2014 is 80 years since Elgar, Holst and Delius died.

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  • salymap
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    • Nov 2010
    • 5969

    2014 is 80 years since Elgar, Holst and Delius died.

    Sorry if this has been mentioned but what performances would you wish for ?

    Personally I find it hard to believe. When I first visited the Elgar Birthplace he seemed to have just popped out with the dogs, the lady in charge knew the family and we saw [but didn't speak to] Carice.
  • MrGongGong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 18357

    #2
    Who is Elgar ?

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    • ahinton
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      • Nov 2010
      • 16122

      #3
      Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
      Born in 1935, he is an English conductor and one-time member of that recently much-discussed First Manchester School; his surname is Howarth. I am not inclined to believe that the other Elgar is anyone these days, having shuffled off his mortal coil and Third Symphony the year before the birth of Mr Howarth and two years before the birth of his posthumous amanuensis Anthony Payne.

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      • Thropplenoggin
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        • Mar 2013
        • 1587

        #4
        Originally posted by ahinton View Post
        Born in 1935, he is an English conductor and one-time member of that recently much-discussed First Manchester School; his surname is Howarth. I am not inclined to believe that the other Elgar is anyone these days, having shuffled off his mortal coil and Third Symphony the year before the birth of Mr Howarth and two years before the birth of his posthumous amanuensis Anthony Payne.
        I imagine you're the kind of person who deconstructs Christmas cracker jokes, pulling apart banal propositions regarding the proliferation of non-existent entities, such as Santa's elf.
        It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius

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        • MrGongGong
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          • Nov 2010
          • 18357

          #5
          Originally posted by ahinton View Post
          Born in 1935, he is an English conductor and one-time member of that recently much-discussed First Manchester School; his surname is Howarth. I am not inclined to believe that the other Elgar is anyone these days, having shuffled off his mortal coil and Third Symphony the year before the birth of Mr Howarth and two years before the birth of his posthumous amanuensis Anthony Payne.



          good elf to you sir

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          • gradus
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            • Nov 2010
            • 5606

            #6
            Plenty of rarely performed music by all three.
            How about, the incidental music to King Arthur, Beni Mora and A Mass of Life.

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            • EdgeleyRob
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              • Nov 2010
              • 12180

              #7
              Holst,Choral Symphony Op 41.

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              • Tapiola
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                • Jan 2011
                • 1688

                #8
                Elgar: Dream-Children and The Music Makers.

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                • Zucchini
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 917

                  #9
                  Originally posted by salymap View Post
                  Sorry if this has been mentioned but what performances would you wish for ?
                  I'm allergic to all three so a nice Cage silence would suffice

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                  • Petrushka
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12242

                    #10
                    2014 also sees the 80th birthdays of Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle. Some good potential programmes to be had by including their pieces with Elgar and Holst. Delius I can live without .
                    "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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                    • Thropplenoggin
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                      • Mar 2013
                      • 1587

                      #11
                      I expect next year will be dominated by R. Strauss (150 years since his birth). Gluck, Jommeli and CPE Bach were all born in 1714.

                      Death anniversaries include Rameau (250), Locatelli (250), and Meyebeyer (150).

                      (Source: http://www.classical-composers.org/search/year1)
                      It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius

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                      • ahinton
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 16122

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Thropplenoggin View Post
                        I imagine you're the kind of person who deconstructs Christmas cracker jokes, pulling apart banal propositions regarding the proliferation of non-existent entities, such as Santa's elf.
                        Then I suggest that you suffer (or, if not you personally, then your readers) from an overactive imagination! Were that to be typical of the kind of thing that I did, I'd surely be a far nicer person than in reality I am!

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                        • gurnemanz
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 7382

                          #13
                          Mention of CPE reminded of one of my favourite keyboard albums which I hadn't played for a while and am listening to now.

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                          • Thropplenoggin
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                            • Mar 2013
                            • 1587

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ahinton View Post
                            Then I suggest that you suffer (or, if not you personally, then your readers) from an overactive imagination! Were that to be typical of the kind of thing that I did, I'd surely be a far nicer person than in reality I am!
                            Peachy retort, sir.
                            It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius

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                            • Serial_Apologist
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                              • Dec 2010
                              • 37641

                              #15
                              Elgar - Owls
                              Holst - Scherzo from unfinished symphony
                              Delius - North Country Sketches
                              Last edited by Serial_Apologist; 29-10-13, 16:54. Reason: Sketches, not Gardens!

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