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Augustus

#6900
February 25, 2016, 06:17:31 AM
I see there are two Brian part songs being given at the English Music Festival in Dorchester on Sunday 29th May in the 19.00 concert by the City of London Choir: "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" and "Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind".
https://www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk/programme.html

Augustus

#6901
March 13, 2016, 03:30:50 AM
Yesterday was the day Brian's The Vision of Cleopatra was to be performed in Bristol.  Did anyone go and can update us about the piece and performance?

relm1

#6902
March 27, 2016, 08:18:04 AM
Did anyone here manage to attend the premiere of Brian/Pickard Vision of Cleopatra or find a review of it?

Maestro267

#6903
March 28, 2016, 07:41:19 AM
I'm listening to a fantastic "introductory talk" on Brian's music from the HB Society's website. Why haven't I heard this before? Plenty of music excerpts included too.

J.Z. Herrenberg

#6904
March 29, 2016, 02:10:36 AM
Quote from: Maestro267 on March 28, 2016, 07:41:19 AM
I'm listening to a fantastic "introductory talk" on Brian's music from the HB Society's website. Why haven't I heard this before? Plenty of music excerpts included too.

It's excellent. The late Malcolm MacDonald did a wonderful job, as usual.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

Scion7

#6905
May 25, 2016, 04:20:41 AM
I've been up since 2 a.m., and have just finished reading all 346 pages of this thread topic.


When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Sergeant Rock

#6906
May 25, 2016, 05:01:06 AM
Quote from: Scion7 on May 25, 2016, 04:20:41 AM
I've been up since 2 a.m., and have just finished reading all 346 pages of this thread topic.

A near Gothic feat. I'm impressed  8)

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Maestro267

#6907
June 01, 2016, 05:05:53 AM
Happy to say I'm about to add 8 more Brian symphonies to my collection:

No. 2 (Moscow SO/Rowe)
Nos. 5, 19 & 27 (RSNO/Brabbins)
Nos. 20 & 25 (NSO Ukraine/Penny)
Nos. 17 & 32 (RTÉ SO/Leaper)

J.Z. Herrenberg

#6908
June 01, 2016, 05:08:27 AM
Quote from: Maestro267 on June 01, 2016, 05:05:53 AM
Happy to say I'm about to add 8 more Brian symphonies to my collection:

No. 2 (Moscow SO/Rowe)
Nos. 5, 19 & 27 (RSNO/Brabbins)
Nos. 20 & 25 (NSO Ukraine/Penny)
Nos. 17 & 32 (RTÉ SO/Leaper)

Great to hear! One caveat, though - do NOT buy the Naxos Second Symphony. There will be a far better recording out next month with Brabbins...
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

Karl Henning

#6909
June 01, 2016, 05:39:11 AM
Ahoy there, Johan!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

J.Z. Herrenberg

#6910
June 01, 2016, 06:08:23 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 01, 2016, 05:39:11 AM
Ahoy there, Johan!

Ahoy, Karl!

(Alive but busy in very fruitful ways...)
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

Maestro267

#6911
June 01, 2016, 06:09:33 AM
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on June 01, 2016, 05:08:27 AM
Great to hear! One caveat, though - do NOT buy the Naxos Second Symphony. There will be a far better recording out next month with Brabbins...

You're kidding?! Oh well. It's done now. I'll get the new one as well, as I believe it's paired with No. 14.

J.Z. Herrenberg

#6912
June 01, 2016, 06:12:01 AM
Quote from: Maestro267 on June 01, 2016, 06:09:33 AM
You're kidding?! Oh well. It's done now. I'll get the new one as well, as I believe it's paired with No. 14.

Correct. That will be a very instructive case of 'compare & contrast', then!
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

Maestro267

#6913
June 06, 2016, 11:03:29 AM
All my Brian discs arrived this morning. Currently at the finale of No. 2 as I write, and I am very impressed by this work. Plenty of Brian's characteristically wonderful orchestral effects, not least the contrast of high divided violins and low brass, organ and percussion.

J.Z. Herrenberg

#6914
June 06, 2016, 11:24:24 AM
Good to hear it. I find that the Naxos 2 gradually gets better. And the Finale comes off well. Still, I cannot wait for the Brabbins!
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

calyptorhynchus

#6915
June 20, 2016, 09:57:20 PM
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on June 01, 2016, 05:08:27 AM
Great to hear! One caveat, though - do NOT buy the Naxos Second Symphony. There will be a far better recording out next month with Brabbins...

What prove do we have that the new second will be out next month. I can't find any mention of it.
'Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth.' Robert Burton

calyptorhynchus

#6916
June 20, 2016, 09:58:03 PM
Whoops, proof
'Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth.' Robert Burton

J.Z. Herrenberg

#6917
June 20, 2016, 10:08:42 PM Last Edit: June 20, 2016, 10:11:22 PM by J. Z. Herrenberg
In the latest HBS Newsletter (244, March-April) the editor said that Dutton had scheduled the CD for release in June. Perhaps there is a slight delay.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

cilgwyn

#6918
June 21, 2016, 10:14:05 AM
There's still a few days of June to go,Johan! ;D

J.Z. Herrenberg

#6919
June 21, 2016, 10:22:02 AM
Hope springs eternal, cilgwyn...
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato
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