Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
Part Two
Tuesday 1 March 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Tuesday 8 March 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
2/5. Not many composers have destroyed a thousand-odd works by their 30th birthday, but that's how it was with Alan Hovhaness. His output was staggeringly prolific, but it wasn't until the 1940s that he felt confident of the work he was producing.
Donald Macleod examines how the composer's work blossomed during this period.
Playlist
Prayer to St Gregory (1946)
Ulster Orchestra / Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) / Paul Young (trumpet)
BBC Recording
Symphony no 8 'Arjuna' (1947)
BBC SSO / Ken Young / Lynda Cochran (piano)
BBC Recording
Twelve Armenian Folksongs - excerpts (1943)
Sahan Arzruni (piano)
Hearts of Space HS11024-2 tr 7
Vision from High Rock op 123 (1954)
BBC SO / Rumon Gamba
BBC Recording
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