Richard Pennycuick wrote: >I heard on the radio Ewazen's Violin Concerto, a most beautiful work >apparently influenced by Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia and Dives and >Lazarus. ... I'm interested to know if the violin concerto is typical >of his style or, if not, which other composers he might be compared to. After hearing his Violin Concerto I acquired several discs of his music. I found the Violin Concerto to be the most satisfying of what I heard. All of what I have heard is indeed stylistically similar. For me, the quality of the thematic material is variable. I don't mean this is a critical way, but, the best of what I have heard of his strikes me as being "charming." Karl