The distinguished Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott died two days ago at the age of 78.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3547635.ece
and also-
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Mar08/Hoddinott_obit.htm
Hoddinott was, as the Times obituary makes clear, a towering figure in the musical life of Wales and an exceptionally fine composer. There are a number of excellent Lyrita discs containing his music, including the 2nd, 3rd and 5th symphonies(of ten in total) and the Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, the Harp Concerto and the Clarinet Concerto No.1. There is also a marvellous Chandos CD with Bryden Thomson conducting the (then) BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra in the more accessible and superb Symphony No.6. There are a number of shorter orchestral pieces on disc of which my own personal favourite is the mysterious and atmospheric Lanterne des Morts(on the Chandos disc). Hoddinott wrote six operas and was an extremely prolific composer. Record companies have not exactly done proper justice to one of the finest British composers(surprise, surprise!).
Hoddinott was the last of the quartet of Welsh composers(Grace Williams, Daniel Jones and William Mathias) who did so much for music in that country in the second half of the 20th century. His death sadly removes one of the last great symphonists on the British musical scene. Richard Arnell and John Gardner are now in their nineties. We still have Arthur Butterworth, John McCabe, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and David Matthews but all of these, bar Matthews, are over 70 years of age.
Sad news! I very much mourn his passing.
Six operas! (Of course, no sign of them being produced here.)
Thanks for posting this, and although I've heard of him I'm not familiar with his music. I'm usually a fan of neoclassic type works so I'll have to check out some of these.
Sad news...
--Bruce
Many years ago I borrowed a Hoddinott LP from the music library in Amsterdam. I don't know what symphony I listened to (there was a picture of something cosmic on the sleeve). I didn't explore further, nor was that very easy, of course. But I have always known of Hoddinott's existence, and always intended to make his acquaintance a second time. It will now, sadly, take place after his death.
Thanks for the information.
Quote from: Jezetha on March 14, 2008, 12:03:23 PM
Many years ago I borrowed a Hoddinott LP from the music library in Amsterdam. I don't know what symphony I listened to (there was a picture of something cosmic on the sleeve). I didn't explore further, nor was that very easy, of course. But I have always known of Hoddinott's existence, and always intended to make his acquaintance a second time. It will now, sadly, take place after his death.
Thanks for the information.
That sounds like Symphony No.3 which was on a Decca LP(SXL 6570) coupled with the Sinfonietta No.3 and Hoddinott's highly regarded "The sun, the great luminary of the universe"(from the famous and terrifying passage in James Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'). I still have the LP-London Symphony Orchestra(David Atherton)-the 3rd symphony was transferred to CD by Lyrita but not the other two works. The LP cover certainly depicts a celestial, angelic-type figure blowing a trumpet!
The 2nd, 3rd and 5th symphonies are not easy works-Hoddinott's style was predominantly sombre and nocturnal, he was a serialist of a sort, influenced by Bartok and Berg. The 3rd is probably the finest of the three on the Lyrita CD, more approachable certainly than the abrasive 5th. Symphony No.6 on the Chandos CD is the better introduction to his music.
I should also have mentioned his two fine concertante works for cello and orchestra-Nocturnes and Cadenzas(Lyrita) and Noctis Equi(recorded by Rostropovich on a cheap Warner Elatus CD).
I have the Lyrita with the symphonies on (thanks to Lilas Pastia) but agree that the best CD is the Chandos with the more approachable Symphony No 6 and the haunting Lanterne des Morts (which I have on my CD player now) and which opens mysteriously, rather like Martinu's Symphony 6 "Fantasies Symphoniques". I did not know that Hoddinott had died; sad news. He was one of those composers who (from my point of view) wrote in a modernist idiom, but whose music possessed integrity and was always worth making the effort to get to know.
