Name that piece! The game

[Sergeant Rock]

Not Telemann, but close (just kidding).   

Yes, I hope you're kidding. My brain couldn't cope with that and Mozart too.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Sweet! I cook Indian at home all the time (from scratch), and what you wrote sounds awesome!

My fusion spaghetti is my invention but Mrs. Rock makes superb Indian (her tandoori chicken takes 24 hours to prepare).

Sarge

[DavidW]

I love eating Indian, but cooking it is too much work, I'm just too lazy.

[Scarpia]

No, the mystery piece does not involve spaghetti.   

http://www.4shared.com/audio/d7KHcLOh/snip.html?

I will give a vague hint.  This piece is a relatively early work and does not manifest the mature style this composer is mostly known for.

[DavidW]

If he started in neoclassical someone like Carter would be a good candidate.  Has to start composing in the 30s or 40s, a generation removed from Stravinsky but otherwise contemporary with him.  Hmm....

[Scarpia]

If he started in neoclassical someone like Carter would be a good candidate.  Has to start composing in the 30s or 40s, a generation removed from Stravinsky but otherwise contemporary with him.  Hmm....

Not Carter.

[Scarpia]

I'm guessing Barber.

Not Barber.

[Sergeant Rock]

ARRRGGHHH....Mrs. Rock and I listened to the clip together and we both know it. We have it. But we  can't recall who it is!

Sarge

[Gurn Blanston]

Kabelevsky.

[Scarpia]

Kabelevsky.

Not Kabelevsky. 

[Sergeant Rock]

I will not give any clues, except that this is by a composer whose name is occasionally mentioned on this board.

I'm assuming this is not a misdirection and by it you mean your mystery composer is not one of the majors, not someone routinely discussed here.

The music reminds me of Dvorak for the first twenty seconds or so then climaxes in a theme that sounds both Romantic Russian (Slavic anyway) and Hollywood   It should be easy to guess but I'm (we're) still stumped.

Sarge

[Gurn Blanston]

I couldn't say a piece, but in the oddest way it makes me think of Bernstein (L.). I doubt I'm even in the right hemisphere, but there you go.

[Scarpia]

I'm assuming this is not a misdirection and by it you mean your mystery composer is not one of the majors, not someone routinely discussed here.

The music reminds me of Dvorak for the first twenty seconds or so then climaxes in a theme that sounds both Romantic Russian (Slavic anyway) and Hollywood   It should be easy to guess but I'm (we're) still stumped.

Sarge

Some obscure composers are routinely discussed here.  There are 10 times as many posts in the Brian thread as in the Beethoven thread, I believe.  (No it's not Brian.)   But no, not a major, and this composer still walks the earth.

Shall I give the answer, or are there still those who haven't had their shot yet?

[Scarpia]

I couldn't say a piece, but in the oddest way it makes me think of Bernstein (L.). I doubt I'm even in the right hemisphere, but there you go.

Not the right continent, in any case.

[Sergeant Rock]

Some obscure composers are routinely discussed here.  There are 10 times as many posts in the Brian thread as in the Beethoven thread, I believe.  (No it's not Brian.)   But no, not a major, and this composer still walks the earth.

Shall I give the answer, or are there still those who haven't had their shot yet?

Too early to give it away. Give us a little more time.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

...and this composer still walks the earth.

Okay, that mind-blowing fact just sunk in....the composer who wrote the music in that clip is still alive? 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Some obscure composers are routinely discussed here.  There are 10 times as many posts in the Brian thread as in the Beethoven thread, I believe.  (No it's not Brian.)   But no, not a major, and this composer still walks the earth.

Brian has one thread...Beethoven has probably six dozen. I'm sure Beethoven has been discussed far more than Brian. It's just spread out more.

Sarge

[Lethevich]

This might be a baltic composer - a lot of them began quite influenced by Shostakovich, Stravinsky and the like. Einar Englund never shook off the influence. Perhaps Aho?

[DavidW]

Wolfgang Rihm started neoromantic and he still lives. I think Norgard fits as well. but doesn't Norgard sound too Sibelian-esque?

[Sergeant Rock]

Wolfgang Rihm started neoromantic and he still lives. I think Norgard fits as well. but doesn't Norgard sound too Sibelian-esque?

Yeah, same with Rautavaara or Sallinen. The style seems to be more eastern European.

Sarge