[78-L] An Orchestra Rehearsal

[David Lennick]

On 3/9/2012 7:27 AM, Don Cox wrote:
> On 08/03/2012, David Lennick wrote:
>
>
>> HOWARD HANSON did a few Mercury albums where he'd break down one
>> composition (one of his) and then play it complete. I haven't listened
>> to those.
>>
> "The Composer and his Orchestra".
>
> Not very exciting. Britten could have done a better job. Or
> Bernstein.
>
> The problem is that the worthy Hanson was not himself a brilliant
> orchestrator.
>
> Regards
Not always that original as a composer either. Last night I was transferring 
his "Drum Taps" and noted that he'd reused parts of the 2nd Symphony.

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