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What, the fortepianist? -
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... sadly, no - I meant, of course, Frank James Cooper [1901-1961]
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Yes, quite - I was just about to make that first point.Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
On the second, no, I didn't know but then I could never quite accommodate the fact that David Raeburn was related to John Schlesinger.
Yes, quite - I was just about to make that point. Especially apt when we were so troubled by the A composers.Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostAs, indeed, they shall be when this Thread is copied onto the "Composers" sub-forum.
John Adams he is not (nor Adolphe Adam but we didn't discuss him).
Yes, quite - I was just about to make that point.......no, actually, I wasn 't.......what do you mean?.......are you a fully paid up member to the Lucas brigade now?Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
All Smiths will be sent back to the foundry for re-education, when Jeremy Corbyn gets in!
I find it hard to keep up with the modern world.Comment
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Alwyn reached his widest public through his movie scores, not the concert hall. Many of these films still crop up on "London Live" (Channel 8) and "Talking Pictures" (Channel 81). Several are repeated from time to time and include such titles as "Desert Victory," "The Way Ahead," "Odd Man Out," "Green for Danger," "The Fallen Idol," "The Winslow Boy," "The History of Mr. Polly," "Morning Departure," "The Magic Box," "The Million Pound Note," "The Smallest Show on Earth," "Carve Her Name with Pride," "A Night to Remember," and a great many others. On the other hand, three of his symphonies have had just one Proms performance each (Nos 3, 4 and 5) and No. 1 has had two, in 1953 and 2014. I think movie-goers interested in British films will doubtless have heard much more of Alwyn's music than the average concert-goer!Comment
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The Harp Concerto (Lyra Angelica)is gorgeous.
Re the symphonies http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9426/1/Barr...opy.pdf?DDD23+
may be of interest,a bit intense though,certainly for meComment
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Tomorrow,an all Alwyn programme on the wireless
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Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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I'm just catching the end of this - it appears to have replaced a repeat (? - RT doesn't say repeat) of Richard Wetz' second symphony from last Sunday, which I missed. Very eclectic, wasn't he, Mr Alwyn? I find myself box-ticking the mish-mash of references passing by!Comment
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Just listened to this, twice today in fact.Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
The Magic Island - symphonic poem
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
conductor William Alwyn
Piano Concerto No 1
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor James Judd
Symphony No 4
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor David Lloyd-Jones.
On two hearings, the symphony surpasses the concerto and the first piece by some distance..."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Was he related to the conductor Kenneth Alwyn, some 20 years his junior?Comment
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No sign of it, on a cursory google. Seems unlikely since in each case, Alwyn seems to have been a middle name, oddly enough, if Wiki is to be believed (they were born William Alwyn Smith and Kenneth Alwyn Wetherell respectively).Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
Kenneth A is still going, and this interview you would expect to mention William, if he had been any sort of close relation: http://www.aahorsham.co.uk/content/kennethalwyn"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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This two discs have indeed been very satisfying. I especially like the work for cor anglais and string orchestraOriginally posted by Pulcinella View PostMight have been his concerto for harp and string orchestra, Lyra angelica?
Or the concerto for oboe, strings, and harp?
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/w/7...estra-and-HarpComment
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