Daniel Jones works on Ao3 w/c 15/10/12

[aeolium]

Just an alert for anyone interested in the music of Daniel Jones (whose centenary falls this year), three of his works are being played next week on Ao3: the Cello Concerto (Monday) and two of his symphonies, nos 11 (Friday) and 12 (Wednesday). There are also rarely heard works by Erik Chisholm and Kenneth Leighton during this week.

I rarely listen continuously to Ao3 these days as it is usually a pot-pourri of works lumped together, often extracted from different concert or studio performances. The mix and match approach has affected the Lunchtime Concert, as with the Tuesday-Friday concerts for this week where works from several different concerts were jumbled up and mixed together. To my mind it makes for a much less satisfying 'concert' and I can't understand why it's increasingly preferred (in deferred broadcasts) to the traditional form.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Many thanks for the nudge, aeoli; I'd missed this in RT.

[secondfiddle]

Just an alert for anyone interested in the music of Daniel Jones (whose centenary falls this year), three of his works are being played next week on Ao3: the Cello Concerto (Monday) and two of his symphonies, nos 11 (Friday) and 12 (Wednesday). There are also rarely heard works by Erik Chisholm and Kenneth Leighton during this week.

I rarely listen continuously to Ao3 these days as it is usually a pot-pourri of works lumped together, often extracted from different concert or studio performances. The mix and match approach has affected the Lunchtime Concert, as with the Tuesday-Friday concerts for this week where works from several different concerts were jumbled up and mixed together. To my mind it makes for a much less satisfying 'concert' and I can't understand why it's increasingly preferred (in deferred broadcasts) to the traditional form.

I couldn't agree more. Ao3 is a most unsatisfactory programme, especially when R3 via Radio Times can't even bother to make it clear whether one is going to hear a broadcast or - as is often the case - a recording from a commercial CD.

Nevertheless, there are occasional nuggets and Daniel Jones's Cello Concerto played this afternoon is one. A fine work, easily approachable but still serious in content with what would seem to be a very rewarding part for the soloist. Recommended to any who might have missed it.

[Gordon]

Thanks also for this heads up on Daniel Jones. His string quartets are well worth a listen. There used to be a Chandos box of them all - CHAN 9535 by the Delme.

Symphonies 6 and 9 + Country beyond the Stars - Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra are available on a Lyrita CD SRCD 326. Symphonies 4, 7 and 8 on SRCD 329 and Dance Suite on SRCD 334 [with Hoddinott and Wm Mathias].

So, nos 11 and 12 will be worth recording.