Braga Santos
Posted by Michael Bullivant on January 21, 2024, 10:33 am
I was delighted to see that Lee and Nick share my enthusiasm for Braga Santos and fully concur with the former with regard to Braunfels and Casella, but there are so many in the same category! Just staying with symphonists (and in alphabetical order!), I wonder how many of the following - from all of whom I’ve had much pleasure - have had a live performance in Britain in recent years? Atterberg (a fiftieth anniversary this year, and surely the end of No.3 would bring any house down!), Lajtha, Larsson, Lyatoshynsky, Martinů, Melartin, Myaskovsky, Schmidt, Sgambati, (I remember Jorge Bolet was amused when I produced his record of the Piano Concerto – ‘aw, that old thing!’, he said, and signed it for me!), Weingartner, Wirén. And that’s just sticking to some from Europe and the twentieth century - and ignoring the many fine British symphonists who only get heard on recordings.
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