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Thank you for a very interesting article. I have a...

2008-04-13T13:32:00.000+01:00

Thank you for a very interesting article. I have admired Lutyens since the 1970's when I read her autobiography "A Goldfish Bowl" and, as you point out, there were several broadcasts at the time.
I would recommend the other Lutyens recordings on NMC, especially http://www.nmcrec.co.uk/?page=catalogue/item.html&id=11
Her Requiescat in Memorian Igor Stravinsky is deeply moving.
Music from the Hammer film "The Skull" is available on http://www.nmcrec.co.uk/?page=catalogue/item.html&id=72
I also have happy memories of the mentioned LP with Quincunx coupled with Maw's Scenes and Arias. Scenes and Arias is now on CD and Qunicunx will appear sometime as Lyrita works through its back catalogue.
The BBC did feature Lutyens as its composer of the week to commemorate her centenary. They recorded some of her works for broadcast and it seems a pity that they won't sell these as downloadable mp3s (imagine the entire BBC archive for sale).
Lastly why criticise Wikipedia? Why not edit it?

Aha, so that's it! Glad to hear you're also writi...

2007-10-04T02:57:00.000+01:00

Aha, so that's it! Glad to hear you're also writing about Elizabeth Maconchy -- another great composer!

Thanks Laurel, now corrected.That's what comes of ...

2007-10-01T16:06:00.000+01:00

Thanks Laurel, now corrected.

That's what comes of writing about EliSabeth Lutyens and EliZabeth Maconchy at the same time!

Thanks for this article, Pliable, although I would...

2007-10-01T13:07:00.000+01:00

Thanks for this article, Pliable, although I would like to point out that "Elisabeth" is spelled with an "s" and not a "z". I agree with you on many points, particularly about the opera "The Numbered," which incidentally was the subject of my Ph.D. dissertation in 2003 (available through UMI) and my article in the journal "Theory and Practice" in 2005. After five years of research on this work, and several more writing a book on her music (in progress), I remain convinced of its brilliance and stageworthiness (more so than her other operas).

To Henry Holland: I'd love a copy of your Quincunx CD -- if you read this, please e-mail me at parsons@post.queensu.ca.

I don't think it's quite correct to refer to her as "ghastly to deal with." There's no question she could be extremely difficult at times, but most of the people I've interviewed have also stressed her unparalleled generosity and warmth, especially to young people.

Argh, make that Lutyens, my apologies.

2007-03-29T03:12:00.000+01:00

Argh, make that Lutyens, my apologies.

What a phenomenal post. I've been peripherally in...

2007-03-29T03:11:00.000+01:00

What a phenomenal post. I've been peripherally interested in Elizabeth Luytens ever since I saw a score of hers at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea.

I love your style of presentation.

Thanks for an interesting entry, Pliable. I have ...

2007-01-20T09:42:00.000Z

Thanks for an interesting entry, Pliable. I have a CD made from an LP of Luyten's Quincunx (coupled with Maw's Scenes and Arias), I'll have to dig it out and give it a spin and forget that she seemed to have been quite a ghastly woman to deal with. It doesn't seem likely, due to being unperformed and all that, but I'd love to hear her opera at some point.

Wow, that's quite an essay, the back-handed compli...

2007-01-18T01:20:00.000Z

Wow, that's quite an essay, the back-handed compliment taken to a mythic level. You make me want to hear her music AND read the biography of the woman. Anybody who spans Wittgenstein and Hammer Films is definitely of interest.