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I've been following this thread quietly but Christopher Webber's reply
definitely caught my eye. And I must admit, I have the same tendencies.
Program a Bax symphony and I'm there. Beethoven symphony? I've heard
them all many times, played the three with trombones several times. I
still listen to them on recordings. But no Beethoven symphony is going
to get me into the concert hall own its own any more--for whatever that
is worth. And certainly no 19th Century concerto. In every group I
play in where I have anything at all to say, I beg the powers that be
to open up on their programming just a little. I've been successful a
few times. Elgar Third. Shostakovich 12. Barber First. A Brian fanfare
even, plus some Tomasi and Ruggles. Korngold, too. Little victories,
I guess.
That was an interesting observation about the reaction of the orchestra
that played Handley's great set of Bax symphonies. And I have no
explanation for it.
Oh. I did try to get one orchestra to play a Bax symphony. No luck.
But they did play November Woods. Take it where I can get it. Better
trombone parts than I expected, too.
Roger Hecht
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