Quote from: vandermolen on March 14, 2008, 04:28:12 PM
I have the Lyrita with the symphonies on (thanks to Lilas Pastia) but agree that the best CD is the Chandos with the more approachable Symphony No 6 and the haunting Lanterne des Morts (which I have on my CD player now) and which opens mysteriously, rather like Martinu's Symphony 6 "Fantasies Symphoniques". I did not know that Hoddinott had died; sad news. He was one of those composers who (from my point of view) wrote in a modernist idiom, but whose music possessed integrity and was always worth making the effort to get to know.
I too have just finished playing 'Lanterne des Morts'! It is nice to think that people have actually listened to a composer's work after hearing of his death. I hope that he would be pleased.
I also listened again to the 6th symphony. It really does have a most beautiful final adagio section, proving that a serialist(albeit one who adhered to tonal centres) can produce beautiful lyrical music.
Quote from: Dundonnell on March 14, 2008, 04:55:30 PM
I too have just finished playing 'Lanterne des Morts'! It is nice to think that people have actually listened to a composer's work after hearing of his death. I hope that he would be pleased.
I also listened again to the 6th symphony. It really does have a most beautiful final adagio section, proving that a serialist(albeit one who adhered to tonal centres) can produce beautiful lyrical music.
I'm sure that he would be pleased. I listened to Symphony 6 too, which i greatly enjoyed.
Quote from: vandermolen on March 15, 2008, 02:34:59 AM
I'm sure that he would be pleased. I listened to Symphony 6 too, which i greatly enjoyed.
I see that Lyrita reissued Sinfonia fidei - another beautiful work.
Peter
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Quote from: pjme on March 16, 2008, 01:35:58 PM
I see that Lyrita reissued Sinfonia fidei - another beautiful work.
Peter
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Thanks Peter, don't know that work at all; must investigate.
Jeffrey
Quote from: pjme on March 16, 2008, 01:35:58 PM
I see that Lyrita reissued Sinfonia fidei - another beautiful work.
Peter
(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/images/records/lyritasrcd332.jpg)
Yes, that is a good CD! The Sinfonia Fidei and the Cantata "Dives and Lazarus" are both more accessible examples of Hoddinott's work than, say, the Nocturnes and Cadenzas on the same disc.
Hoddinott, Grace Williams, William Mathias and Daniel Jones all wrote substantial choral works(as might be expected from the Welsh!). I admire Mathias's "This Worldes Joie"(Lyrita) and "Lux Aeterna"(Chandos) and the very fine "The Country Beyond the Stars" by Daniel Jones(Lyrita). Jones also wrote a very big Oratorio "St.Peter" which I would like to hear!
Quote from: Dundonnell on March 16, 2008, 03:33:37 PM
Yes, that is a good CD! The Sinfonia Fidei and the Cantata "Dives and Lazarus" are both more accessible examples of Hoddinott's work than, say, the Nocturnes and Cadenzas on the same disc.
Hoddinott, Grace Williams, William Mathias and Daniel Jones all wrote substantial choral works(as might be expected from the Welsh!). I admire Mathias's "This Worldes Joie"(Lyrita) and "Lux Aeterna"(Chandos) and the very fine "The Country Beyond the Stars" by Daniel Jones(Lyrita). Jones also wrote a very big Oratorio "St.Peter" which I would like to hear!
"The Country beyond the Stars" is my favourite work by Daniel Jones.
new Lyrita disc...
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/July09/Welsh_Dances_SRCD334.htm
Quote from: tjguitar on July 08, 2009, 01:09:20 PM
new Lyrita disc...
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/July09/Welsh_Dances_SRCD334.htm
I ordered this a week or two back as I much enjoyed the Hoddinott dances, which were played on the radio recently.
I have just been listening to Symphony No 3 on Lyrita - a dark and sombre work, which I had not properly listened to before. It is a gaunt and craggy work, which I shall return to. Not easy music but it draws you into its world.
Another old bumped thread, but more news for Hoddinott fans! His tenth symphony will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 tomorrow, with John Storgårds conducting the BBC NOW (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s9h82). Again, I hope to record and post the recording here, as I will with the Leighton that I mentioned in its respective thread. What a week at BBC Radio 3!
