David Lamb <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Whatever happened to Blackwood? I have heard nothing of his all these >years. The last work listed in his entry in the online Groves dates from 1996. I still enjoy listening to his Symphonies, the Oboe Concerto and Piano Concerto. If his recordings are any indication, he is also a superb pianist. My friend Louis Lane conducted the Piano Concerto with the composer and said he played magnificently...confirmed in the tape I have of it. >Now what about the Miller oboe concerto? I would like to hear it. Is >it available somewhere? Where it belongs... in my attic gathering dust. It was my masters thesis. >KM invites opinions about the compositions of Segerstam. I greatly >admire Segerstams's recordings of Mahler, but I have to say that his own >compositions strike me as pathetic indulgences. OK... it's an opinion >already! I guess I asked because I have never been able to make much sense of his work. Karl *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html