"Mats Norrman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Nielsen is so and so.  I have never noticed that there has been any
>major troubles with Sinfonia Espansiva.  The 6th symphony though is
>more difficult, yet capricious, yet seroius, yet gallant, yet sorrowful.
>I think it is very beautiful, but I understand why people who are not
>interested to take so much listening time are kicked off with it.

I know quite a few church organists who have Nielsen's preludes firmly in
their repotoire; they're mostly Lutherans, so there may be an extra-musical
element involved, but still . . .

"Bruce Alan Wilson" <[log in to unmask]>