Joseph Dente 1838-1905 Symphony on P2 Sveriges Radio

[vicharris]

Can be played on demand:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/tabla.aspx?programid=163&date=2014-01-25
http://www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/micv6.nsf/docsbycodename/soekresultat?opendocument&fraga=joseph+dente

Nice uncomplicated symphony from a composer I had not heard of before, he was a teacher to Helena Munktell.

[Alan Howe]

Lovely, open-hearted stuff indeed. A pity there's no commercial recording. Thanks so much for the link.

Did anyone actually manage to record the broadcast?

[LateRomantic75]

Very pleasant listening-thanks for the link! But it's nothing I'm dying to see commercially recorded...

[jerfilm]

I recorded this - is it permissible to upload?  They say it's from a 1992 concert in the Berwald Hall......

Jerry

[Alan Howe]

Oh please do, Jerry. It's right up my street!

[jerfilm]

It is posted in the Downloads section.  About 24 minutes and apparently only 3 movements.  But an enjoyable work if not real "deep".......

thanks, Vicharris, for putting us on to it.

Jerry

[Alan Howe]

Thanks, Jerry. Very good of you.

[jerfilm]

Oh, you're so very welcome, Alan.   it was about my turn to post something. 

J

[semloh]

What a great way to start the day - with this sparkling, brightly played and engaging music.
Sincere thanks 'jerfilm' 

Joseph Dente - yet another unjustly unsung composer. It's hard to understand why this particular symphony has been so neglected. It's so enjoyable. I do hope we'll hear more about and by him ...

[regriba]

About 24 minutes and apparently only 3 movements.

According to http://levandemusikarv.se/tonsattare/dente-joseph/ the symphony is in four movements and lasts for about 30 minutes. Maybe a movement is missing?

[regriba]

Sorry, I meant this link:http://levandemusikarv.se/tonsattare/dente-joseph/SMH-W648-Symfoni_d-moll_komponerad_for_stor_orkester . The other one was a brief biography of Dente. From this last link you can also download the score.

[Alan Howe]

Maybe a movement is missing?

No - its 24 minutes encompass all four movements.

[Alan Howe]

I had certainly underestimated this concise, but powerful and athletic symphony when I first heard it. Now that I've listened to it again, I find a lot to admire, especially its sheer dynamism and imaginative orchestration - think, for example, of the wonderful opening to the symphony down in the depths of the orchestra, with bassoons intoning dolefully. Gorgeous woodwind writing in the slow (3rd) movement too. The idiom, I suppose, is Mendelssohn/Schumann plus, with emphasis on the plus - although here this means expansion of expressive means rather than extension of duration.

An obvious candidate for a label such as Sterling, I would have thought. There's apparently a violin concerto too - wonder where it is....? Eric, help!!

[eschiss1]

No idea offhand, but will keep looking...

[Alan Howe]

Thanks!