Swiss music

Started by eschiss1, Monday 22 August 2011, 09:06

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britishcomposer

Ah yes, that makes sense!  ;)
The piece has been recorded commercially but I don't have the CD:
http://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi2.exe/inet_fnbasedetail?REC_ID=1249.011&LNG_ID=ENG

jowcol

Quote from: britishcomposer on Friday 03 August 2012, 16:10
Nice to see that Zbinden is still among us! Born in 1917 he will be 95 in November. (Only two months earlier Robert Ward will celebrate his 95th.)

The overture has the correct title Lémanic 70, op. 48 (1970)
The number relates perhaps to the year of composition. But what does 'Lémanic' mean?

Thanks!  I'll update the posts.

JimL

Is the BRT the Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic?

jowcol

I believe so.  The conductor was Belgian, and there is a post of his first Symphony (quite good) on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owH-vJXdb4Y

kyjo

Zbinden has had quite a lot recorded on CD (a 2CD set of his 4 symphonies, a disc of his concertos, etc). Simply type "Zbinden" in the search box on Amazon and you'll get plenty of results ;D. Apparently he is quite active in jazz also; you can hear the jazz influence (but not too much) in his music.