Name that piece! The game

[listener]

No and no. How long should I let people keep trying before revealing the answer?

I've proposed 36 hrs. (at least) to allow for time differences and missed computer access, seems to have been generally accepted.

clip:  Othmar SCHOEK ?

[Grazioso]

I've proposed 36 hrs. (at least) to allow for time differences and missed computer access, seems to have been generally accepted.

clip:  Othmar SCHOEK ?

Thanks. I didn't know what the unwritten rules of the thread were.

Not Schoeck.

[Amfortas]

And how about..... Peterson-Berger?

[Grazioso]

Well, it's been a few days, and no one has guessed the last clip, so I will reveal it and post a new one to keep the game rolling. You all were getting warmer geographically. It's from the 3nd movement, "The Tragedy," of the 2nd symphony, The Sea, by Danish composer Hakon Borresen (1876-1954).

[Grazioso]

A new musical challenge:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/vMYhNd4U/GMG_Mystery_Clip_2.html

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Well, it's been a few days, and no one has guessed the last clip, so I will reveal it and post a new one to keep the game rolling. You all were getting warmer geographically. It's from the 3nd movement, "The Tragedy," of the 2nd symphony, The Sea, by Danish composer Hakon Borresen (1876-1954).

Thanks for introducing me, unwittingly, to Hakon Børresen, whose name I knew, but of whose work I'd not heard a note yet.

[Grazioso]

Thanks for introducing me, unwittingly, to Hakon Børresen, whose name I knew, but of whose work I'd not heard a note yet.

There's not much of his work available on disc atm, but the three symphonies can be had from CPO. He was a well-respected composer in his day, writing in a conservative idiom reminiscent of Svendsen and Brahms.

[Hattoff]

Is this composer from one of the Baltic countries?

[listener]

It's a canon, but not Pachelbel's and I have no idea whose.

[Grazioso]

Not from a Baltic country, and way later than Pachelbel: this piece comes from the late 20th century.

[Hattoff]

Although waiting 36 hours for clues is entirely reasonable, it does seen to be killing this thread particularly with, perhaps, unheard of composers.

Perhaps (again) some middle ground could be found?

Is it Robert Simpson?

[listener]

Shchedrin?

[Grazioso]

Hint: a symphony from the British Isles

[Amfortas]

Could it be one of Malcolm Arnold's?

[Grazioso]

Could it be one of Malcolm Arnold's?

No (though Arnold wrote some great ones). Unlike Arnold, this composer didn't write for film (afaik--don't sue if I'm wrong  ), but he did write for a great occasion.

[mszczuj]

Hint: a symphony from the British Isles

British Isles not just Britain? So may be Peter Maxwell Davies?

[Amfortas]

No (though Arnold wrote some great ones). Unlike Arnold, this composer didn't write for film (afaik--don't sue if I'm wrong  ), but he did write for a great occasion.

George Lloyd?

[Sef]

William Walton?

[Brian]

William Walton?

Walton wrote the score to Olivier's Henry V - though Grazioso did leave the door slightly open to the mystery composer perhaps having written a film score.

I hope it's Lloyd, if only because my very first contribution to the thread was Lloyd.

[Grazioso]

No one yet... Another hint: his country has a cat breed named after it, but not actually from there.

Bumped to the new page for convenience:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/vMYhNd4U/GMG_Mystery_Clip_2.html