Happy 70th birthday Composer of the Week

[MrGongGong]

http://johnsonsrambler.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/a-suggestion-for-composer-of-the-week-some-women/

[doversoul1]

Happy 70th birthday Composer of the Week

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/aug/02/happy-70th-birthday-radio-3s-composer-of-the-week

Radio 3's longest-running programme is 70 today. Long-time presenter Donald Macleod reflects on a truly unique show

Host: Please merge this with ‘The Rambler suggestion for COTW’ if more appropriate.

[Merged - ff]

[MrGongGong]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/mus...er-of-the-week

Radio 3's longest-running programme is 70 today. Long-time presenter Donald Macleod reflects on a truly unique show

Host: Please merge this with ‘The Rambler suggestion for COTW’ if more appropriate.

Please do
AND
please lets have some suggestions to R3
from me it would be

Trevor Wishart
Pauline Oliveros
La Monte Young
Denis Smalley
Alvin Lucier
Meredith Monk
Eliane Radigue
Frank Denyer
Xenakis

And it seems from the list

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cotw/cotw.pdf

that John Cage hasn't been ? which is mighty odd IMV
neither has Morton Feldman

and NO George Crumb ? who wrote one of the greatest string quartets of the last century

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Good list, MrGG. I wonder if anyone at the Beeb had the idea of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the programme by featuring only composers who also celebrate their seventieth birthdays this year?

[MrGongGong]

Good list, MrGG. I wonder if anyone at the Beeb had the idea of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the programme by featuring only composers who also celebrate their seventieth birthdays this year?

Great idea IMV

[Gordon]

....and NO George Crumb ? who wrote one of the greatest string quartets of the last century

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[pastoralguy]

I've already been in touch with the COTW website. For me, one name is paramount... Bo Holten.

[KipperKid]

Please do
AND
please lets have some suggestions to R3
from me it would be

Trevor Wishart
Pauline Oliveros
La Monte Young
Denis Smalley
Alvin Lucier
Meredith Monk
Eliane Radigue
Frank Denyer
Xenakis

And it seems from the list

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cotw/cotw.pdf

that John Cage hasn't been ? which is mighty odd IMV
neither has Morton Feldman

and NO George Crumb ? who wrote one of the greatest string quartets of the last century

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth, Scarlatti is COTW

[Podfather]

Scarlatti? It's Royal Philharmonic Society Commissioners of the Week

[Podfather]

As to the 70th birthday composers... Gavin Bryars, Morten Lauridsen, Jeff Wayne, Randy Newman, Vangelis and Brian Ferneyhough......... tough choice methinks :)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

As to the 70th birthday composers... Gavin Bryars, Morten Lauridsen, Jeff Wayne, Randy Newman, Vangelis and Brian Ferneyhough......... tough choice methinks :)

Rubbish.

Newman, every time!



Edit: Altered from "Randy any day"

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Which Scarlatti?

[edashtav]

Jean Barraqué

I've already been in touch with the COTW website. For me, one name is paramount... Bo Holten.

Although my name's not Andre Hodeir, I'd root for Jean Barraqué - it's probable that the whole of his acknowledged, finished oeuvre would fit into 1 week on COTW.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Although my name's not Andre Hodeir, I'd root for Jean Barraqué - it's probable that the whole of his acknowledged, finished oeuvre would fit into 1 week on COTW.

- in fact, there'd be room for some of the juvenilia, too - and a fair bit of "chat" (preferably from Paul Griffith).

Meanwhile, in the considerably duller "real world", CotW is ... Scarlatti.

[Serial_Apologist]

- in fact, there'd be room for some of the juvenilia, too - and a fair bit of "chat" (preferably from Paul Griffith).

Meanwhile, in the considerably duller "real world", CotW is ... Scarlatti.

It's all about the bicentennial of the Royal Philharmonic Society this week, and I am currently being reminded by the slowest version of the scherzo of Beethoven 9 I have ever heard how often Ludwig failed to recognise enough when it is.

One supposes COTW is the right place for this to be the topic...