Hello from London

[londonrich]

I've actually been a member, lurking and reading for quite a while, but thought I should finally emerge from the shadows.

I live in London and I love Sibelius, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, and a whole host of others I'm forgetting at the moment.

[springrite]

Welcome aboard!

[Karl Henning]

Welcome! Big fan of Shostakovich, Sibelius, Rakhmaninov & RVW, among others, too!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Welcome! And please stay in the light!

[Lisztianwagner]

Welcome to the forum!
I'm a great fan of Sibelius, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov too; Vaughan Williams is also great.

Do you like Wagner as well?

[mc ukrneal]

Welcome and enjoy yourself.

[londonrich]

Thanks all!

Lisztianwagner, I'm afraid I have a bit of a mental block when it comes to opera, and despite several tries (on disc and in the opera house), something about me refuses to bite. So, while I do have a couple of Wagner discs that I love, they're of the "bleeding chunks" variety. I think maybe, in about 10 or 20 years time, it will finally click and I will be able to appreciate opera at last!

[springrite]

Welcome to the forum!
I'm a great fan of Sibelius, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov too; Vaughan Williams is also great.

Do you like Wagner as well?

I love your strategy of agreeing first (Sibelius, Rach and RVW). Then, only try one (Wagner) at a time and save the second (Liszt) for later.

[springrite]

Now,  time to try the second.

How about Liszt?


(I should use this example in my next psychology workshop for businessmen and politicians)

[dave b]

Welcome to the site, londonrich!

[londonrich]

Liszt, yes, although I only really know the Hungarian Rhapsodies, the Faust Sym and the Annees de Pelerinage. His huge output is somewhat bewildering! Give me a straightforward symphony cycle to work my way through and then I can cope with getting into a composer!   

[North Star]

Welcome!

Sibelius, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams are among my favourites, too!

[springrite]

Liszt, yes, although I only really know the Hungarian Rhapsodies, the Faust Sym and the Annees de Pelerinage. His huge output is somewhat bewildering! Give me a straightforward symphony cycle to work my way through and then I can cope with getting into a composer!   

I offer you Rubbra!

[bhodges]

Hi londonrich, and welcome. "...Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, and a whole host of others..."

Hard to argue with that!

--Bruce

[Lisztianwagner]

Lisztianwagner, I'm afraid I have a bit of a mental block when it comes to opera, and despite several tries (on disc and in the opera house), something about me refuses to bite. So, while I do have a couple of Wagner discs that I love, they're of the "bleeding chunks" variety. I think maybe, in about 10 or 20 years time, it will finally click and I will be able to appreciate opera at last!

No problem; I'm pleased to know that at least there is some Wagner you like. How good you appreciate Liszt too, the Hungarian Rhapsodies, Faust Symphony and the Annees de pelerinage are outstanding works. If I've got it right, you love symphony composers....is Gustav Mahler among those?

I love your strategy of agreeing first (Sibelius, Rach and RVW). Then, only try one (Wagner) at a time and save the second (Liszt) for later.

No strategy, simple curiosity; I was just wondering if Wagner was part of whole host of others.....

[londonrich]

Springrite - Yes! I have a disc of the 3rd and 7th by Rubbra, which are marvellous. I need to save up for the box set.

LisztianWagner, you are reminding of the missing composers from my list: Mahler, Bruckner (even more than Mahler in fact), Atterberg (esp, the 3rd and 6th), Dvorak... maybe I should go post in some favourite symphony threads!

[Karl Henning]

Daniel will be glad you like Mahler! (Daniel's ID is Madaboutmahler.)

[springrite]

Daniel will be glad you like Mahler! (Daniel's ID is Madaboutmahler.)

We have no shortage of Mahlerites here, all the way to 5 year old Kimi!

[Karl Henning]

How is Kimi with Bruckner? . . .

[springrite]

How is Kimi with Bruckner? . . .

Still does not like Bruckner, but she loved Beethoven's 9th now! (Remember how he loved the 5th but always dismissed the 9th as messy?)