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Patric Standford Posted by Jan van Es on July 25, 2012, 8:11 am 194.26.142.29 A very minor remark on John Quinn's review of Standfords first symphony. He refers to a Standford-work named 'The prayer of Saint Francis interrupted by bells'. That could be an interesting starting point for a composition for an orchestra including lots of noisy percussion. However, as far as I know, the title of the work is 'The prayer of Saint Francis interrupted by the birds'.

Re: Patric Standford Posted by John Quinn on July 25, 2012, 10:34 am, in reply to "Patric Standford" Jan, You're absolutely right. I took the title from the heading to the review by Gary Higginson that I cited in my review. Re-visiting Gary's review just now I see that on the cover of the disc the title is given as you state - though, interestingly, in the list of Standford's works on the Edition Peters website the title is given simply as "The Prayer of St Francis". Of course, on reflection, an association with birds rather than bells is much more likely with this particular saint! Thanks for pointing out the slip.

Re: Patric Standford Posted by Ray Allen on August 3, 2012, 3:56 pm, in reply to "Patric Standford" Cannot find the disc through the Musicweb purchase link. Help please

Re: Patric Standford Posted by Len on August 3, 2012, 4:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Patric Standford" 217.155.206.169 Now fixed. http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/July12/Standford_BMS441CD.htm Regards Len

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