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August 11, 2005
Exciting new music discovery from Australia
Well OK this one is stretching it a bit. But it is
the 'silly season' for news stories, and it makes a great headline
doesn't it? Dr Janice Stockigt from Melbourne University has unearthed
a brand new 11 movement Dixit Dominus by Vivaldi in Dresden, get the whole story at Now for some very little known Vivaldi.
But there's lots of genuine new music news as well. Next week's BBC Proms have some real gems. These include the world premiere of Marc-Andre Dalbavie's Piano Concerto played by Leif Ove Andsnes. This is a BBC co-commission with the Cleveland and Chicago orchestras, so we should be hearing a lot more of it. And don't miss Tippett's Symphony No 4 on Friday 19th September conducted by that great champion of his music Sir Colin Davis. Picking up the antipodean thread I started with listen out for Douglas Lilburn's (see photo) 1961 Symphony No 3 played on Thursday 18th by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is a very underrated composer who deserves a wider audience...
Originally posted by Pliable from Sequenza21, ReBlogged by jeff on Aug 11, 2005 at 02:24 PM
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