John Veale (1922-2006). Roy Harris's only British pupil.

[vandermolen]

I've cleared my diary for the rest of the day to respond to all the postings here ( )

I thought that the Roy Harris mention might at least draw in my American friends here 

Veale had the misfortune to write approachable tonal music at a time when the fashion was for atonality. As such his music was ignored by the Glock regime at the BBC along with many other fine composers (Arnold, Alwyn etc).

The great discovery for me has been his Symphony 2 (1965) which, surprisingly shows the influence of Shostakovich - definitely worth a listen to if you haven't heard it - a powerful, moving and brooding score which I have played repeatedly. I'm just discovering the lyrical Violin Concerto (try the one by William Alwyn too - an unaccountably neglected score). I know we've discussed Veale on the 'British Composers' thread but I thought that he was worth a thread of his own:

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I can't get the image of the Dutton CD featuring Symphony 2 to appear but here is the link:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Gardner-Symphony-Hybrid-Multi-channel/dp/B01HBTM7EE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1490602179&sr=1-1&keywords=gardner+veale

[Roy Bland]

We want more!

[DavidUK]

Having heard the stunning 2nd symphony and violin concerto of John Veale I was surprised to find there was no dedicated thread to this composer. It appears there are several large scale works as yet unrecorded including his symphonies 1 and 3, and Apocalypse. From extensive previous reading of threads on British composers I know some highly knowledge posters sometimes have the inside track on pieces due to be recorded, or occasionally make suggestions to the recording companies. Any information on this would be appreciated.

[Roy Bland]

Surely he would deserve more attention
http://www.johnvealecomposer.co.uk/
https://jonman492000.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/john-veale-unsung-hero-of-the-silver-screen/

also as Film composer

There is a topic on him perhaps would be better merge

[Roy Bland]

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,26858.msg1051081.html#msg1051081

[Brian]

Merged by request!

[Roy Bland]

Merged by request!

Thanks!