Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
Part One
1/5. Alan Hovhaness set a unique course for himself through the waters of 20th century music, and although he changed tack several times, it was always in response to some shift in his inner sense of direction. He was never diverted by the powerful currents that swept through the musical world of the last century.
Donald Macleod begins his survey of the work of this remarkable composer.
Playlist
Monadnock, op 2
BBC SSO / Ken Young
BBC Recording
Boreas and Mount Wildcat, op 2a
BBC SSO / Ken Young
BBC Recording
String Quartet no 3, op 208 no 1 'Reflections on my Childhood' (1964)
Shanghai Quartet
Delos DE 3162 tr 12 + 13
The voice of Komitas Vardapet -Gutanyerg
OCTA records
OCD 001 Track 3
Symphony no 1, Exile Symphony, op 17 (1936)
Seattle Symphony Orch / Gerard Schwartz
Delos 3168 tr 2-4
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