Name that piece! The game

[karlhenning]

Luke,here you go!

Part I

[karlhenning]

Part II

[Luke]

Aw, thanks, Karl! really had better try now, then! have listened once - it certainly is very nice, there is something familiar about it, but maybe it's just that the harmonies are reminding me of other people...

[DavidW]

The clapping in background makes it interesting, different...

[karlhenning]

Dutilleux's 2nd symphony?

Although, as with Dutilleux, I expect that Boulez didn't have any time for him when he was in town.

[canninator]

Don't know the piece but wild guess...Benjamin Lees?

[karlhenning]

Aw, thanks, Karl! really had better try now, then! have listened once - it certainly is very nice, there is something familiar about it, but maybe it's just that the harmonies are reminding me of other people...

Does feel very much "of a school," though not faceless . . . probably a strange remark of mine, since I selected this in hopes of baffling ; )

[karlhenning]

Don't know the piece but wild guess...Benjamin Lees?

Wow, never heard of him. "My" composer though is of the generation before.

[canninator]

Wow, never heard of him. "My" composer though is of the generation before.

Wrote some nice stuff for brass, that was all I was going on!

[karlhenning]

And this is some sweet brass, quite right : )

[Coco]

The percussion reminds me of Varèse, which in turn makes me want to say the composer is an American, by birth or adoption. The harmonies make me think pre-50s modernist.

[karlhenning]

The percussion reminds me of Varèse, which in turn makes me want to say the composer is an American, by birth or adoption.

Native.

The harmonies make me think pre-50s modernist.

The piece itself is later, but that is indeed the "center of gravity" of this composer's music.

[Scarpia]

Howard Hanson?

[karlhenning]

Nay. But Hanson & "my" composer have something interesting in common (apart from both being American composers, I mean) . . . .

[Coco]

Can I have another guess?

[Parsifal]

Wow, never heard of him. "My" composer though is of the generation before.

Mr Lees passed away a year ago, virtually forgotten, a 'neo-classicist' I would say

[karlhenning]

Can I have another guess?

Why not?

[Coco]

George Rochberg

[karlhenning]

Alas, no.

Should I wait for another guesser or two before venturing a clue? Clues would be quite a tightrope to walk, I think . . . .

[Parsifal]

How about Donald Erb?