Roger Hecht ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Anne Ozorio posts
>
>>Below is a link to a wonderfully provocative article by the conductor
>>Sakari Oramo on Edward Elgar.  It's provocative because he assesses
>>Elgar in completely fresh terms.  Says Oramo,
>>
>>http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2087164,00.html
>
>Interesting article, though I'm not sure I agree with all of it.
>To call Adrian Boult "stoic" and "stodgy" seems way off the mark.

Absolutely. Just listen to the 1944 BBC SO ELgar 2.

I also think the article actually diminishes Elgar: it seems to be saying
that his music can't stand that much interpretive weight.

Yet Hans Richter described Elgar 1 as 'the greatest symphony of modern
times, and not just by an Englishman'.

Deryk Barker
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