Thanks for reviving this thread - expecially for such a good reason. By pure accident, I was playing his Welsh dances cd, that arrived today. Am reading this thread for the first time and discovered some discussion about his symphonies. I recall them vaguely, as I borrowed some of the old Lyrita lp's in the early 1980s from the same public library in Amsterdam wehere Jezetha hired the Third Symphony - in all probability we were listening to the same copy, somewhere around 1982!
I recall having admired the Sinfonia Fidei in those days - should order for it now.
This cd with his two sets of Welsh Dances, but also the Concerto Grosso No. 2 (1966), Investiture Dances (1966) and Jack Straw Overture, is my personal attempt to learn his music anew.
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The complete (10) Piano Sonatas, and some other works on the Nimbus label are currently offered at a 2 for the price of 1 sale at presto
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/nimbus.php?k=2&w=Hoddinott
As promised, here is the broadcast of Hoddinott's 10th symphony, which I recorded off BBC Radio 3's website today. All commentary was included, and the whole program is here for you to listen to. Enjoy!
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Live from BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, Elin Manahan Thomas presents a concert given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales - continuing their series revisiting works they've recently commissioned. Nielsen's dramatic fourth symphony, "The Inextinguishable", closes the concert, and it opens with the final symphony by Alun Hoddinott, the Welsh composer after whom the orchestra's hall is named.
Hoddinott: Symphony no. 10
John Storgards (conductor)
Bruch: Violin conerto no. 1 in G minor
Matthew Trusler (violin)
John Storgards (conductor)
3pm Interval
Sibelius: Nightride and Sunrise
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
3.15pm
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 "The Inextinguishable"
John Storgards (conductor).
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Again, I have a Rapidshare link for you, for the file was again too big for MediaFire.
http://bit.ly/9jJ3Ji
If there are any problems with the download, let me know. Rapidshare's uploader was acting weird at one point.
Addendum: Here is another Hoddinott piece in a program I recorded, with some Leighton also:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,7400.40.html
I've just listened to this new Hoddinott CD released this month and its excellent.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hoddinott-Landscapes-Song-Cycles-Folksongs/dp/B0041XSB6C
All of the composer's songs for high voice and all English.
Singers include the wonderful young soprano Claire Booth and tenor Nicky Spence.
The cover is most attractive - a dramatic John Piper scene titled 'Grongar Hill Camarthenshire' which is apt as Grongar Hill is mentioned in one of the cycles.
The disc ends with Hoddinott's arrangement of 6 Welsh Folksongs and they are charming.
The opening cycle 'Landscapes' describes vividly 5 points on the Isle of Anglesey from deserted Roman fortifications where daffodils appear at Springtime to a beach where the well-worn paths are walked by lovers.
There is also a cycle on which Hoddinott collaborated with Ursula Vaughan Williams.
The CD liner notes are very informative and place these cycles with the operas the composer wrote - sadly never done it seems.
I must also mentioned the excellent piano accompaniments of Andrew Matthews-Owen who really seems totally at home immersed in Hoddinott's very orchestral sound world.
I can recommend this 100% - I have ordered another as a birthday present for a friend and amazon are expecting a delivery of more as it seems to be selling well.
Glad to come across this thread and I agree that Lanterne des Morts is a stunning work! As is the 6th Symphony, dedicated to the artist John Piper, whose work often graced Hoddinott's CD and LP covers.
Anyone else heard this disc yet?
Hello, tarantella, and welcome to GMG. Just sent you a private message, and thanks for the post on this Hoddinott release.
--Bruce
Its a pleasure - just listened to it again and the folksong arrangements ending the disc are just charming!
Been listening again to Symphony No 3 - not an 'easy' work but it has a dark integrity which I love and a very moving (to me at least) final chord.
