tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6624590220505621488..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Secret symphonies on internet radioUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-22853704566487177512021-03-25T17:55:28.671+00:002021-03-25T17:55:28.671+00:00Walter Simmons adds ...
I must add that Creston di...Walter Simmons adds ...<br />I must add that Creston did not study with Henry Cowell. Creston was quite adamant that he never studied theory or composition with anyone, but was self-taught (or "self-learned," as he put it).<br />However, Henry Cowell did write an important article on Creston for the October 1948 issue of Musical Quarterly. This seminal article essentially introduced Creston to the academic music world.<br />Also, I would like to add that the Detroit Symphony Orchestra recording, conducted by Neeme Jarvi on Chandos is far superior to the Naxos recording.<br />Walter-Simmons.comWalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675123246486219329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-46864746440703102302007-10-17T03:20:00.000+01:002007-10-17T03:20:00.000+01:00A colleague brought to my attention your enthusias...A colleague brought to my attention your enthusiasm for Paul Creston's Second Symphony. I share that enthusiasm, and would go so far as to cite it as the greatest American symphony of the 1940s. I thought that you and your readers might be surprised to learn (given the work's current state of relative unfamiliarity) that its premiere was given by the New York Philharmonic, under the direction of Artur Rodzinski, in February, 1945. (This tidbit, along with much other information concerning this sorely neglected area of American music, can be found in my book, Voices in the Wilderness: Six American Neo-Romantic Composers (Scarecrow Press, 2004).Walter Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390186489081741490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-39298320380410945322007-10-12T06:37:00.000+01:002007-10-12T06:37:00.000+01:00Email received:Pliable, The premiere recording of...Email received:<BR/><BR/><I>Pliable, <BR/> <BR/>The premiere recording of Arnold's eighth was reissued by Decca a little while after the composer's passing: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Nov06/Arnold_symphonies_4765337.htm. Too little too late, but at least it is back in circulation.<BR/> <BR/>Best wishes<BR/> <BR/>Tim </I><BR/><BR/>Thanks Tim, and quite correct. <BR/><BR/>But that recording of the Arnold symphony is only available as a <A HREF="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2006/08/recommended-cure-for-shostakovich.html" REL="nofollow">11 CD box.</A>Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-19894414925650196482007-10-12T02:10:00.000+01:002007-10-12T02:10:00.000+01:00Bravo!I consider Creston's "Concertino for Marimba...Bravo!<BR/><BR/>I consider Creston's "Concertino for Marimba" (the first written) to be one of the best works in the genre (which garners me some derision from other percussionists.) It's a fabulous work that musically holds it's own against concerti for any other instrument. I would be proud to play it on a program with a violinist playing Tchaikovsky or Brahms. I can't say that with many other mallet works. (Although the Kurka Concerto is also very nice. Hey, there's another sadly neglected American composer who was lost too soon- Robert Kurka.)Mellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093790033669799915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-9486499530086631192007-10-11T20:08:00.000+01:002007-10-11T20:08:00.000+01:00Let's complete the story.Here are performance deta...Let's complete the story.<BR/><BR/>Here are performance details for Malcolm Arnold's 8th Symphony.<BR/><BR/>First performance: Albany Symphony Orchestra/Julius Hegyi, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Albany, New York, USA, 5 May 1979<BR/><BR/>First British performance: BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2 October 1981<BR/><BR/>First London performance: Young Musicians' Symphony Orchestra/James Blair, St John's, Smith Square, 26 November 1982<BR/><BR/>I am afraid I can offer no information on the first performance of Paul Creston's 2nd Symphony. Can any readers help?Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-11500140818998416662007-10-11T19:48:00.000+01:002007-10-11T19:48:00.000+01:00The American Founation that commissioned the Arnol...The American Founation that commissioned the Arnold symphony was the Rustam K. Kermani Foundation who commissioned it in memory of Rustam K.Kermani.<BR/><BR/>I can't add anything more as I can find nothing about the Rustam K. Kermani Foundation.<BR/><BR/>Any information very welcome.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com