Ah, before my time, that, but does it appear in a forthcoming, long awaited biography?
No, but the conductor's year of birth is identical with that of the biographee . . .
What a trio, eh? So it was the mechanical man with the tuba, was it?
So for the audience at home that means it was, um, ....?
Apologies for the obscure off-topic stuff. The concert was conducted by John White, best known perhaps for his 154 piano sonatas, a stack of brass music (particularly for his own instrument, the tuba: he once composed a Symphony for organ + 6 tubas) and a series of pieces entitled
Machines, the most infamous being the
Cello and Tuba Machine, a complete performance of which would last c.5 hours. The 1963 concert included his Piano Concerto - the composer is particularly proud of the Times crit which included the following:- "Given a sound thrashing by Nadia Boulanger, Litolff might have written this work - and similarly chastened, Mr White would have done better. But for an RCM professor to publicise this pot-pourri of feeble tunes, fidgety harmonies and rambling, purposeless key-changes, even if unprecedented, will never do."
Anyway, back to present spinning.
York Bowen piano music played by Joop Celis: Sonata no.6 + 24 Preludes op.102 (the whole set) - delightful stuff and impressive playing.
Tubby Hayes Quartet - Walkin' from a double CD entitled
Addictive tendencies. Hayes on customary good form and some truly staggering drumming from Tony Levin.
