I am battling with this one.  I was overwhelmed when I first heard his
first symphony and first cello concerto many years ago, and have since
heard or played in virtually all his other symphonies.  But only recently
have I listened to the 4th symphony.

Sadly, I can find little to enthuse about in what I perceive as a cold,
angular work with mockery, derision, repetition and deliberate triteness
as its central tenets.

Somebody please persuade me otherwise or hint at what I have been missing.

Christopher Rosevear