Swiss music

[britishcomposer]

Ah yes, that makes sense! 
The piece has been recorded commercially but I don't have the CD:
http://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi2.exe/inet_fnbasedetail?REC_ID=1249.011&LNG_ID=ENG

[jowcol]

Nice to see that Zbinden is still among us! Born in 1917 he will be 95 in November. (Only two months earlier Robert Ward will celebrate his 95th.)

The overture has the correct title Lémanic 70, op. 48 (1970)
The number relates perhaps to the year of composition. But what does 'Lémanic' mean?

Thanks!  I'll update the posts.

[JimL]

Is the BRT the Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic?

[jowcol]

I believe so.  The conductor was Belgian, and there is a post of his first Symphony (quite good) on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owH-vJXdb4Y

[kyjo]

Zbinden has had quite a lot recorded on CD (a 2CD set of his 4 symphonies, a disc of his concertos, etc). Simply type "Zbinden" in the search box on Amazon and you'll get plenty of results . Apparently he is quite active in jazz also; you can hear the jazz influence (but not too much) in his music.