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Topic: Bowen 4th piano concerto & Sorabji (Read 1338 times)

thalbergmad

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Bowen 4th piano concerto & Sorabji

on: December 20, 2015, 08:43:24 AM

Indeed it appears that Sorabji thought Bowens 4th Piano Concerto was the greatest written by an Englishman and i think it just shades it.

If you have not heard this work and you like late romanticism, then do it NOW.

Thal

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ahinton

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Re: Bowen 4th piano concerto & Sorabji

Reply #1 on: December 20, 2015, 11:33:30 AM

Quote from: thalbergmad on December 20, 2015, 08:43:24 AM

Indeed it appears that Sorabji thought Bowens 4th Piano Concerto was the greatest written by an Englishman and i think it just shades it.

If you have not heard this work and you like late romanticism, then do it NOW.

He did indeed - although he said the same of the piano concerto by Alan Bush! Bowen is thankfully far better known today than waqs once the case; I'm sure that Sorabji would have been delighted at the recognition afforded to him.

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Alistair

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