Name that piece! The game

Hattoff · September 28, 2011, 10:46:48 AM

I'm so sorry lads, but it isn't Zemlinsky or Enescu

I'm ashamed to admit it but I have no Zemlinsky, I had something of his on vinyl but it didn't make an impression

On the other hand, I'm very keen, recently, on Enescu, he certainly has an individuality about him. I could just move him in to the top ten but that would mean kicking someone else out. Why is life so difficult?

Anyway, my clip's composer is from the same continent as the above but I don't remember him being mentioned on GMG! He's a well known composer eveywhere, except here

Amfortas · September 28, 2011, 10:52:49 AM

Quote from: Hattoff on September 28, 2011, 10:46:48 AM
I'm so sorry lads, but it isn't Zemlinsky or Enescu

I'm ashamed to admit it but I have no Zemlinsky, I had something of his on vinyl but it didn't make an impression

On the other hand, I'm very keen, recently, on Enescu, he certainly has an individuality about him. I could just move him in to the top ten but that would mean kicking someone else out. Why is life so difficult?

Anyway, my clip's composer is from the same continent as the above but I don't remember him being mentioned on GMG! He's a well known composer eveywhere, except here

Max Von Schillings?

Grazioso · September 28, 2011, 11:02:40 AM

Nystroem?

Hattoff · September 28, 2011, 11:20:06 AM

Sorry, not Max Von Schillings or Nystroem but Nystroem was a compatriot of his.

And, I must add, although he is well known, it is for just one work and possibly only known here in the UK (not sure about that).

Grazioso · September 28, 2011, 11:24:01 AM

Quote from: Hattoff on September 28, 2011, 11:20:06 AM
Sorry, not Max Von Schillings or Nystroem but Nystroem was a compatriot of his.

And, I must add, although he is well known, it is for just one work and possibly only known here in the UK (not sure about that).

Wiren? He's known mostly for his Serenade.

Brian · September 28, 2011, 11:29:17 AM

Quote from: Grazioso on September 28, 2011, 11:24:01 AM
Wiren? He's known mostly for his Serenade.

Oh, I bet you've got it. I tried to soldier through the Wiren symphonies a couple years ago but failed.

Hattoff · September 28, 2011, 11:43:39 AM

Not Wiren.......the other one, like him.

Brian · September 28, 2011, 11:51:37 AM

Quote from: Hattoff on September 28, 2011, 11:43:39 AM
Not Wiren.......the other one, like him.

"the other one, like him."

Christian Sinding?
The lone famous piece of his being "Rustle of Spring"?

Hattoff · September 28, 2011, 12:03:21 PM

No, the other one

Hattoff · September 28, 2011, 12:11:38 PM

This one.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/wVpkJvWm/kickyouself.html

Brian · September 28, 2011, 12:16:30 PM

Quote from: Hattoff on September 28, 2011, 12:11:38 PM
This one.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/wVpkJvWm/kickyouself.html

Well, I feel better about myself because I've never heard that piece before.
...and also because it reminded me of a 'Peasant Dance' I know by Hugo Alfven and some rooting around on YouTube confirms that the composer is indeed Hugo Alfven. No clue what work, though: Fourth Symphony?

Hattoff · September 28, 2011, 12:32:53 PM

Good man, it is, indeed, the opening of Alfven's fourth symphony, possibly the most interesting of his five symphonies.
The second clip is from his Swedish Rhapsody No 1 which was used by the BBC for some radio programme or other in the 1950s and is well known here.

Your turn.

J.Z. Herrenberg · September 28, 2011, 12:39:28 PM

Quote from: Hattoff on September 28, 2011, 12:32:53 PM
Good man, it is, indeed, the opening of Alfven's fourth symphony, possibly the most interesting of his five symphonies.
The second clip is from his Swedish Rhapsody No 1 which was used by the BBC for some radio programme or other in the 1950s and is well known here.

Your turn.

Ah, of course, Alfvén!! The problem is - I don't like that Fourth Symphony very much. I did recognise the First Swedish Rhapsody, of course. But I am too late.

Hattoff · September 28, 2011, 12:44:24 PM

Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 28, 2011, 12:39:28 PM

Ah, of course, Alfvén!! The problem is - I don't like that Fourth Symphony very much. I did recognise the First Swedish Rhapsody, of course. But I am too late.

This could be the first time our tastes in music have diverged?

The end is nigh, we must all prepare for Armageddon

J.Z. Herrenberg · September 28, 2011, 01:02:39 PM

Quote from: Hattoff on September 28, 2011, 12:44:24 PM
This could be the first time our tastes in music have diverged?

The end is nigh, we must all prepare for Armageddon

Hold those Four Horsemen! I love Alfvén! The problem that I have with his Fourth is this: it is meant to be erotic, I believe, but I find it's all build-up with no pay-off, like you have in Scriabin.

Brian · September 28, 2011, 01:26:10 PM

Amazingly, this is my first mystery clip in over 6 weeks! Obviously I've been falling down on the job.

Here it is (ignore the technical difficulty in the first second)

J.Z. Herrenberg · September 28, 2011, 01:28:18 PM

It isn't Ives, but it sounds very Ivesian.

Amfortas · September 28, 2011, 02:00:52 PM

Lou Harrison?

Brian · September 28, 2011, 06:01:14 PM

Not Harrison or Ives

This is a very stylistically diverse, chameleonlike composer.

Sef · September 29, 2011, 01:03:15 AM

Quote from: Hattoff on September 28, 2011, 12:32:53 PM
Good man, it is, indeed, the opening of Alfven's fourth symphony, possibly the most interesting of his five symphonies.
The second clip is from his Swedish Rhapsody No 1 which was used by the BBC for some radio programme or other in the 1950s and is well known here.

Your turn.

I know the Swedish Rhapsody from a Ritchie Blackmore guiter solo on Made in Japan! It was only a few years ago that I finally linked it with Hugo Alfven.