral programmers keep feeding us a steady diet of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, etc. All great composers, of course, but there’s so much more to classical music than the warhorse Germanic repertoire! The difficult challenge is for people to overcome the widely-held prejudice that any unfamiliar 20th century music is going to be an atonal noise-fest. The reality is that the majority of 20th century music is actually quite tonal and accessible like that of Lloyd, and the atonal/serial “interruption” (as Dave would call it) was merely one of numerous different schools of composition active during that time. I can only imagine how positively audiences would respond to Lloyd’s music (especially his Symphonies 4 through 8, his finest IMO) if it were only given the performance exposure it deserves!
Well, I’d be there at that concert for sure! Let me tell you, DH, I’m an Englishman in Rome and recently I’ve befriended a wonderful man who directs operas. He’s currently working with Chailly in Milan - they’re doing La Forza Del Destino. I’ve introduced him to Tippett’s Midsummer. He didn’t know it! I’m also pushing Lloyd, big time! He seems very interested. If he can convince Chailly to do any of their stuff, it’s down to you, friend. Xx
Dear Dave, a suggestion for a new theme : musical sets which would have been wonderful ... but which, unfortunately, do not exist ! For example, personally, I would be delighted to hold a complete set of the 200 Vivaldi's violin concertos by the same interpret. I think that Giuliano Carmignola would have been the best qualified. But, unfortunately, this set does not, and will probably never, exist !
Thank you thank you thank you Dave! I have been patiently waiting for so long for this one!! You have really got me hooked on Lloyd and your pairings have been simply amazing!
The gorgeous main theme of the slow movement of Lloyd’s 6th is one of those immortal tunes that you feel like you’ve known your whole life - Lloyd sure had a knack for writing those! The whole symphony is just wonderful and there’s not a note wasted anywhere!
Couldn't agree more...wish these programs could become a reality!!!
Oh, I certainly wish that too! Unfortunately, most orchestral programmers keep feeding us a steady diet of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, etc. All great composers, of course, but there’s so much more to classical music than the warhorse Germanic repertoire! The difficult challenge is for people to overcome the widely-held prejudice that any unfamiliar 20th century music is going to be an atonal noise-fest. The reality is that the majority of 20th century music is actually quite tonal and accessible like that of Lloyd, and the atonal/serial “interruption” (as Dave would call it) was merely one of numerous different schools of composition active during that time. I can only imagine how positively audiences would respond to Lloyd’s music (especially his Symphonies 4 through 8, his finest IMO) if it were only given the performance exposure it deserves!
Well, I’d be there at that concert for sure! Let me tell you, DH, I’m an Englishman in Rome and recently I’ve befriended a wonderful man who directs operas. He’s currently working with Chailly in Milan - they’re doing La Forza Del Destino. I’ve introduced him to Tippett’s Midsummer. He didn’t know it! I’m also pushing Lloyd, big time! He seems very interested. If he can convince Chailly to do any of their stuff, it’s down to you, friend. Xx
That would be very exciting!
Dear Dave, a suggestion for a new theme : musical sets which would have been wonderful ... but which, unfortunately, do not exist !
For example, personally, I would be delighted to hold a complete set of the 200 Vivaldi's violin concertos by the same interpret. I think that Giuliano Carmignola would have been the best qualified. But, unfortunately, this set does not, and will probably never, exist !
Hey Dave, do you have a recommended recording for the Herrmann suite?
Although I am no Dave, I dare mention the recording by Salonen in LA: it seems wonderful to me.
Yes, that one will do nicely, as will the one in the Herrmann Decca box conducted by the man himself.