The Iliad and The Odyssey --- a musical experience

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vandermolen

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October 31, 2018, 02:47:20 AM
Quote from: Biffo on October 18, 2018, 01:46:45 AM
I bought the Armstrong Gibbs 'Odysseus' Symphony - possibly as part of a Dutton promotion - and now can't remember a single thing about it, good or bad. It doesn't seem to have made much of an impression. I will be interested to know what you make of it.
I must listen to it again as it didn't make much impression on me either. I like the Marco Polo release with two of his symphonies included.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

springrite

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November 04, 2018, 09:45:33 PM
I am very much impressed by King Priam by Tippett, Return of Odysseus by Arnold, and Penelope by Faure. I am thinking about using The Return of Odysseus in my class.

King Priam, while not necessarily a work to please the ear, is a very effective psychological drama. The Arnold work really deserve a place in the repertoire, and Penelope is one of the better French operas I have heard in a long time.

The Gibbs symphony did not leave much impression.

I have a few more to listen to this week.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.
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