Bob Chen ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>...  Also, there is an oblique reference to Boughton's activities after
>Glastonbury -- "politics and lecturing." What kind of politics? Lecturing
>about what?

Left-wing.  Probably sort of Fabianism at a guess.

>Finally, in addition to "The Immortal Hour," which appears to be available
>only on Hyperion as a mid-price two-fer, can anyone recommend other
>works/recordings? Boughton seems to have written quite a bit for oboe,
>since his daughter was reportedly quite the oboeist.

She was indeed Joy IIRC.  Britten's Metamorphoses (?) was written for her.

There is a most enjoyable Hyperion disc of the 2 string quartets and oboe
quartet (IIRC).  Delightful and more impressive than his symphonies (or at
least nos.2 & 3 which I have).

Deryk Barker
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