Name that piece! The game

[karlhenning]

Peter Mennin?

I don't know about that... 

His work could encompass some variety, you mean?  Good point.

[DavidW]

Alright I guess we've had enough fun.

The work is Karl Henning's Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 102.  I believe it is still available for download on Karl's thread.

Take a bow Karl...

And thanks to Cato and Gurn for helping with the deception.

Not entirely fair I know, so consider it your turn now Amfortas.

[Amfortas]

Alright I guess we've had enough fun.

The work is Karl Henning's Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 102.  I believe it is still available for download on Karl's thread.

Take a bow Karl...

And thanks to Cato and Gurn for helping with the deception.

Not entirely fair I know, so consider it your turn now Amfortas.

Ok, if you 'insist' 

That really was quite a deception. Karl, the piece sounded good in those excerpts

[Gurn Blanston]

Alright I guess we've had enough fun.

The work is Karl Henning's Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 102.  I believe it is still available for download on Karl's thread.

Take a bow Karl...

And thanks to Cato and Gurn for helping with the deception.

Not entirely fair I know, so consider it your turn now Amfortas.

I think it was fair as hell! The music has been available to everyone here for months now. I thought it was a very cool deal.

[Gurn Blanston]

Ok, if you 'insist' 

That really was quite a deception. Karl, the piece sounded good in those excerpts

It is good. You should download and listen. Karl will sign autographs some day! 

[Amfortas]

On to the next round.....

http://www.4shared.com/audio/4FfRyCi8/What_can_it_be.html

[DavidW]

Ok, if you 'insist' 

That really was quite a deception. Karl, the piece sounded good in those excerpts

If you want here is the whole thing, I think that you will find this entire work quite amazing:

And with mighty thanks to Luke, here are links to mp3 versions he has kindly uploaded at 192 bits:

Fair Warning
Suspension Bridge (In Dave's Shed)
Tango in Boston (Dances with Shades)

[DavidW]

I'm going away for awhile (well starting tomorrow), will try to sometimes be online, hopefully even daily... but just in case I leave the game in hands of Brian and Amfortas.  I haven't really been needed for a long, long time... but feel free to make, break and keep the rules as you see fit and please help anyone that needs help uploading clips.

[Brian]

I'm going away for awhile (well starting tomorrow),

Anything to help the game - is there an ETA for your return, Dave?

[DavidW]

Anything to help the game - is there an ETA for your return, Dave?

I'll be gone from tomorrow through the 14th but will be on briefly every day during that period.

[Hattoff]

Sorry Karl, I hope you're not offended. Perhaps Paul McCartney got the the idea from the Shostakovich? Anyway, you are in good company. I think McCartney is a decent composer, he writes from the heart, which counts for a lot. I will have another listen to your works, which, in fact, I did download some time ago and was intruiged by them at the time.

[karlhenning]

Thanks, all!

[Hattoff]

Is it Nielsen?

[Amfortas]

Is it Nielsen?

No not Nielsen. I'll give a clue after a few more guesses

[Hattoff]

Okay, another stab in the dark, Hindemith?

[The new erato]

It cannot be Hindemith, distinctly late romantic, with a Nordic feel to it, could very well be Sibelius but then I think someone would have pounced already. Is it Nordic/Scandinavian?

[Amfortas]

Here's a clue: the composer was not Nordic, not American.

[Sef]

Not Myaskovsky by any chance?

[Amfortas]

No, not Myaskovsky....Not Russian

[Brian]

Every time I listen, I think it is something which sounds familiar, and yet I can never figure out why! Is it 'entartete musik'? It sounds a little bit like Gideon Klein - but not much, and he was too young to write much string orchestra music.

The only other thought I have is that it's an English composer.