I've been listening to the 2nd Violin Concerto 'Le Mistral' on Youtube for the umpteenth time, and I'm very impressed. For me, this is one of the very best postmodern concerti for the violin, along with those of Rautavaara, Vasks, Schnittke and Gubaidulina. Why has it not been released on disc?... groan of despair...
I'm very impressed by Hoddinott in general and think he of all the British composers is something of an underrated genius - extremely prolific in virtually all genres, a mix of gritty and romantic, writing music that is highly individual and instantly recognisable as 'Hoddinott'. I appreciate he is perhaps not the most approachable, but then neither is he of the Darmstadt variety. Of any British composers of the late 20th century, he and perhaps Tippett seem to me to be the closest to what you might call 'mainstream'. The symphonies, concerti, string quartets and operas could all do with some decent recordings. Symphony No. 6 is a work of real genius that has been well recorded in clear sound. How about Chandos doing the others? Most of them are up on Youtube, but the sound is a bit suspect and the discs are lacking....
Much as I like eg Havergal Brian and understand his cult status, it mystifies me why the far more prolific, consistent and even approachable Hoddinott is ignored. Is it because he didn't write a massive Gothic Symphony, or because he's Welsh?
Rant over... :)
I agree with you in your assessment. I don't think I've heard a work I haven't enjoyed of his and all of the works sound like a mixture of neo-romantic and postmodern though there is great range. I think he might have the problem of being too prolific so it is hard for a recording company to know how to introduce an audience to his music when there are so many choices. I also enjoy his dramatic/theatrical expertise. In many ways, I think he is consistent than his contemporary, Maxwell Davies.
Quote from: relm1 on October 23, 2016, 01:58:02 PM
I agree with you in your assessment. I don't think I've heard a work I haven't enjoyed of his and all of the works sound like a mixture of neo-romantic and postmodern though there is great range. I think he might have the problem of being too prolific so it is hard for a recording company to know how to introduce an audience to his music when there are so many choices. I also enjoy his dramatic/theatrical expertise. In many ways, I think he is consistent than his contemporary, Maxwell Davies.
Yes - I think this is the problem with many prolific composers, particularly when there is no obvious work that stands out as the one to be played. There are other composers who have suffered from the same problem - Martinu in particular springs to mind, but slightly more recently, Weinberg is another. Hoddinott only died in 2008. Perhaps there is yet time... I've been listening today to Noctis Equi - very good. I haven't heard any of his operas - do you know where I might be able to find a recording?
I also enjoy the Heaventree of Star (poeme for violin and orchestra) on a Nimbus (I think) CD
His song CD which I recommended on the BMS label has been reissued on Naxos (great for the composer) with a very fetching new John Piper cover, which Hoddinott (and Britten) would have approved of I am sure:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hoddinott-Cycles-Claire-Williams-8571360/dp/B00OSB0M6E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1477421804&sr=8-2&keywords=claire+booth
Listening to Hoddinott's Fourth Symphony on cordless headpohones. I downloaded this from the Art Music Forum yesterday,along with a few other Hoddinott symphonies. I was expecting something pretty gruelling and scary from some of the posts here......but surprise,surprise,this really grabbed my ear'oles in the best possible way,right from the start. Thrilling,exciting music packed with visceral energy and colourful orchestration. I love the opening,the way it builds up.....everything about it. I wish I'd added on another Hoddinott symphony now;but the posts here put me off;so I added David Wynne's third symphony,which although it hasn't really impressed me so far,is at the very least non scary. I needed a copy anyway,as he is a Welsh composer. My copy is from Youtube and the sound quality is better than the AMF one. (Actually,I think I am beginning to quite like it now?!!) The Hoddinott is absolutely fantastic,though. Power packed!! Incidentally,I bought a s/h Chandos musicassette of the Sixth,recently. I'll have to listen to that again,now.
