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The clip should be cued up:

https://youtu.be/39tr6ZubkJc?t=442

A forthcoming release of Lauber's first two symphonies:

https://www.schweizerfonogramm.com/en/uncategorized/a-sensational-rediscovery-joseph-lauber-1864-1952-world-premiere-recording-of-his-symphonies/

https://youtu.be/g5VcoGmyLTY

Gerald Finzi - Romance (Conducted by Dr. Christopher Jackson)
Manuel Ponce - Estampas Nocturnas
Amy Cheney Beach - Pastorale for Wind Quintet
Charles Gounod - Petite Symphonie

Berks Sinfonietta

Just uploaded a recording of the Canadian Rhapsody, as broadcast in 2017 and performed by the BBC CO with John Andrews. However, the copy I have contains a corrupted segment at 6:30.

Would anyone happen to have a higher quality copy?

I am curious as to whether any of our current members are proficient in Latvian, as I would like to understand the meaning of the libretto from Vītols' cantata.

Linked below is the score/libretto:

https://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/2/2a/IMSLP313206-SIBLEY1802.21881.789a-39087011998467piesnia.pdf

Thank you.

Raff's Sinfonietta will be performed on November 21st by the Berks Sinfonietta, located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The concert will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.

https://www.berkssinfonietta.org/concerts

Just uploaded a recording of Horst Platen's lovely violin concerto conducted by Platen himself.

Do any of the members have info on when this was composed? It is certainly in the romantic style, but I am having trouble pinpointing any particular decade.

Found a fascinating interview with David Hurwitz, and in one particular segment (1:04:00), he talks about "music history." What he discusses reminds me of what we take part in here at UC, and the purpose of sharing unsung works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGwYe9a8wj0

He says that music history is based on what was being composed, performed and perceived at that point in time, not what we conceive as strictly the influencers and influenced (Wagner/ Brahms to Schoenberg, etc). There is a brief mention where he states that in the 1870s and 1880s, one would have been just as likely to hear Joachim Raff as Brahms.

As Mark has written about extensively, Raff was enormously popular in his day, and yet, in my opinion, his descent into the abyss was pushed by what the public saw as the true figures of Romanticism. In my view, only then with a re-evaluation on the "history" of Romantic music, did Bernard Herrmann and now the wealth of recordings in the past 30 years provide us with this hidden repertoire. It is not only gorgeous music, but the key to giving us a better idea of how Romantic music had a part in the 19th/20th century classical music culture.

Found this rare recording of an American radio broadcast put on by the "Society for Forgotten Music." It includes various American works by composers which even in 1950 were already figures of the distant past. Hope you find it interesting.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/concert-by-the-society-for-forgotten-music-quartet/

Works:

String Quartet No. 2 Op. 132 by Henry Hadley

Piano Sonata in E Major by Alexander Reinagle

I Have a Silent Sorrow Here by Alexander Reinagle

My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free by Francis Hopkinson

Come Fair Rosina by Francis Hopkinson

O'er The Hills by Francis Hopkinson

To Helen by Charles Martin Loeffler, words by Edgar Allan Poe

"Mona's Dream" by Horatio Parker from the opera "Mona"

Quartet by George Whitefield Chadwick

This is a very melancholy piece written by the American composer George Templeton Strong, who by the time he wrote this piece in 1916, was already living in Switzerland.

On the score of the piece, he prefaces it by stating:

"I dreamt of a dismal landscape. Seated on a roadside, at the edge of a forest, I saw a hearse approach,
followed by a few people. When this procession had passed, I felt more alone than ever: it seemed that I had
lost some one who was dear to me, and I was afraid."

Unfortunately there is serious background noise from this recording from 1978, but I am not sure if it distracts from the beauty of the piece. I am curious as to your opinions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ndJeKufPc

This question is mainly directed towards Mark since he is the Raff aficionado and guru (all flattery intended), but I'll ask everyone in case they have any information:

Will there be a performance of the third symphony this year or next? It was composed in 1869, and was first premiered in 1870. Therefore we have a 150th anniversary this year for its composition, and another one next year for its debut performance.

I would be surprised if there isn't anything planned to commemorate what is arguably his best work.

I apologize for such short notice on this broadcast which will take place today, but I thought it was particularly noteworthy due to two recent recordings of Volbach's repertoire.

His Königskinder and Symphony have appeared on this site and on YouTube, but they are older recordings. Today's broadcast will be of a recording from January 29th of this year, so it will be interesting to hear them with improved sound quality and possibly very different interpretations!

I've never been to WDR 3's website, but it appears that all concerts are available on their online player for 30 days after their broadcast, so I don't think anyone will need to personally record it off of their radio/computer.

https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/programm/sendungen/wdr3-konzert/staedtekonzerte-in-nrw-160.html

Enjoy!