Aaron J. Rabushka wrote:

>Yes, dramatic indeed, and hopefully pacesetting. Given their relationships
>with inter alia Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich I'd say
>that they have plenty of top-drawer stuff to pick from.

Amen!  Immediately everyone is thinking Stockhausen, Scoenberg and all
the atonalists and experimenters.  Lest we forget, Puccini, Verdi, Elgar,
Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Debussy, Dvorak, and Mahler all wrote music in the
20th century.  I applaud the philidelphians for haveing the gust to do
somethning interesting for a change!

Kevin Sutton