Name that piece! The game

[Parsifal]

Reminds me of Gustav Holst....?

[Lethevich]

I'm not aware of any personal relation between the two, although both composers had similarly short lifespans and were almost contemporaries. Rather like Holst in England, in his own country this composer was amongst a wave of composers aiming to help establish a national style after a bit of a dry spell (the parallels of this musical decline and ascendence actually mirror England's in its timeline).

[Drasko]

Nielsen Aladdin Suite?

[Lethevich]

Further south - this composer never developed quite the personal language of some of his national contemporaries, and certainly not Nielsen - although his music retains a brilliance and colour that keeps his name on the fringes of the repertoire.

Edit: I really must hear that piece you mention, though - I neglect Nielsen's music for some reason

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Ok, I guess: an early piece by Respighi I don't know.

[Drasko]

Spanish? On first spin clip sounded stock oriental, but on re-listen rhythm suggests Moorish rather than Middle East. Turina perhaps? 

[Lethevich]

Turina perhaps?

Bingo! It's the last of his three danzas fantásticas.

[karlhenning]

The silence, it must be broken!

Clip coming soon . . . .

[Parsifal]

Bingo! It's the last of his three danzas fantásticas.

That was a good one, I never would have thought of him

[DavidW]

That was a good one, I never would have thought of him

Never even heard of him!   This is beginning to feel like a musical appreciation course (in a good way).

[karlhenning]

A very cool thread.

(I'm just waiting now for my PC to run its anti-viral update and scan . . . and then I can perform the operation which will result in a clip . . . .)

[DavidW]

and then I can perform the operation which will result in a clip . . . .)

Abbra cadabra!!

[karlhenning]

First: here she is.

[Luke]

First: here she is.

Just tried to listen to that here at school - but the site is blocked. Category? 'Kids time wasting'   

Haven't played this game yet - seems like the sort of thing that would only snare me into wasting time I don't have (perhaps the filter is right!). Something like the mystery scores thread, which is and will always be my favourite thread ever. So, perhaps best not to even get started!

[karlhenning]

Just tried to listen to that here at school - but the site is blocked. Category? 'Kids time wasting'   

Hah! For lack of anywhere else, I uploaded the file to my Tripod site. I can e-mail it to someone for better hosting (the mp3 file has no compromizing information).

Or . . . I can split it into two files which I could then attach . . . let me do that . . . .

[Coco]

Dutilleux's 2nd symphony?

[karlhenning]

No, but not at all a bad guess.

[Luke]

Don't worry, Karl! I'm sure everyone else can hear it, and I'll be able to do so too when I get home. Besides, as I said, I probably shouldn't really let myself be tempted anyway.

In any case, I wouldn't have got any of the older samples that I've listened to on this thread either (I haven't really been following the thread, and just dipped a toe with a couple of samples earlier on today)

[Coco]

No, but not at all a bad guess.

It's that tympani melody! It's so reminiscent of something I've heard before. Anyway — lovely music, whatever it is.

[Parsifal]

this one has me stumped