Quote from: cilgwyn on January 20, 2017, 04:28:07 AM
Listening to Hoddinott's Fourth Symphony on cordless headpohones. I downloaded this from the Art Music Forum yesterday,along with a few other Hoddinott symphonies. I was expecting something pretty gruelling and scary from some of the posts here......but surprise,surprise,this really grabbed my ear'oles in the best possible way,right from the start. Thrilling,exciting music packed with visceral energy and colourful orchestration. I love the opening,the way it builds up.....everything about it. I wish I'd added on another Hoddinott symphony now;but the posts here put me off;so I added David Wynne's third symphony,which although it hasn't really impressed me so far,is at the very least non scary. I needed a copy anyway,as he is a Welsh composer. My copy is from Youtube and the sound quality is better than the AMF one. (Actually,I think I am beginning to quite like it now?!!) The Hoddinott is absolutely fantastic,though. Power packed!! Incidentally,I bought a s/h Chandos musicassette of the Sixth,recently. I'll have to listen to that again,now.
Symphonies 6 and 3 are the ones I most appreciate.
I'm going to have to get that Lyrita cd. I'll put it on my list.....one of my New Year resolutions being to resist clicking that purchase button unless it's some particularly outstanding new release. I've only resisted the new Daniel Jones cd because I've got someone coming here painting and I must admit I dislike other people handling my post!! With the exception of the postman,of course (and post lady....we did have one!). I'm also a tenant so I don't get to choose the painter!! ::)
I enjoyed the Sixth symphony. I'm not so keen on the other works,having a curious aversion to orchestral works with someone warbling along to an orchestra. The sole exception really is Brian's 'Wine of Summer'. The words are awful,but the magic of Brian manages to transmute them,and the music accompanying them,into something truly strange and wonderful. The good thing about the Chandos musicassette version of their Hoddinott release is that the vocal works are all on side 2!! :)
I was listening to the car radio a week or so ago and turned on in the middle of a most beautiful and haunting work. It sounded a bit like something from 'A Sea Symphony' by Vaughan Williams or possibly a choral work by Sir George Dyson ('Quo Vadis' for example). Anyway it turned out to be the longest of 'Three Welsh Songs' arranged (most beautifully) by Alun Hoddinott. This surprised me as I associate Hoddinott with orchestral music of a more crash-bang-wallop variety.
Anyway here it is - the middle movement 'Fair Lisa'. I wonder if cilgwyn knows this arrangement. I had this song in my head all day. This appears to be the only CD from 1995, remastered in 2009:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JeDcQEG1Hi4
PS I posted the link to my brother, who responded:
'Well, well, well, Alun Vaughan Hoddinott'!
Far as I am aware not heard a note of Hoddinott's music until I played a Lyrita LP by Valerie Tryon. His Piano Sonata No.1 Op.17 I thought wonderful, a triumph. A deep work, I was taken aback by the excellence of it. The 2nd Sonata I did not find as striking but the 1st, I know he has not a lot to beat, the finest piano sonata I have heard from a British composer. As can be guessed by now, I rate it!
A composer whom I'm beginning to explore recently. Never heard a note from him till today. These two works are incredible. Judging on these pieces I would describe his style like highly atmospheric, forbidding and grim. Taliesin was his last work, showing that his musical quality remained even in late age.
https://www.youtube.com/v/km3izNZNYR8
https://www.youtube.com/v/aJ25kdapfTE&t=6s
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on March 12, 2020, 01:12:31 PM
A composer whom I'm beginning to explore recently. Never heard a note from him till today. These two works are incredible. Judging on these pieces I would describe his style like highly atmospheric, forbidding and grim. Taliesin was his last work, showing that his musical quality remained even in late age.
https://www.youtube.com/v/km3izNZNYR8
https://www.youtube.com/v/aJ25kdapfTE&t=6s
Do you know symphonies 3 and 6 Cesar? If not I'd recommend them both.
Quote from: vandermolen on March 12, 2020, 02:08:36 PM
Do you know symphonies 3 and 6 Cesar? If not I'd recommend them both.
