-Just a question to All - - Who, with name and big support - champions Alan Hovhaness' music now/ today? - I'm thinkin' nobody -- alas. . . .Am I wrong? ...
Naxos has an excellent American Classics series which features a number of CDs of Walter Piston, Virgil Thomson, Howard Hanson (the CD of his piano works is...
Some interesting issues brought up in last post. My teen-aged nieces have never had music appreciation taught in elementary, middle or high school (unless ...
... Answer given, by others: Gerard Schwartz and the Seattle Symphony. Worth mentioning: Dennis Russell Davies. I've several CDs of Davies conducting Harrison,...
--Thanks T, for your response -- . . . . and you're right. . . . .after I posted I remembered that Gerard Schwartz has been - and continues to be - a huge...
Another tireless supporter of Hovhaness is the pianist Martin Berkofsky. He just world-premiered a 1954 concerto of Hovhaness's in Moscow (26th March), a...
Gerard Schwarz is a wonderful conductor and advocate for the American composer. I wish that there were more like him. There is such a wealth of music that is...
Ahh, you all need to move over here to Seattle! It is the place to be! ... they played some Hovhaness, I think it was Mysterious Mountain, but I was unable to...
Subject: Innocence and Experience Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 18:13:15 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My cousin just wrote me to tell that she had...
You in Seattle have quite a treasure in Gerard Schwarz. And of course, there is Dennis Russell Davies and the American Composers Orchestra. Does anyone know...
Hi Everyone, It has been awhile since I posted here however now I have a bit of time because of the holidays. I could not resist to get involved with this...
Just a reminder if anyone is in New York this week or next week, Hovhaness's ballet 'Circe' (Symphony No.18) is being performed by the Martha Graham Dance...
Dear Marco: Thanks for the wonderful news about Martha Graham using Hovhaness music. This is as prestigious as modern dance gets; although Martha now has many...
Disquieting news from England: "Musicians in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic gave music director Gerard Schwarz a no-confidence vote earlier this week....
Thanks for the news Timothy -- very interesting but not that surprising if one thinks about it. I think there is a transatlantic clash of cultures in ...
Marco, Thanks for the information regarding differences between American and European orchestras. I do know that in Germany, government and culture are very...
yes. very true. however, in terms of recordings, the real issue is hinako not allowing certain "types" of musicians to record her husband's music. a very ...
... This applies, does it not, only to music that has never been recorded. Right? I understand that a composer has control ONLY on who records it first. After...
I recently bought sheet music for Visionary Landscapes and the score for the St. Vartan Symphony. I've decided to buy at least one Hovhaness work in score...
One orchestra that still seems to champion contemporary music is the Louisville Symphony. They seem to carry on the tradition of the late Robert Whitney....
-Dear Friends -- - That recent post reminded me of the excellent Louisville/Whitney performances of Hovhaness' works -- and many other modern American...
The Santa Fe Music Group is in the process of releasing all of the Louisville First Edition recordings onto CD. At present, they have works by Hovhaness...
If anyone is interested, I just spotted a sealed LP of Hovhaness's Symphony No.38 going on Ebay. It's already gone past $40, and the auction ends on May 08....
CORRECTION -- where I wrote on my previous posting: "Some movements we re-recorded for a Koch release in 1997 with a different orchestra" I meant to type: ...
That Symphony No. 38 LP was probably on the Pandora label, which issued two or three Hovhaness recordings during the early 1980s. ... From: Marco Shirodkar To:...
Hello! I'm very excited to have found this site and look forward to receiving postings from you all. Query: I'm about to direct a theatrical production and...
Dear All To introduce myself,................ I compose, and in 1976 was sufficiently moved by Alan Hovhaness's work (and Terry Riley's and Erik Satie's) to...
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