Composer Henry Brant began his orchestration of Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, MA, 1840-1860, or more simply, "The Concord Sonata") in 1958 with the encouragement of Ives' first biographer, Henry Cowell. From the outset, Brant's intention in orchestrating the "Concord" was "to present Ives' music in an easily playable form and to make it available to conductors who don't have special kinds of qualities required by Ives' own orchestral music. [In terms of scoring], it's as practical as Tchaikovsky." Work on the ...
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Composer Henry Brant began his orchestration of Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, MA, 1840-1860, or more simply, "The Concord Sonata") in 1958 with the encouragement of Ives' first biographer, Henry Cowell. From the outset, Brant's intention in orchestrating the "Concord" was "to present Ives' music in an easily playable form and to make it available to conductors who don't have special kinds of qualities required by Ives' own orchestral music. [In terms of scoring], it's as practical as Tchaikovsky." Work on the orchestration was taken up in off hours when Brant was not composing his own music or teaching, and nearly 40 years elapsed before Brant found himself before the finished product.This Innova recording of A Concord Symphony, the title that Brant finally settled on for the work, was made at a live performance with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Dennis Russell Davies in September 2000. It appears to be a decently recorded and very proficient reading of the score, which, though...
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