Asynchronous Antagonism
Aladdin’s Nutella
Adorn no Adorno!
— Postcards From Red Squirrel Trail
As regards my symphony — I have been writing it for about 3 years now & I believe it is finished — I have made a 2 pfte arrangement & will get that tried through to see if I can bear it ... The bits I have shown to people they do not like — Gustav [Holst] heard it all in an early version on 2 pftes — & was puzzled by most of it & disliked the rest.
— Ralph Vaughan Williams, writing to Sir Adrian Boult (and with characteristic self-deprecation) about his Fourth Symphony
Although I was not in any genuine rush, this afternoon sees the completion of the Lamentatio pro sorore sua, Op. 202 for two bass clarinets.
At first I thought that (like the Op. 201 flute duets, the Lamentation score would fit on few pages enough for the players to read from score, but brief as the piece is (three minutes) there need to be separate parts. No matter, ’tis easy enough. I am thinking the piece would make an apt addition to the Dark Side of the Dance Floor program on 5 September. We shall see if our two clarinetti bassi agree.
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Adorno was a punk! :)
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