Just a quick note to Marvin and folks: -What a wonderful CD is "Vision of a Starry Night!" Yes, I've heard it before, but I got it out this evening - and yes,...
It's been a very quiet board these days, alas. Very quiet. I'm very sorry that Tower Records has filed for bankrupcy - they have always had the best classical...
Good Couplings: For me, the main problem with all of my Hovhaness CD's is the lack of compatible tracks. I have one exquisite harp CD that is the exception, I...
Hello, everybody out there, I'm a new member of your group and glad to announce that I will be playing H's Suite "Shalimar" on March 6th, in a church in...
Welcome to this group!- And that's great that you'll be performing the "Shalimar" music! Best of luck to you -- and for the other pieces as well - Please write...
OK- I'm going out on a limb here, but I think it would be neat to know "the top three AH favoriites" of our folks here. . . . .truly. . . ! please respond good...
OK- I'm going out on a limb here, but I think it would be neat to know "the top three AH favoriites" of our folks here. . . . .truly. . . ! please respond good...
... 1. Fra Angelico 2. Mountains and Rivers Without End 3. Elibris And I'd like more performances of each of these. I've heard two of the latter, and that's...
Dear AH FAns, This is a subject that I thought about posting. Here are my three top favorites: 1. Number one all time favorite: Artik Concerto for horn and...
... Zach, according to the Yahoo Hovhaness Group site, the forum is owned (was started) by James Alan of Illinois, if that's what you meant by "who supports...
Mysterious Mountain, Prelude and quad fugue, Magnificat, Christmas Cantata, Macedonian Mountain dance, ...oh yeah, Sym #9. Did you say only 3???????...
Hello Hovhaness-Fans, I am new to this group, coming from Germany. I am interested in literature on Hovhaness. Can you tell me if any publications have been...
There are a couple of doctoral dissertations on the music of Hovhaness. They have brief accounts of his life. There isn't a book out on the life of Hovhaness...
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION Contact Viken L. Attarian at 514-244-7575 Montreal, QUEBEC, CANADA February 20, 2004 -- In a unique gesture of ...
Dear Zachry, Thanks you so much for your posting earlier this month. I have an unbelievable crazy schedule so please forgive for not writing sooner. Anyway, I...
Just a short note - - I listened closely to the "Odysseus Symphony" # 25 tonite - twice -- (I know, not much of a life right now, but. . .smiles here. . .) It...
Hello all! Hope you are all well. just wanted to let you know about a pair of birthday tributes I will be presenting on my radio show "Classical Discoveries"....
Hi Does anyone know where I can order Hovhaness' guitar music, specifically Khorhoort Nahadagats (Holy Mystery of the Martyrs) for oud (or lute or guitar) &...
- Greetings to you all- . . . .and I know this is much "off message. . . ," but I was very much enjoying the works of Max Reger last night -- His "Bocklin"...
I love the works of Max Reger. As an organist, I love his contributions to our rather limited repertory. His works are difficult to play, but are rewarding...
There was a Poseidon LP containing some songs of Komitas Vartabed. I don't think the Komitas portion of it was ever reissued on Crystal CD. ... From:...
-Thank you folks for your top 3 AH favorites - Really neat to read those. . . . . . . .any more want to post 'em (your top three favorite AH pieces. . .) ? -...
- Slow board these days -- I'm very busy myself these days, but hope that posts happen soon -- only because these are stressful days for all of us. . . . and I...
I'm still trying to decide on my top 3! Number 1 is easy--Khrimian Hairig. Number 2, most of the time, is Monadnock. But Number 3 is rather fluid. I love...
I picked up a used LP not long ago (Coumbia ML 5179), and am now listening to it. On Side B there are two Hovhaness pieces. The first, "Upon Enchanted Ground,"...
-Thanks for sharing that -- You are right -- what a great album!. . . and hard to find as well. . . . . . - It is too bad that DG, EMI, Uni, and other major...
Maybe we should write to the musical directors of America's 10 most influential symphonies and plead with them to include more Hovhaness in their programs. If...
... Couldn't St. Vartan's be played by a chamber orchestra? There are a number of chamber orchestras out there, and I bet they are easier to sway than symphony...
I have seen God Created Wales on "big" orchestral programs -- especially for children's orchestras. We all know the best version of Mysterious Mountain is ...