Quite so Mr Opilec.

I knew I should have listened to the insistent little voice that said it was foolish to ignore Richard's 'by marriage' comment. Thank goodness points aren't at stake.

As that is now no longer in the catalogue, I went for the recording made by the orchestra it was written for, though in a much later manifestation directed by Christopher Hogwood. It arrived this morning. Not quite as snappy as the old Supraphon performance, if my memory serves me right, but still pretty fair. As a follow up, I looked for other items in the series by the kammerochesterbasel, and found this:



The Tippett "Toccata e due Canzoni" listed on the front cover is perhaps better known as his "Divertimento on Sellinger's Round".

I somehow doubt it, but will let you know what the photo credit says, when the CD arrives.


This:



though, is the turbine hall at the Hoover Damn.

Been too busy recording old LPs to hard disk for editing, etc., richard. I might have a listen in a while, if I can find the links.

Hmm. I feel I should know 247, but I don't.

Anyway, how about 235, somewhere around here. Remember, there is an antipodean connection. The member of the trio of composers who is usually given first credit, was in at the very early stages of one Scratch Orchestra in 1969, and then set about establishing another, which on one occasion performed simultaneously with the original one, though very widely separated, geographically.

Never mind, Anty...turn your attention instead to Richard's No.247 - we know it's the first movement of a violin concerto in which the soloist doesn't play; it was written in the 1920s, from what I can calculate. I'm stumped!

Marty, certainly is scary - I sometimes wonder if it is safe to come out ...