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Thanks to the generous people on this board, I have been able to start discovering and enjoying his music in recent months. Sharing music is a very special thing.
RIP Henri.
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Very sad news.
I don't know his music at all but he was clearly a major figure in 20th century music.
RIP.Comment
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"...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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How little of his music I know! Just one LP: "Cello concerto" and one CD: "Correspondances", "Tout un Mond Lontain" and "The Shadows of Time", are on my shelves and neither of them have been played for a very long time. Perhaps I will take off the endless Wagner, being played in recognition of the 200th anniversary, and have a little French experience.Comment
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Was anything announced on R3? If not then that is appalling. I admire Dutilleux's music very much. His orchestral music is quite unlike anything else. Stylistically he took what he needed from other composers and moulded it into a highly personal style, one of the most distinct among composers in the 2nd half of the 20th Century.Comment
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To be fair to R3, it seems from the emerging coverage today that his death last Thursday was only announced by his family earlier today... Whether or not it has been covered this evening I don't know, but I imagine it will feature among the morning offerings...Originally posted by Suffolkcoastal View Post
"...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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The Guardian has a warmly generous tribute to Dutilleux from Roger Nichols:
I would tend to agree with Caliban that R3 tribute to HD will come in due course, especially as his death was just announced.Comment
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3Breakfast hads a piece on this morning.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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If I have read the very fussy website correctly, Radio Classique will be presenting a tribute at 2100 (2000 BST) this evening, 23rd May, presumably available online as well as broadcast.Comment
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And now also this:
You can just see Dave doing something similar in like circumstances, can't you?(!)...Comment
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Well, he didn't write that much for a start (for example, in the quarter of a century 1959-1985, just 4 orchestral works). What we have is a modest quantity of exquisitely-crafted pieces rather than dozens of less polished ones. Presumably he had to work quite slowly to achieve that level of quality.Originally posted by umslopogaas View Post
In August 2011 BBC Four broadcast the Prom featuring his celebrated cello concerto 'Tout un monde lointain...'. A repeat of that broadcast would be a welcome tribute.Last edited by Boilk; 23-05-13, 11:41.Comment
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Jan-Pascal Tortelier gave a tribute to Dutilleux on todays Music Matters
The item starts at 26 minutes.Comment
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These tributes are all very fine... but are any of you actually listening to more Dutilleux? Any reflections?
You're all listening to more Brahms aren't you!
With the symphonies, I've been comparing Barenboim and Tortelier - Tortelier is more spacious, poetic and atmospheric, Barenboim more physical, dynamic and dramatic (but feeling his way, a little hesitant, in No.1) ...but then along comes Munch in No.2 and (as so often) scoops the pool! Which he also does with his stunning Metaboles, finding remarkable colour and character in what might seem very abstract (if also expressionist). I loved Sacher's reading of Mystere de l'Instant, tight, textured and focussed, Tortelier's Grande Formation is beautifully recorded, but loses out a little in grip, immediacy and intimacy...
Waiting for further arrivals e.g. Baudo in No.1 (nary a download anywhere..) - and soon on (or back) to the concertos and last vocal/orchestral works... but what music it is, just -
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I'm afraid time is as factor here jLW and as its a British month this month, i have been listening to more Brit music.Last edited by BBMmk2; 02-06-13, 18:40.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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