Don Satz wrote:
>>Concerning Walton, I'm interested in his chamber music, concertos, and
>>symphonies. I do already have whatever Naxos has put out of his works
>>in these categories. If you feel inclined to bring up other British
>>composers, that's fine too: Britten, Elgar, Hurlstone, Bax,, etc.
Virginia Knight, suspecting a windup, asked:
>Who's Hurlstone? A name new to me, unless it's some horribly obvious
>pun on Purcell or Tippett or someone which I'm being too dim to spot.
William Hurlstone (1876-1906), born and died in London. Premiered
his piano concerto but his asthma prevented a career as a pianist. Became
professor of counterpoint at RCM. There was a Lyrita CD of some orchestral
music and, IIRC, an LP containing his piano concerto. Musicweb's search
engine provided quite a few useful links. In one review, Rob Barnett
considers him "one of the lost great hopes of British music".
Richard Pennycuick
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