Symphonies the B.B.C. knows not of

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  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    #31
    Boyce was Composer of the Week in March 2004, and Boyce & Arne were joint Composers of the Week in January 2006 - after this quick succession, he does seem to have been "dropped". (Mind you, before that, he'd last been CotW - or, rather, TW'sC - in 1979, so perhaps he's planned to reappear in 2029?)
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • LMcD
      Full Member
      • Sep 2017
      • 8460

      #32
      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
      Boyce was Composer of the Week in March 2004, and Boyce & Arne were joint Composers of the Week in January 2006 - after this quick succession, he does seem to have been "dropped". (Mind you, before that, he'd last been CotW - or, rather, TW'sC - in 1979, so perhaps he's planned to reappear in 2029?)
      Am I right in thinking that a movement from a Boyce symphony served as the introductory music at the start of the Radio 3 day before the advent of TTN?

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      • Edgy 2
        Guest
        • Jan 2019
        • 2035

        #33
        Janis Ivanovs is another favourite of mine,don’t recall ever hearing any of his music on Radio 3

        A few of his 20+ Symphonies have now been recorded.
        Lots on you tube too including the marvellous No 20

        “Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky

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        • Edgy 2
          Guest
          • Jan 2019
          • 2035

          #34
          Originally posted by LMcD View Post
          Am I right in thinking that a movement from a Boyce symphony served as the introductory music at the start of the Radio 3 day before the advent of TTN?
          Yes I think so,was it the last movt of No 4 ?

          “Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22119

            #35
            Originally posted by LMcD View Post
            Am I right in thinking that a movement from a Boyce symphony served as the introductory music at the start of the Radio 3 day before the advent of TTN?
            My introduction to Boyce was via a great Ace of Diamonds ECO Hurwitz LP which included Arne, Avison, JC Bach, Locke and Purcell and the Turnabout WurttembergCO Faerber complete Syms 1-8. Fresh beautiful music, played brightly and well before HIPP was invented!

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            • LMcD
              Full Member
              • Sep 2017
              • 8460

              #36
              Originally posted by Edgy 2 View Post
              Yes I think so,was it the last movt of No 4 ?

              That's the one!

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              • Dave2002
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 18014

                #37
                Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                That's the one!
                Indeed - it does sound familiar.

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                • Sydney Grew
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 754

                  #38
                  Many thanks to Edgy 2 for suggesting John Kinsella. He was born at Dublin in 1932, and wrote ten symphonies. I have put up a selection of pointers to the five of them that are most easily accessible.

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                  • Dave2002
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 18014

                    #39
                    The BBC seems to have been aware of Gretchaninov's 7th Symphony **. Seems the only one from this listing - https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0...00%3A00#search

                    An interesting interface in the Genome site. I clicked on a link to a Magazine, and I got a warning that I might see something offensive - though I couldn't see what it was. Perhaps it was an advert from early in the 20th Century for ladies' lingerie!

                    Also, if the magazine pages are selected, then hovering over parts of the page pulls up the detailed text of the associated programmes.

                    ** Correction - that is almost certainly Glazunov's Symphony No 7 in the listing.

                    Gretchaninov only wrote 5 symphonies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexan...nov#Orchestral
                    Looks as though his score with the BBC might be zero - unless his symphonies have been played, but don't appear in the RT search.

                    Scanning further through the results does show Kabalevsky's Symphony 2 though.
                    Last edited by Dave2002; 31-12-19, 13:25.

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                    • LMcD
                      Full Member
                      • Sep 2017
                      • 8460

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                      The BBC seems to have been aware of Gretchaninov's 7th Symphony. Seems the only one from this listing - https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0...00%3A00#search

                      An interesting interface in the Genome site. I clicked on a link to a Magazine, and I got a warning that I might see something offensive - though I couldn't see what it was. Perhaps it was an advert from early in the 20th Century for ladies' lingerie!

                      Also, if the magazine pages are selected, then hovering over parts of the page pulls up the detailed text of the associated programmes.
                      'Something offensive' turned out, at least when I looked, to be a full page of the issue in question of the 'Radio Times'. on which - fortunately perhaps - the print was far too small to read.

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                      • Dave2002
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 18014

                        #41
                        A composer who has featured occasionally is Fodor - with at least two of his symphonies (2 and 4) being broadcast over the last 50 or so years.



                        Some of his scores may be at IMSLP. https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_works...el_Anton_Fodor

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                        • vinteuil
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 12815

                          #42
                          Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                          A composer who has featured occasionally is Fodor - with at least two of his symphonies (2 and 4) being broadcast over the last 50 or so years.



                          Some of his scores may be at IMSLP. https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_works...el_Anton_Fodor
                          ... Fodor can be really good : this is lovely -




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                          • Serial_Apologist
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 37678

                            #43
                            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                            ... Fodor can be really good : this is lovely -




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                            Ahaaaa - a Fodor opportunity!

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                            • Jonathan
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 945

                              #44
                              Not sure if Kalliwoda has been mentioned yet - but I'm fond of his symphonic works. Actually, another one could be Joachim Raff...
                              Best regards,
                              Jonathan

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                              • Sydney Grew
                                Banned
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 754

                                #45
                                Thanks again to Mr. LMcD for suggesting Sterndale Bennett. He was born at Sheffield in 1816. I have found only the fifth of his five numbered symphonies, but that is a broadcast and comes with a note saying that it should not be confused with the later unnumbered symphony, also in G minor. I also found all five of his piano concertos and a few overtures.

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