Dave Lewis wrote:
>For instance Scandinavian music. I have recently been listening to
>Sallinen, Merikanto, Holmboe, Rautavaara and Alfven. There is some great
>music within this group of composers but I cannot remember a UK performance
>of music by any of them. It would also be possible to extend this list
>to include scores of worthwhile Scandinavian composers who have been lost
>without trace except in their home countries.
The BBC did performances of the later Holmboe symphonies as he wrote them.
Somewhere I'm sure I have a tape of nos 12 and 13. I like numbers 7, 8 (on
a Turnabout LP) and 10 (LP) most of all.
Tim Horwood