Alphabet Associations - III

[Pulcinella]

Verdi: Quattro pezzi sacri (Petrassi: Quattro inni Sacri) ??

The answer is indeed Goffredo Petrassi.
He wrote 8 Concertos for orchestra; Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, and Elliott Carter wrote one each.
Amongst his pupils were Peter Maxwell Davies, an enfant terrible born in Salford (which was in Lancashire in those days), and Kenneth Leighton, who was a chorister in Wakefield Cathedral. PMD of course moved to Orkney, and KL became Professor of Music at Edinburgh.
One of his compositions is Quattro inni sacri (Four sacred hymns), a title remarkably similar to Quattro pezzi sacri (Four sacred pieces), the name given to a collection of compositions by Verdi, a fellow Italian.
His music is worth investigating if you don’t know it (imho of course, but I remember that jlw was a fan too). I have a box set of all the concertos for orchestra (numbers 1, 2, 7, and 8 being played by the BBCSO), but it seems no longer available. The Quattro inni sacri appear on a Naxos release and a Chandos one.

Probably Aunt Daisy has the unenviable task of letting us form a Q behind him.
(It doesn't seem that long since we had quire!)

[LMcD]

The answer is indeed Goffredo Petrassi.
He wrote 8 Concertos for orchestra; Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, and Elliott Carter wrote one each.
Amongst his pupils were Peter Maxwell Davies, an enfant terrible born in Oldham (which was in Lancashire in those days), and Kenneth Leighton, who was a chorister in Wakefield Cathedral. PMD of course moved to Orkney, and KL became Professor of Music at Edinburgh.
One of his compositions is Quattro inni sacri (Four sacred hymns), a title remarkably similar to Quattro pezzi sacri (Four sacred pieces), the name given to a collection of compositions by Verdi, a fellow Italian.
His music is worth investigating if you don’t know it (imho of course, but I remember that jlw was a fan too). I have a box set of all the concertos for orchestra (numbers 1, 2, 7, and 8 being played by the BBCSO), but it seems no longer available. The Quattro inni sacri appear on a Naxos release and a Chandos one.

Probably Aunt Daisy has the unenviable task of letting us form a Q behind him.
(It doesn't seem that long since we had quire!)

Wasn't PMD born in Salford?
(Walton was born in Oldham).

[Pulcinella]

Wasn't PMD born in Salford?
(Walton was born in Oldham).

Oops!
I'll correct it.
It was still Lancashire in those days though!


(I guess Walton was a bit of an enfant terrible too, ha ha!)

[LMcD]

Oops!
I'll correct it.
It was still Lancashire in those days though!


(I guess Walton was a bit of an enfant terrible too, ha ha!)

At the time of writing,1 copy of Petrassi 's Complete Concertos for Orchestra seems to be available on Amazon.

[Pulcinella]

At the time of writing,1 copy of Petrassi 's Complete Concertos for Orchestra seems to be available on Amazon.

I'm currently streaming the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra set, conducted by Arturo Tamayo, but it's a different set, conducted by Zoltan Pesko, that I own as CDs. Which one did you find?

The Netherlands set gets a good review here:

https://www.classicalsource.com/cd/goffredo-petrassi-concertos-for-orchestra-tamayo/

The Pesko set not such a good one:

https://www.classicalsource.com/cd/goffredo-petrassi-concertos-for-orchestra-pesko/

[LMcD]

I'm currently streaming the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra set, conducted by Arturo Tamayo, but it's a different set, conducted by Zoltan Pesko, that I own as CDs. Which one did you find?

The Netherlands set gets a good review here:

https://www.classicalsource.com/cd/goffredo-petrassi-concertos-for-orchestra-tamayo/

The Pesko set not such a good one:

https://www.classicalsource.com/cd/g...chestra-pesko/

It's the Tamayo that's available on Amazon as CD and MP3, and streamable. Also on download from Presto,.

