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[Trygve Madsen]

Tomorrow, Sunday 16 March, members of the Osnabrücker Sinfonieorchester will give a chamber concert. Two horn trios are programmed, one by the contemporary Norwegian composer Trygve Madsen and the Horn Trio Op 28 by Joseph Holbrooke. I will not be able to visit but I thought some of you just would like to know about this rare occasion.

https://m.regioactive.de/konzert/4-kammerkonzert-violine-horn-klavier-osnabrueck-theater-2025-03-16-mcVsKwJZ7H

Thank you, Rainolf!
My father came from Silesia and I've long been interested to hear anything by Hermann Buchal. (Though I don't expect to hear one of his symphonies.)
Masha Dimitrieva, the pianist who did a great job in promoting the music of Gordon Sherwood, talked in an interview a year ago about her interest in Buchal and her intention to record his piano music.

The broadcast is currently on air. I missed the beginning. But the audio is already on demand here:
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/musik-von-giorgio-battistelli-richard-strauss-johanna-senfter-100.html

Usually concert broadcasts are available for 30 days at Deutschlandfunk Kultur. But there are rare cases when this is not possible for legal reasons. Of course I will record this broadcast ,,live" but I mentioned it in case I should fail so other members can plan to record themselves.

The coming Friday Deutschlandfunk Kultur will broadcast a concert with the Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven conducted by Marc Niemann.
The main item will be Johanna Senfter's Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 27.

Dear members!

EM-Records has released a new Holst disc with some first recordings. We have an old broadcast recording of The Vision of Dame Christian. It's not one of Holst's major achievements but a fresh recording will help to assess the work better.

https://www.em-records.com/discs/emr-cd090-details.html

Here is a review:

https://www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2024/12/holst-fide-et-literis/

It would be nice if there were liner notes to peruse, but...

I remember someone telling at this forum that the long delay of releases is partly the fault of the writer of the lining notes procrastinating...

Oh dear. It wasn't done with our knowledge, let alone approval.

No, of course it wasn't. And one cannot check the whole internet every day.

I uploaded this WDR3 broadcast in 2011 to the members of our forum. I suppose Mr Rufinatscha took it from there and uploaded it to youtube. He didn't ask me. I don't feel comfortable with this because I don't own the rights on this recording. I upload here because I can remove my upload when it becomes available commercially. But when someone crossposts it at youtube or at other sites I have no chance to deal with this.

At last I managed to check my broadcast recording. Deutschlandfunk Kultur obviously decided against broadcasting the complete conversation at the beginning of the opera. You can still listen to the original broadcast here:
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/charles-villiers-stanfords-oper-the-critic-vom-wexford-festival-dlf-kultur-c0ef545b-100.html

I hadn't noticed that Wexford had uploaded the opera to YouTube. I wouldn't have bothered to provide the truncated broadcast then. But I am glad that no music is missing!

the German broadcast (or britishcomposer!) omits the 11 minutes of their discussion with which the opera begins

Mark, I am sorry! I did the editing in haste and hadn't listened before posting. I will check later this week and report if it was my fault or not.

I certainly hope that someone is able to record this.

I did contact the team at Saarbrücken but got no answer.

This Saturday I missed celebrating Gustav Holst's 150th birthday. But those of you who happen to be in Germany in October may be interested to know that Holst's opera Sita will receive its world premiere performance in Saarbrücken.

https://www.concerti.de/termine/holst-sita-saarlaendisches-staatstheater-470633/

I don't know yet if a broadcast or recording will follow but it would be very wise not to miss this opportunity!

Interesting: Radio 3 is going to broadcast a couple of these recordings next week - and more!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00230n0
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022zq4

[Thank You]

Some twelve years ago we had a great thread about Melartin's 3rd Symphony:
https://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,2985.0.html
Our member jani told us about cuts in several parts of the Grin cycle. A new critical edition of the scores was underway then. Yesterday I visited erkkimelartin.fi to find out what had happened in the meantime. I noticed a blog entry about a 2022 performance of Symphony no. 5 by Ari Rasilainen. He was very enthusiastic about the work. A recording for cpo of nos. 5 and 6 was mentioned. I contacted cpo and Burkhard Schmilgun answered me this morning. Very kind of him!

Yes, nos. 5 and 6 were recorded by Ari Rasilainen and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. The recordings were based on the new critical edition and are uncut. They will be released in July 2025. The project will continue with no. 3 and the Lyric Suite.

A big Thank You to Burkhard Schmilgun, Ari Rasilainen and the Turku PO!