Not yet, Jeffrey! I appreciate your recommendation. This composer looks promising.
I like the description 'atmospheric, forbidding and grim'. :)
Among the symphonies I know nos 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10. Some of Hoddinot's best music is found in his short orchestral works. I particularly like these excellent discs:
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(Not grim :D)
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Quote from: André on March 12, 2020, 06:12:50 PM
I like the description 'atmospheric, forbidding and grim'. :)
Among the symphonies I know nos 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10. Some of Hoddinot's best music is found in his short orchestral works. I particularly like these excellent discs:
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(Not grim :D)
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I have you to thank for my introduction to his symphonies.
:)
Quote from: vandermolen on March 13, 2020, 11:46:21 AM
I have you to thank for my introduction to his symphonies.
:)
I didn't know (remember) that :laugh:. It's a two way street: you introduced me to many excellent composers I wasn't aware of (british and soviet in particular). Apart from Elgar, Britten and Vaughan Williams, the french canadian music scene has a huge blind spot when it comes to british music :(.
Very good, André. All of that looks tasty indeed!
Quote from: André on March 13, 2020, 12:34:07 PM
I didn't know (remember) that :laugh:. It's a two way street: you introduced me to many excellent composers I wasn't aware of (british and soviet in particular). Apart from Elgar, Britten and Vaughan Williams, the french canadian music scene has a huge blind spot when it comes to british music :(.
I had taken Symphony No.2 on LP out of the record library in my youth but didn't think much of it (I appreciate it more now) but it was the Lyrita CD of the symphonies (including No.2) which made much more impression on me, especially Symphony No.3.
Quote from: vandermolen on March 14, 2020, 12:46:07 AM
I had taken Symphony No.2 on LP out of the record library in my youth but didn't think much of it (I appreciate it more now) but it was the Lyrita CD of the symphonies (including No.2) which made much more impression on me, especially Symphony No.3.
Yes, that's a great cd, with nos 2, 3 and 5. A great place to start a Hoddinott collection.
Quote from: André on March 14, 2020, 05:54:04 AM
Yes, that's a great cd, with nos 2, 3 and 5. A great place to start a Hoddinott collection.
I think this too is an excellent disc and wonderful place to start with Hoddinott. Featuring a symphony, a tone poem, song cycle, and chamber orchestra work, this disc shows his edgy style but also his evocative but lyrical and more impressionistic sides too.
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https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%208762 (https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%208762)
Quote from: relm1 on March 14, 2020, 06:44:23 AM
I think this too is an excellent disc and wonderful place to start with Hoddinott. Featuring a symphony, a tone poem, song cycle, and chamber orchestra work, this disc shows his edgy style but also his evocative but lyrical and more impressionistic sides too.
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https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%208762 (https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%208762)
I agree. Symphony No.6 is the most approachable of those I know and I enjoy the whole disc, especially Lanterne des Morts.
https://www.youtube.com/v/rUtiWZLaXS0
Something I can detect from this composer's style that I enjoy so much is the way he manages to conjure up gripping atmospheres that includes wizardry, a strong sense of mysticism, rhythm and forbidding seriousness. The result is striking, as it could be heard in this orchestral work Dragon Fire. A quite cogent work with a protuberant part for timpani and percussion.
I was looking about for information about Hoddinott's vast trove of unrecorded music and came across this thread.
http://artmusic.smfforfree.com/index.php?topic=6289.0
It makes reference to off-air recordings existing of a range of Hoddinott concertos such as those for trumpet, trombone, percussion, and the third piano concerto. I've searched but of the hoddinott concerti this thread asserts can be listened to, I can only find the organ and second Violin concertos. Anyone know where one might find any of the others?
thanks in advance!
My favourite work of his is Taliesin. His other works I don't get along with.
