Trois Femmes de Legende by Melanie Bonis...

[ardcarp]

...finishing tonight's Live in Concert were new to me, as was the composer. They are interesting orchestral sketches that one cannot help thinking Ravel-influenced (some thematic material almost seemed 'nicked') but, and a big but, Ravel was born nearly 20 years later than Mme Bonis..so he didn't necessarily have the ideas first. They died in the same year, 1937. There was unusual use of orchestral colour included some un-Ravellian texture all bunched down among the bass instruments. The performance by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales was a tad untidy here and there, but I guess this was new repertoire for them and no doubt (given a lot of other rarely done stuff in the programme) rehearsal time was tight.

Anyone else hear them?

[Honoured Guest]

Trois Femmes de Legende by Melanie Bonis...

ardcarp said:

"...finishing tonight's Live in Concert were new to me, as was the composer. They are interesting orchestral sketches that one cannot help thinking Ravel-influenced (some thematic material almost seemed 'nicked') but, and a big but, Ravel was born nearly 20 years later than Mme Bonis..so he didn't necessarily have the ideas first. They died in the same year, 1937. There was unusual use of orchestral colour included some un-Ravellian texture all bunched down among the bass instruments. The performance by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales was a tad untidy here and there, but I guess this was new repertoire for them and no doubt (given a lot of other rarely done stuff in the programme) rehearsal time was tight.

"Anyone else hear them?"

I was there! The whole concert was a revelation to me. I especially enjoyed Germaine Tailleferre's Concerto grosso. It's fantastic to have Hoddinott Hall on my doorstep.

[Roehre]

...finishing tonight's Live in Concert were new to me, as was the composer. They are interesting orchestral sketches that one cannot help thinking Ravel-influenced (some thematic material almost seemed 'nicked') but, and a big but, Ravel was born nearly 20 years later than Mme Bonis..so he didn't necessarily have the ideas first. They died in the same year, 1937. There was unusual use of orchestral colour included some un-Ravellian texture all bunched down among the bass instruments. The performance by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales was a tad untidy here and there, but I guess this was new repertoire for them and no doubt (given a lot of other rarely done stuff in the programme) rehearsal time was tight.

Anyone else hear them?

I'll iplay them later this week.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The whole concert was a revelation to me.