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