Quote from: Figaro on February 17, 2022, 06:06:09 AM
I was looking about for information about Hoddinott's vast trove of unrecorded music and came across this thread.
http://artmusic.smfforfree.com/index.php?topic=6289.0
It makes reference to off-air recordings existing of a range of Hoddinott concertos such as those for trumpet, trombone, percussion, and the third piano concerto. I've searched but of the hoddinott concerti this thread asserts can be listened to, I can only find the organ and second Violin concertos. Anyone know where one might find any of the others?
thanks in advance!
Did you check youtube? Alot of them are there like the horn concerto here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGuSfsTajns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgQGDIE6J7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJZQx9r9SwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTE9tutKn9A
etc.
Grr...I can't figure out the youtube embedded even though I copied it from Karl's explanation. Here are the links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGuSfsTajns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgQGDIE6J7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJZQx9r9SwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTE9tutKn9A
Quote from: Figaro on February 17, 2022, 06:06:09 AM
I was looking about for information about Hoddinott's vast trove of unrecorded music and came across this thread.
http://artmusic.smfforfree.com/index.php?topic=6289.0
It makes reference to off-air recordings existing of a range of Hoddinott concertos such as those for trumpet, trombone, percussion, and the third piano concerto. I've searched but of the hoddinott concerti this thread asserts can be listened to, I can only find the organ and second Violin concertos. Anyone know where one might find any of the others?
thanks in advance!
Yes, I have archived bucket-loads of Hoddinott broadcasts over the years. PMd you on AMF...
Hoddinott, Alun (1929-2008)
Clarinet Concerto No.1, Op.3 (1950)+++
Mark Walton, clarinet/ London Studio Strings/ Barry Wordsworth
Viola Concertino, Op.14 (1958)+++
Frederick Riddle, viola/ BBC Welsh SO/ David Atherton
Welsh Dances, Suite No.1, Op.15 (1958)^
Ulster O/ David Hill (br. 6/11/2008)
Folk Song Suite (1962)+++
BBC Northern Ireland O/ Eric Wetherall
Job, Op. 24 (1962, rev. 1977)++++
Paul Wilson, bass/ BBC Welsh Choral Society/ Cardiff Bach Choir/ BBC Welsh O/ Vernon Handley (br. 8/5/1979)
Concerto Grosso No.1, Op.41 (1965)+++
BBC Welsh SO/ Daniel Jones (br. 1976)
Concerto Grosso No.1, Op.41 (1965)<>
BBC Welsh SO/ Daniel Jones (br.1976)
Piano Concerto No.3, Op.44 (1966)+++
Martin Jones, piano/ BBC SO/ Boris Brott (br. 2/8/1974)
Severn Bridge Variations - Variation 2 (1966)+++ [in SA-SP folder]
BBC Welsh SO/ Boris Brott (br. 20/7/1976)
Night Music, Op.48 (1966)<>
BBC Welsh SO/ John Carewe
Organ Concerto, Op.51 (1967)+++
Gillian Weir, organ/ BBC Welsh O/ Boris Brott (br. 1/9/1974)
Organ Concerto, Op.51 (1967)<>
John Scott, organ/ BBC Welsh SO/ Bryden Thomson
Roman Dream, Op.54 (1968)~~~~
Margaret Price, sop/ Cardiff Festival Players/ James Lockhart (Argo LP ZRG 691, 1972)
