Havergal Brian.

cilgwyn · November 20, 2025, 03:22:47 AM

Quote from: vandermolen on November 19, 2025, 03:11:00 AMVery nice to see you back here. I was at that concert!

And a transforming one I can imagine! I presume you will still be able to hear the choir boy fainting? It doesn't spoil the flow of the music at all,but it's quite audible. The 'letter'from the Danish paper "information" on the hbs website provides more insight and makes interesting (& entertaining) reading. Ole Schmidt saying that when he heard it his first thought was that one of the drummers had suffered heart failiure!

https://www.havergalbrian.org/articles/sym1_4.php Brev fra London / Letter from London: the Schmidt performance, 1980

vandermolen · November 20, 2025, 08:20:47 AM

Quote from: cilgwyn on November 20, 2025, 03:22:47 AMAnd a transforming one I can imagine! I presume you will still be able to hear the choir boy fainting? It doesn't spoil the flow of the music at all,but it's quite audible. The 'letter'from the Danish paper "information" on the hbs website provides more insight and makes interesting (& entertaining) reading. Ole Schmidt saying that when he heard it his first thought was that one of the drummers had suffered heart failiure!

https://www.havergalbrian.org/articles/sym1_4.php Brev fra London / Letter from London: the Schmidt performance, 1980

Interesting. I wasn't aware of the fainting choirboy.