On Alan Hovhaness, I think the Mysterious Mountain and St. Vartan symphonies are the best exemplars of the two facets (there WERE only two facets) of what he had to say. Although Hovhaness was already middle-aged when he moved to the Pacific Northwest, he eventually received the status of an icon out here, like Starbuck's coffee or the Geoduck clam. I once interviewed him for a radio station, and found him very engaging and mad as a hatter. Jon Gallant ([log in to unmask])