Fioriture, Op.60 (1968)<>
BBCSSO/ James Loughran
Welsh Dances, Suite No.2, Op.64 (1969)^
BBC NOW/ Thierry Fischer (br. 1/2/2007)
Sinfonietta No.2, Op.67 (1969)+++
BBC Welsh SO/ Boris Brott
Symphony No.4, Op.70 (1970)++++
Hallé O/ Maurice Handford (br. 23/3/1970)
The Hawk is Set Free, Op.72 No.5 (1970)+++
BBC Welsh SO/ Bryden Thomson
Welsh Folksongs (1971)~~~~
Huw Tregelles Williams, organ/ Pendyrus Male Choir/ Glynne Jones
Welsh Airs and Dances (1975)^
BBC NOW/ Students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama/ Jonathan Mann (br. 14/5/2010)
The Beach of Falesà, Op.83 (1970-74) - excerpts~~~~
Geraint Evans, bar (Case); Delme Bryn-Jones, bar (Wiltshire); Sandra Browne, mezzo (Uma); Forbes Robinson, bass (Black Jack); Terence Walters, ten (Schooner Captain); Edward Byles, ten (Father Galuchet); Rowland Jones, ten (Papa Randall)/ Welsh National Opera Chorus and O/ Richard Armstrong (1974)
Landscapes for orchestra, Op. 86 (1975)+++
BBC Welsh SO/ Boris Brott
Landscapes for orchestra, Op.86 (1975)<>
New Philharmonia O/ Hans-Hubert Schonzeler
French Suite, Op.91 (1976)++++
BBC NOW/ Vasily Petrenko (br. 4/4/2006)
Scenes from The Trumpet Major, Op.103a (1981)<>
BBC Welsh SO/ Owain Arwel Hughes
Fanfare with Variants (1985)<>
National Youth O of Wales/ Edward Gregson
Welsh Dances, Suite No.3, Op.123 (1985)^
National Youth O of Wales/ Owain Arwel Hughes (Berlin, 10/8/2004)
Symphony No.7, Op.137 (1989)**
Thomas Trotter, organ/ BBC NOW/ Tadaaki Otaka (br. 21/6/2005)
Symphony No.7, Op.137 (1989)<>
Jane Watts, organ/ BBC Welsh SO/ Richard Hickox
Symphony No.8, Op.142 (1992)++++
National Youth Brass Band of Wales/ Edward Gregson (20/9/1992)
Symphony No.8, Op.142 (1992)<>
National Youth Brass Band of Wales/ Edward Gregson (20/9/1992)
Symphony No.9, A Vision of Eternity, Op.145 (1992)~~
Gwyneth Jones, sop/ BBC NOW/Tadaaki Otaka (br. 2/1/1994)
Symphony No.9, A Vision of Eternity, Op.145 (1992)<>
Gwyneth Jones, sop/ BBC NOW/Tadaaki Otaka (br. 2/1/1994)
Violin Concerto No.2, Mistral, Op.153 (1995)+++
Olivier Charlier, violin/ BBC NOW/ Douglas Bostock (br.1995)
Trumpet Concerto, The Shining Pyramid, Op.154 (1995)^
Philippe Schartz, trumpet/ BBC NOW/ Douglas Bostock (br. 19/9/2005)
Dragon Fire, Concertante for Timpani, Percussion and Orchestra, Op.167 (1998)<>
BBC NOW/ Mark Wigglesworth
Symphony No.10, Op.172 (1999)**
BBC NOW/ Tadaaki Otaka (br. 19/10/2007)
Symphony No.10, Op.172 (1999)<>
BBC NOW/ Tadaaki Otaka (br. 19/10/2007)
Euphonium Concerto, The Sunne Rising, The King Will Ride, Op.180 (2002)^
David Childs, euphonium/ BBC NOW/ Pierre-Andre Valade (br. 22/2/2006)
Lizard, Concerto for Orchestra, Op.181 (2003)<>
BBC NOW/ Tadaaki Otaka (br. 9/11/2003)
Lizard, Concerto for Orchestra, Op.181 (2003)
BBC NOW/ Jac van Steen (24/1/2009, br. 18/2/2021)
Trombone Concerto, Op.185 (2004)^
Mark Eager, trombone/ BBC NOW/ Grant Llewellyn (6/10/2004, rpt. 24/2/2006)
La Serenissima: Images of Venice, Op. 189 (2007)++++
Helen Field, sop/ Jeremey Huw Williams, bar/ BBC NOW/ Jac van Steen (1/3/2007, br. 3/3/2008)
Taliesin (2007)*****
BBC NOW/ François-Xavier Roth (10/10/2009, br. 23/2/2010)