Symphonies in one movement

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#40
October 02, 2009, 12:58:37 AM
Quote from: Sef on October 01, 2009, 12:24:56 PM
Quite agree about the Vasks, but if you really want a one movement symphony that follows the Pettersson model then Rouse's first symphony hits the nail in my opinion. Also hear Bruckner, Shostakovich and Hartmann in it - quite bewildering in fact.

I would rate Vasks Symphony No 2 very highly.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Tapio Dmitriyevich

#41
October 02, 2009, 03:51:02 AM
Quote from: snyprrr on September 30, 2009, 09:36:18 AM5) Pettersson 6

Top choice :). I was crazy about that symphony a few years ago.

vandermolen

#42
October 02, 2009, 04:27:17 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on October 02, 2009, 03:51:02 AM
Top choice :). I was crazy about that symphony a few years ago.
I wish that Sony would issue the Okko Kamu performance on CD.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

The new erato

#43
October 02, 2009, 04:49:04 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on October 02, 2009, 04:27:17 AM
I wish that Sony would issue the Okko Kamu performance on CD.
Seconded - even though I have it on LP. Fat chance unless somebody can convince them Kamu is a crossover artist.

monafam

#44
October 02, 2009, 06:41:20 AM
I love the Vask symphonies as well.

I wasn't sure if this had been mentioned, but Penderecki's 5th I believe is a one movement symphony as well.

The new erato

#45
October 02, 2009, 09:44:30 AM
And Miaskovsky's 13th, 21st, and 22nd.

offbeat

#46
October 02, 2009, 12:49:32 PM
dutch composer Vermeulens symphony no 2 is in one movement and pretty addictive imo

vandermolen

#47
October 03, 2009, 01:43:08 AM
Quote from: erato on October 02, 2009, 09:44:30 AM
And Miaskovsky's 13th, 21st, and 22nd.

Oh yes - how could I forget  ::)

Symphony No 21 is right up there with the best - a most eloquent and poetic work - and the only one I have been lucky enough to see live.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

The new erato

#48
October 03, 2009, 01:48:27 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on October 03, 2009, 01:43:08 AM
Oh yes - how could I forget  ::)

Symphony No 21 is right up there with the best - a most eloquent and poetic work - and the only one I have been lucky enough to see live.
Perhaps my favorite Miaskovsky symphony!

schweitzeralan

#49
October 07, 2009, 05:06:10 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on September 28, 2009, 08:16:27 AM
Listening to Samuel Barber's fine Symphony No 1 today, on my way to work, got me thinking about other one movement symphonies.  I guess that the prototype for Barber was Symphony No 7 by Sibelius - one of the greatest 20th century symphonies in my view.  Other fine examples of this genre which come to mind are:

Tubin: Symphony 10


Alwyn: Symphony 5

Rubbra: Symphony 10

Holmboe: Symphony No 10 (what is it with No 10?)

Roy Harris: Symphony No 3

Robin Orr: Symphony in One Movement

William Schuman: Symphony No 6

That's seven and there are many others.

In the case of Sibelius, Alwyn and Tubin, these were their last completed symphonies (Tubin was working on No 11 when he died) and they offer, I think, a kind of final synthesis which is very compelling.

Any views?
Excellent works.  Love the Barber and Sibelius symphonies mentoned.  Can't speak for the Tubin nor the Orr (?) as I am unfamiliar with the works.  Heard of Tubin but never listened to his works.

schweitzeralan

#50
October 07, 2009, 05:07:05 AM
Quote from: Ten thumbs on September 28, 2009, 11:58:16 AM
Not forgetting Scriabin:
Symphony No.4 The Poem of Ecstasy
Symphony No.5 Prometheus

Right!

vandermolen

#51
October 07, 2009, 09:14:04 AM
Quote from: schweitzeralan on October 07, 2009, 05:06:10 AM
Excellent works.  Love the Barber and Sibelius symphonies mentoned.  Can't speak for the Tubin nor the Orr (?) as I am unfamiliar with the works.  Heard of Tubin but never listened to his works.

Try Tubin Symphony 4 or 2.  The Orr is on a cheap EMI British Composers CD - worth searching out.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

schweitzeralan

#52
October 07, 2009, 02:10:33 PM





Will do. Thanks.

snyprrr

#53
October 09, 2009, 08:47:30 AM
Have we mentioned BA Zimmermann?

Sef

#54
October 12, 2009, 06:00:39 AM
Quote from: snyprrr on October 09, 2009, 08:47:30 AM
Have we mentioned BA Zimmermann?
No, but I was listening to it this morning on my way in to work and had thought about mentioning it. It has something like the Hartmann about it for his fans.
"Do you think that I could have composed what I have composed, do you think that one can write a single note with life in it if one sits there and pities oneself?"

offbeat

#55
October 22, 2009, 12:40:45 PM
Kurt Weill is a composer i have never really related to but heard
today his first symphony in one movement and is definately worth a listen -slightly atonal in a schoenberg type way-
just checked and its  on naxos - goooodeee  :)

vandermolen

#56
October 23, 2009, 07:38:56 AM
Quote from: offbeat on October 22, 2009, 12:40:45 PM
Kurt Weill is a composer i have never really related to but heard
today his first symphony in one movement and is definately worth a listen -slightly atonal in a schoenberg type way-
just checked and its  on naxos - goooodeee  :)

Thanks - must investigate.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Harry

#57
October 23, 2009, 07:59:32 AM
I am glad if a movement moves at all, be it from a Symphonny, or anything else for that matter. ;D

jochanaan

#58
October 23, 2009, 08:13:19 AM
Quote from: Harry on October 23, 2009, 07:59:32 AM
I am glad if a movement moves at all, be it from a Symphonny, or anything else for that matter. ;D
Yes.  The great ones move; some of the others leave unmoved. ;)
Imagination + discipline = creativity
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