Name that piece! The game

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Rachmaninov, The Bells.

[Amfortas]

Rachmaninov, The Bells.

Ding! 

Your turn

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Ding! 

Your turn

Let me think... 




http://www.4shared.com/audio/ISu85IJJ/Mystery_music_4.html

[Brian]

Rachmaninov, The Bells.

Wow! Didn't sound like Rach. One of the pieces of his I had never heard before.

And what's with this huge cor anglais solo kick? Hilarious

[Amfortas]

Wow! Didn't sound like Rach. One of the pieces of his I had never heard before.

And what's with this huge cor anglais solo kick? Hilarious

'The Bells' is a flat-out masterpiece, really worth getting to know. It stays in my mind for days after hearing it.

Funny, I never realized the cor anglais thing until now 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

'The Bells' is a flat-out masterpiece, really worth getting to know. It stays in my mind for days after hearing it.

Funny, I never realized the cor anglais thing until now 

Agreed. And that opening of the final movement is one of the most haunting things Rachmaninov ever did.

[Hattoff]

Blimey, I should have known the Rachers and I should know johan's clip. My mind is going (gone).

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Blimey, I should have known the Rachers and I should know johan's clip. My mind is going (gone).

Yes, you should, and it has. 

[Hattoff]

I know who it is, I'm trying to find what it is......fun, fun, fun.

[Hattoff]

Confession time, I am not very good at this game. Taking one minute out of a piece, even if by my lights, I deem that I know it well, can lead me nowhere! I collect composers rather than cds, musicians or conductors and when I like said composer I try to collect everything he/she has written which means that even with my favourites, if you post up just one minute of music I am spoilt for choice which has happened here.
I know the clip is by Havergal Brian but I cannot pin it down. At first I thought, one of the English Suites, then the Gothic, then symphonies 6-9 and then sundry other works. I listened to them all but I either am wrong or missed it in a moment of inattention.

Are my excuses valid? or am I a bit thick? After all my background is of the rioting classes

I now need someone, Johan or anyone, to put me out of my misery. What is it?

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Doctor Herrenberg sailing in... Yes, it is Havergal Brian. Why not smuggle in my favourite composer for a change?  The beautiful snippet is from The Tigers, the opening of 'Green Pastures', from the Luxembourg recording of the Symphonic Dances...

[Amfortas]

Was there a clip posted? I don't see it 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Was there a clip posted? I don't see it 

See #1464...

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I know the clip is by Havergal Brian but I cannot pin it down. At first I thought, one of the English Suites, then the Gothic, then symphonies 6-9 and then sundry other works. I listened to them all but I either am wrong or missed it in a moment of inattention.

For my personal pleasure and as a memory check, could you post a 30 second clip? I always boast about remembering everything Brianic... 

[Amfortas]

See #1464...

Oh, I did not notice it at bottom of that post

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Oh, I did not notice it at bottom of that post

I should have signposted it... Still, no-one would have guessed it, even a Brianite like Hattoff was stumped!

[Amfortas]

I should have signposted it... Still, no-one would have guessed it, even a Brianite like Hattoff was stumped!

No problem. So what's next?

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Hattoff guessed the composer, so it's his turn... But if you like, you could put up something, too, in the meantime!

[Amfortas]

Ok here is another very easy one, from a well-known work:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/sN1sfs7w/Mystery_28_July.html

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

It's indeed easy... Brian would like this a lot...


OK. Janacek, Sinfonietta.