[AuntDaisy]

The answer is indeed Goffredo Petrassi.
He wrote 8 Concertos for orchestra; Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, and Elliott Carter wrote one each.
Amongst his pupils were Peter Maxwell Davies, an enfant terrible born in Salford (which was in Lancashire in those days), and Kenneth Leighton, who was a chorister in Wakefield Cathedral. PMD of course moved to Orkney, and KL became Professor of Music at Edinburgh.
One of his compositions is Quattro inni sacri (Four sacred hymns), a title remarkably similar to Quattro pezzi sacri (Four sacred pieces), the name given to a collection of compositions by Verdi, a fellow Italian.
His music is worth investigating if you don’t know it (imho of course, but I remember that jlw was a fan too). I have a box set of all the concertos for orchestra (numbers 1, 2, 7, and 8 being played by the BBCSO), but it seems no longer available. The Quattro inni sacri appear on a Naxos release and a Chandos one.

Probably Aunt Daisy has the unenviable task of letting us form a Q behind him.
(It doesn't seem that long since we had quire!)

Thanks Pulcinella, beautiful coleslaw. Also a new composer to explore - I tried his 'cello sonata earlier.

Don't remind me of Quire!!
Pondering a Q, but it probably won't be till tomorrow.

[cloughie]

Thanks Pulcinella, beautiful coleslaw. Also a new composer to explore - I tried his 'cello sonata earlier.

Don't remind me of Quire!!
Pondering a Q, but it probably won't be till tomorrow.

Obviously in need of Quire practice, AD!

[AuntDaisy]

Obviously in need of Quire practice, AD!

[LMcD]

Can we expect reams of jokes about quires?

[AuntDaisy]

Apologies for being slow, Q has driven me to distraction and I've been struggling with two tacks (& work, honest).
Here's the first:

From a NATO Q region, he's premiered Mantovani, but is best known for recording dear old Benjy & Johann (completely on his own) and Ludwig (with help).
What's the instrumentalist's Q surname?

[If anyone fancies trying the second (which lacks association & isn't properly musical, but I just love the sound of the Q)...
The exotic start of a Requiem Qi Nu, reminiscent of an empty stave. Loads created by a royal appointee who straddled four monarchs. Later set by the likes of Burkinshaw, Clarke, Lewis & Shaw.
What's the Q & can you quote (or sing) the first line (probably from your schooldays)? ]

[LMcD]

Apologies for being slow, Q has driven me to distraction and I've been struggling with two tacks (& work, honest).
Here's the first:

From a NATO Q region, he's premiered Mantovani, but is best known for recording dear old Benjy & Johann (completely on his own) and Ludwig (with help).
What's the instrumentalist's Q surname?

[If anyone fancies trying the second (which lacks association & isn't properly musical, but I just love the sound of the Q)...
The exotic start of a Requiem Qi Nu, reminiscent of an empty stave. Loads created by a royal appointee who straddled four monarchs. Later set by the likes of Burkinshaw, Clarke, Lewis & Shaw.
What's the Q & can you quote (or sing) the first line (probably from your schooldays)? ]

Regarding the first of your 2 posers - this being Alphabet Associations, can one assume that the answer, i.e. the surname, begins with Q?

[AuntDaisy]

Regarding the first of your 2 posers - this being Alphabet Associations, can one assume that the answer, i.e. the surname, begins with Q?

Yes, the surname begins with Q.

Reams

[Pulcinella]

Regarding the first of your 2 posers - this being Alphabet Associations, can one assume that the answer, i.e. the surname, begins with Q?

I discovered a female instrumentalist fitting part of the bill, but it's her first name that begins with Q, so I'm off the mark by quite some degree.

No idea what a NATO Q country is: not quite a full member?

[AuntDaisy]

I discovered a female instrumentalist fitting part of the bill, but it's her first name that begins with Q, so I'm off the mark by quite some degree.

No idea what a NATO Q country is: not quite a full member?

French Frank's O might also fit with that part of the clue. Not a country.