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Bernard Chasan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Your list is an interesting mix of various styles. And as you say, the
>chance of hearing almost any of the orchestral works played by an American
>symphony orchestra is not very large. In my mind the standard repertory is
>absurdly narrow, but the counterargument is simply yhat the audience likes
>its Beethoven and Brahms, and that is all there is to it.
I'm convinced that the audience would fall in love with Baird's Four
Sonnets or Pizzetti's orchestral works (which I discovered this weekend!).
I think that the best way to actually integrate "little known works" in
the current programming is to organize some concerts around historical,
national or literary themes. In a concert of "Modern Polish music", you
can play Szymanovski and Penderecki, but also Baird and Bacewitz...
>Be thankful for recordings.
Yes, especially "independant labels" such as Chandos, Hyperion, Bis and
Naxos/Marco Polo!
P.S.: The Hyperion CD devoted to the orchestral music of Pizzetti is just
great! In some ways, Pizzetti's music is as interesting as Respigni's...
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/67084.asp
Daniel B
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