Havergal Brian.

[Sergeant Rock]

Sarge will be playing that now!!

Yes, John's review had me eagerly listening to 14 (and 2) again. I suppose "The Wart" has little structural logic, but, oh my, does it make a glorious Havergalian noise 

Sarge

[cilgwyn]

I'm trying to visualise a wart's structural logic right now,Sarge! But I see your point! Up the wart,I say!!

[Augustus]

I've found that this new recording of 14 has transformed the way I think of this symphony.  From the Downes recording I had the feeling that it was something like "six or seven disparate ways to start a symphony", but Brabbins has succeeded in placing it firmly in the category of "yet another satisfying Brian symphony, if rather different from the rest".
So, it might well still be HB's weakest construction, but it takes its place in the whole oeuvre as another symphony I love to listen to.  When it comes down to it, there's not one of the 32 I'd willingly give up.

[Sergeant Rock]

I've found that this new recording of 14 has transformed the way I think of this symphony.  From the Downes recording I had the feeling that it was something like "six or seven disparate ways to start a symphony", but Brabbins has succeeded in placing it firmly in the category of "yet another satisfying Brian symphony, if rather different from the rest".
So, it might well still be HB's weakest construction, but it takes its place in the whole oeuvre as another symphony I love to listen to.  When it comes down to it, there's not one of the 32 I'd willingly give up.

Yes.

Sarge

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Yes.

Seconded.

[John Whitmore]

Yes.

Sarge

NO. 

[Augustus]

Did anyone attend the Maida Vale studio recording of Symphony 6 yesterday and know when it might be broadcast?

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Did anyone attend the Maida Vale studio recording of Symphony 6 yesterday and know when it might be broadcast?

http://www.havergalbrian.org/news.php?id=14

[nathanb]

Why are there so many pages here and why do I care?

[calyptorhynchus]

The best page is 229, closely followed by 307 and 96.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Just checked - yes, page 229 stands out.

[cilgwyn]

Quite sharp for a Welsh type

Yes,page 229 stands out!

[springrite]

Yes,page 229 stands out!

Now I have to re-check 229! You people are evil!!!

[cilgwyn]

And 307......and 96! Oh,and don't forget Page 1,where it all began. (Harry never came back,though?!)
If you had the ink and the paper (and time) you could even print it all out and publish it in book form!!

Maybe I should get out more and support Leicester?!!

[springrite]

Maybe I should get out more and support Leicester?!!

Oh, that was just a one off...

[Maestro267]

It's great that there is enough of a community of (mainly) appreciators of Brian's music here to make this thread be as big as it is.

[John Whitmore]

Oh, that was just a one off...

Come on Leicester. Settle down and start performing. Shaky at the back, midfield not creating enough. Vardy off the pace. It's as shoddy as Brian's 5th at the moment.

[cilgwyn]

 

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

This forum is full of Brian Nutters

[Mirror Image]

This forum is full of Brian Nutters

Not me!