#HovhanessaDay September 21-30, 2011

September 29, 2011

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay I'm fresh out of symphonies, so today it's Mountains & Rivers Without End and Prelude & Quadruple Fugue. Awesome stuff.

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphonies 50 & 53 yesterday (forgot to tweet about them). Two of Hovhaness's most charming works.

September 28, 2011

 

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphony 49. Pleasant, but uneventful. Sounds like a combination of Sibelius and Henry Cowell.

28 Sep
 

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

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@villa_lobos Even the mediocre ones have at least one interesting movement. #HovhanessADay

28 Sep
 

villa_lobos Dean Frey

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@Tom_Godell I agree - most of his symphonies bring something special; nearly all have *character* #HovhanessADay

28 Sep
 

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

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@villa_lobos I've listened to about 20 of his symphonies. Only a tiny handful are inferior. #HovhanessADay

28 Sep

villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Guitar sonata no2, op329 - Owes a lot to Villa-Lobos, with different harmonies. The 2nd mvt Jahla reminds me of VL's Etudes

28 Sep

villa_lobos Dean Frey

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@Tom_Godell #HovhanessADay "Only 1 in 5 symphonies is any good." - "That means he wrote 12 good symphonies." classical.net/music/recs/rev…

28 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphony 49. Possibly the most "American" of the H Symphonies in my collection. Sounds like Henry Cowell.

28 Sep

September 27, 2011 
 

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphony 39: boring, interminable, rambling. Symphony 46: utterly enchanting. Go figure.

27 Sep

RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Classicsaday #Hovhanessaday So what should the theme be for *October*

27 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

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@RalphGraves Don't you mean October? #Classicsaday #Hovhanessaday

27 Sep

RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Classicsaday #Hovhanessaday Say, gang, what should the theme for September be? Any suggestions?

27 Sep

villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Concerto for Orchestra no7, op116. Another in the great pioneering @LouOrchestra series of new works, cond. Robert S. Whitney

27 Sep

RalphGraves RalphGraves

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@tom_godell After listening to Symphony 50 again, I have to agree that "Spirit Lake" is wonderful. #Hovhanessaday

27 Sep

September 27, 2011
 

villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Fanfare for a New Atlantis op281 (1975), from a 2007 Naxos CD w/Royal Scottish NO cond. by Stewart Robertson @NaxosMusicLib

 September 26, 2011

26 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Round Two: Symphony 38. Mildly interesting, but soprano solo sung by composer's wife is dreadful.

26 Sep

americannanny Marsha Epstein

RT @Tom_Godell: On vacation last week, so no #HovhanessADay listening. Will make amends this week by doublin… (cont) deck.ly/~0sGEA

26 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

On vacation last week, so no #HovhanessADay listening. Will make amends this week by doubling up. On now: Symphony 31. Hauntingly lovely.

September 22

#Hovhanessaday Same thing w/"And God Created Great Whales." The whale songs seem tacked on, rather than integrated into the work.

38 minutes ago

42RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday Actually, there's only 1 part of Symphony 50 I don't like - the eruption. Seems to literal (and therefore falls short) to me.

39 minutes ago

42RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday Giving two works I don't like very much another chance: Symphony No. 50 "Mt. St. Helens" & "And God Created Great Whales."

41 minutes ago

September 21

 

42RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday Three Visions of St. Mesrob, Op. 198. Another early work that's very appealing. #classicsaday

21 Sep 

42RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday If you missed the live broadcast, the program will be available for on-demand listening at wtju.net/vault

21 Sep

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42RalphGraves RalphGraves

#WTJU in honor of #Hovhanessaday - the Symphony No. 14 "Ararat" wtju.net/stream

21 Sep 

39DelosMusic Delos Music

RT @villa_lobos: #HovhanessADay Duet for violin & harpsichord, op122 - the 27sec 2nd mvt 'Haiku' is a gem-

23 hours ago