Let's all learn a new symphony !

[teamsaint]

What's different to the the last time we kicked Magnard around teamsaint? Or maybe you didn't pick up on the chat.

I don't recall listening or chatting. memory is usually a plus point with me, so I'm worried now.

Perhaps I thought you were talking about cider.......

[Beef Oven!]

I don't recall listening or chatting. memory is usually a plus point with me, so I'm worried now.

Perhaps I thought you were talking about cider.......

That would not be out of keeping..............

[teamsaint]

That would not be out of keeping..............

what, worrying or talking about cider?

both, I suppose.

[EdgeleyRob]

Many years ago, I was very impressed by a Hallé orchestra's broadcast of Rubbra's 5th symphony. I have never heard any of the others and I wonder why Rubbra as a composer is apparently entirely neglected when other British composers of his generation (like Robert Simpson, for instance) do get an occasional airing.

HS

We've been here many times before HS,it's bewildering.

[EdgeleyRob]

A Symphony well worth learning,IMO,is Weinberg's 8th 'Polish Flowers'.

Weinberg has become something of an obsession for me lately.
This work is incredibly moving,pessimistic yet hopeful,tearjerking,heartwrenching.....it's got everything.
It's on you tube and in the Naxos library.
The Polish text is on the Naxos website and can be google-translated (I can't find the English on the web).
The Warsaw Dogs section will blow your socks off!!!

[pastoralguy]

A Symphony well worth learning,IMO,is Weinberg's 8th 'Polish Flowers'.

Weinberg has become something of an obsession for me lately.
This work is incredibly moving,pessimistic yet hopeful,tearjerking,heartwrenching.....it's got everything.
It's on you tube and in the Naxos library.
The Polish text is on the Naxos website and can be google-translated (I can't find the English on the web).
The Warsaw Dogs section will blow your socks off!!!

What a great thread!

I've ordered the Weinberg. Looking forward to hearing it.

[Barbirollians]

The Chausson Symphony is well worth getting to know .

[Beef Oven!]

The Chausson Symphony is well worth getting to know .

Agreed. Completely new to me until a couple of weeks ago!

[Richard Tarleton]

As a lifelong Brucknerite I have shamefully neglected or ignored nos 1 and 2, and am currently enjoying 2 (Naxos/Tintner) with Robert Simpson as my guide - as he says, "a most beautiful symphony, too little known". I have also rediscovered Shostakovich 15 thanks to the recent thread, discovered 4 and have just enjoyed Stephen Johnson's BAL on 8. So well trodden paths of the repertoire for many, but.....

[BBMmk2]

Hmm, I suppose I should know Malcolm Arnold's and William Alwyn's better!?!?!?

[Barbirollians]

Hmm, I suppose I should know Malcolm Arnold's and William Alwyn's better!?!?!?

I was listening to Alwyn's 1 and 3 only the other day - very likeable music but perhaps not much more than that . I have always struggled with Arnold - his Symphony 1 I cannot abide.

[Petrushka]

As a lifelong Brucknerite I have shamefully neglected or ignored nos 1 and 2, and am currently enjoying 2 (Naxos/Tintner) with Robert Simpson as my guide - as he says, "a most beautiful symphony, too little known". I have also rediscovered Shostakovich 15 thanks to the recent thread, discovered 4 and have just enjoyed Stephen Johnson's BAL on 8. So well trodden paths of the repertoire for many, but.....

As another lifelong Brucknerite I am ashamed to say that I still cannot get on with the 2nd Symphony. The others pose no problems at all (even the Symphony No '0'). It isn't for want of trying either as I have Karajan, Wand, Jochum, Solti, Giulini and Stein on my shelves. Like the Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 (another once intractable work) it will click into place eventually. Have to say though that the scherzo of the 2nd is wonderful, one of Bruckner's finest. Will keep on trying with the rest.

[Stan Drews]

Did anyone hear the Korngold F#m the other morning on "Essential" Classics? I'm normally a fan but couldn't get into this at all. (And bits sounded to me as though they'd been cribbed from Holst 36 years earlier.)

[EdgeleyRob]

Hmm, I suppose I should know Malcolm Arnold's and William Alwyn's better!?!?!?

You should BBM.

[EdgeleyRob]

I was listening to Alwyn's 1 and 3 only the other day - very likeable music but perhaps not much more than that . I have always struggled with Arnold - his Symphony 1 I cannot abide.

Each to their own I suppose Barb,the Alwyn and Arnold Symphonies are absolutely wonderful works to my ears.