Tippett's Handel fantasia

[Sean]

Anyone know this thing? I just heard of it today, it's being broadcast soon, a work from 1940 the same year as the Double st orch conc, for pf&orch. No lost masterpiece I guess.

[karlhenning]

No lost masterpiece I guess.

[lukeottevanger]

To be fair, it isn't one of Tippett's finer moments - the Corelli Fant. and the Double Concerto are much better integrated pieces. Meirion Bowen also ranks it near the bottom of Tippett's pieces, and he is a pretty shrewd  judge of things Tippettine in general. But it is Tippett, ergo, it is more worth the hearing than a lot of other stuff!

[Sean]

Luke, I'm listening to the piece right now- I guess it's a little more brash and blatant than most Tippett.

[springrite]

Luke, I'm listening to the piece right now- I guess it's a little more brash and blatant than most Tippett.

Two adj. I might use as well, plus a bit labored. But it is an OK piece. I would not really put it down that much. Not a masterpiece but that too bad for an opus to listen to once in a while.

[Mirror Image]

No, I wouldn't call this work one of Tippett's finer moments. It's a nice work, but it certainly pales in comparison to Fantasia on a Theme by Corelli and Concerto for Double String Orchestra. These two works are easily some of the best works written for a string orchestra in all of the 20th Century. RVW has written some nice ones of course as have Britten, Part, etc., but Tippett's are at whole other level altogether. Anyway, I realize this is an older thread, but check out Tippett's Piano Concerto if you haven't already done so.

[Karl Henning]

This is a most curious thread you've found, John . . . not only is it old, but it happened that all its participatants since deactivated their accounts. So: who you talkin' to? ; )

(Of course, Paul and Luke have returned to us, but, still . . . .)

[Luke]

I never really vanished, though it might have seemed that way....

[Karl Henning]

Dude, one wonders how to get in touch with you, you know.

[Mirror Image]

This is a most curious thread you've found, John . . . not only is it old, but it happened that all its participatants since deactivated their accounts. So: who you talkin' to? ; )

(Of course, Paul and Luke have returned to us, but, still . . . .)

I'm talking to you now! Ha! But before, I don't know who I was talking to.

[Karl Henning]

Well . . . I don't know the piece ; )

Nor do I recall reading of it, though I am sure mention must have been made in the exhaustive bio I read.  But, I read it back in the day, bien sûr.

[Mirror Image]

Well . . . I don't know the piece ; )

Nor do I recall reading of it, though I am sure mention must have been made in the exhaustive bio I read.  But, I read it back in the day, bien sûr.

It's not as fine of a work as his Piano Concerto or Concerto for Double String Orchestra but it does have some beautiful sonorities and is worth a listen, Karl.

[Karl Henning]

It may be flawed . . . . ; )

[Mirror Image]

It may be flawed . . . . ; )