Unheard British symphonies

[Maclintick]

I thought they were by someone called Franz Rise & Shine.

Some disambiguation needed, shurely ?

[verismissimo]

Some disambiguation needed, shurely ?

Nothing from Moreland, Maclintick? His symphony of 1936?

[cloughie]

Oh I don't know about that. He was buried in Surey, after all.

With or without the fringe?

[Maclintick]

Probably not much point my reiterating enthusiasm for the David Matthews Symphonies yet again....
(But.... try 4,5,7 and 9 as "entry points", rather than the epic 6th..... 8th remains unrecorded...)...

But what about Maxwell Davies?
Not much played now, his 10 Symphonies must be by far the most original such creations post-war....7 and 8 still lack recordings...

Scarcely surprising given their complexity and "difficulty"..(often based on medieval chants and plainsong, flowing and densely contrapuntal).. but so very rewarding to return to...

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Was at the première, & thought it a fine work, if not displacing those of his earlier "enfant terrible" phase,"Worldes Blis", 8 Songs, "Taverner", et al, in my affections...

[Dave2002]

Oh I don't know about that. He was buried in Surey, after all.

Are you sure of that?

[ahinton]

... God's own country not good enough for him?

Typical Yorkshireman....

Of course it wasn't; it is well known that he didn't believe in God!

[Maclintick]

Nothing from Moreland, Maclintick? His symphony of 1936?

I might have been a tad too harsh on this, first time round...

[Serial_Apologist]

With or without the fringe?

On top form

[Edgy 2]

Simpson's 9th (50' continuous play, multi sectional), on Hyperion, was of course the Gramophone Contemporary Record of the Year for 1989.... I bet it's on many shelves of contributors here...
Then considered his magnum opus.....or any magnum opus!
How soon we forget.... Tempora Mutantur........etc

But 3-5 are probably the best (catchiest! Yes, really...) entry points....10th has a sublime slow movement, and the structure is similar to the Hammerklavier overall...
Nielsen was probably Simpson's true "master" or forebear, which may offer some explanation why some who find that music difficult are put off...
Sorry, bit rushed today...(and don't get me started on Gerhard.... wonderful obsession to have...)

Coffee and croissant, then off out.... too much goin' on today...

Yes the Bob Simpson Hyperion box is one of my most treasured sets,must re think my top 20,like I said 20 is not enough.

Some others represented on my shelves

Daniel Jones,Alun Hoddinott,Arthur Butterworth,Arnold Cooke,Steve Elcock,David Hackbridge Johnson,John Gardner,John Veale....

[LMcD]

My CD collection includes one or more symphonies by Alwyn, Berkeley, Boughton, Hoddinott, Mathias and Rawsthorne, plus other composers included in a recently purchased Lyrita box set.

[Pabmusic]

R. O. Morris wrote a symphony - it was published, too. How interesting it would be to hear that, given his influence on British music (Tippett, Lambert, Rubbra, Finzi, Lutyens, Stevens, Milner, Coulthard, Milford, Ferguson, etc.).

[Braunschlag]

Probably too late to the party - Arthur Butterworth is worth a mention, as is Robert Still (3rd and 4th symphonies on Lyrita, the 4th being my particular favourite).

[verismissimo]

I might have been a tad too harsh on this, first time round...

Our in-joke of the year!

[Pulcinella]

I can remember hearing and rather liking a symphony by Patric Standford.
From his Wiki biography it is likely to have been number 5, a BBC commission, though I don't recall it having a solo soprano.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patric_Standford

[LMcD]

I can remember hearing and rather liking a symphony by Patrick Stanford.
From his Wiki biography it is likely to have been number 5, a BBC commission, though I don't recall it having a solo soprano.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patric_Standford

Naxos have issued recordings of the 1st symphony and the Christmas Carol Symphony (and other works).