I switched on the car radio to hear something I knew not...Mahler but not quite Mahler....and I was fairly bowled over by it insofar as one can be whilst driving. It turned out to be the Scherzo (of Mahlerian proportion) from Rott's 1st Symphony. Apparently Mahler was highly influenced by him (and pretty much nicked the Scherzo's main theme) and I just wonder why Herr Rott is so little-known. By me at any rate.
(last but one item in the programme...just before Poulenc Piano Improvisation)
Any Rott fans?
(last but one item in the programme...just before Poulenc Piano Improvisation)
Any Rott fans?