Mander and Fry - The Life To Come

[Lat-Literal]

Has anyone listened to it and, if so, what did you think? It appears that Surrey Opera are currently in rehearsals for it.

Not sure where or when it is likely to be performed. Probably Trinity School unfortunately - or somewhere else far flung.

[vinteuil]

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... it's probably not far-flung for those living in RH1 1NN.

http://www.louismander.com/events/2017/8/20/the-life-to-come

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[Lat-Literal]

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... it's probably not far-flung for those living in RH1 1NN.

http://www.louismander.com/events/2017/8/20/the-life-to-come

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Ohhhhh.......how interesting.

That is considerably better than anything I had anticipated.

What about the music itself?

[Serial_Apologist]

Ohhhhh.......how interesting.

That is considerably better than anything I had anticipated.

What about the music itself?

Not sure how representive the below is of the composer's harmonic language, which is very redolent of many a middle-of-the-road English composer writing chamber music in the 1930s, or maybe sticking to his guns against the outrage of serialism and atonality in general in the 1950s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvoC3izgsy4

[Lat-Literal]

Not sure how representive the below is of the composer's harmonic language, which is very redolent of many a middle-of-the-road English composer writing chamber music in the 1930s, or maybe sticking to his guns against the outrage of serialism and atonality in general in the 1950s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvoC3izgsy4

Thank you.

It isn't what I was expecting.

I suppose I would say it is ok.

But an opera would presumably be quite different.

[Serial_Apologist]

Thank you.

It isn't what I was expecting.

I suppose I would say it is ok.

But an opera would presumably be quite different.

How could one say? Whether that would matter or not might depend on whether or not the listener wants consistency.

[Lat-Literal]

How could one say? Whether that would matter or not might depend on whether or not the listener wants consistency.

Yes.