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eschiss1

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Re: Malcolm Arnold
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 19 July 2011, 21:37 »
I'm fairly sure I can. both Arnold and Simpson were more or less tonal (with increasing harmonic instability and focus on other things as they got older, far as I know), which puts a good number of modern symphonists far away from either of them. They also didn't write any "symphonies for chamber ensemble" far as I know (symphonies for brass band are still for potentially large groupings, I think) which puts them both aways away from Ustvolskaya's symphonies...
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Alan Howe

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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 19 July 2011, 22:04 »
Yet my point stands. I cannot imagine recommending Simpson to lovers of Arnold or vice versa - unless I had my tongue firmly in my cheek. They may have had a share commitment to tonality, but their styles are worlds apart...
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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 19 July 2011, 23:30 »
The Naxos Dances CD is great fun too. I especially like Cornish 3, which sounds to me a bit like a military hymn. Incidentally, I wonder if Arnold took to Hobson's Choice because of his father's shoe business?
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Re: Malcolm Arnold
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 23 July 2011, 00:30 »
9 symphonies at Royal & Derngate Northampton, 21-23 October 2011
[Just a reminder: there's an earlier topic: Malcolm Arnold Festival 2011] 
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