Tim Dickinson wrote:

>How about Kalevi Aho's Symphony No 9 for Trombone and Orchestra
>(composed 1993-1994)? This is available on BIS CD-706 with the already
>noted Christian Lindberg as soloist (and Osmo Vanska conducting the Lahti
>Symphony Orchestra).  This isn't my usual musical stomping grounds, but Aho
>was recommended to me by a fellow list member and I saw this in the cutout
>bins.  The piece mixes old and new styles with often brilliant scoring
>(including a harpsichord).

I just got this.  Haven't heard it yet.  But the point of this message is
Aho's Symphony 1.  Give it a try.  Like Shostakovich's 16.  Aho is one of
the most interesting of the modern Finns.

Roger Hecht