Mimi Ezust <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Joel Lazar wrote:
>
>>I'd be sure to include (in no particular order) Nicholas Maw, Sofia
>>Gubaidulina and Gyorgy Ligeti in any such short list.
>
>Please talk a bit about Nicholas Maw. I have never heard any of his
>compositions.

He's probably the best neo-Romantic composer working currently.  Call him
a lusher, more melodic Simpson and you won't be far off.He has a tendency
to go on a bit over chord progressions that don't support the weight he
wants to put on them.

Stirling S Newberry
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