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First Performances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2010
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Souster's Triple Music II (Michael Nyman)
Henze's El Cimmarón (David Matthews)
Maw's The Rising of the Moon (Anthony Payne)
Messiaen's The Transfiguration (Brian Dennis)
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Page no 20 note 1 A bibliography of Schoenberg's writings is appended to the book.
Page no 20 note 2 The late-night Promenade Concert was given at the Albert Hall on August 13. Triple Music II, commissioned by the BBC, was performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Atherton, Justin Connolly and Elgar Howarth.
Page no 21 note 1 It is also possible to hear it as a blues scale on B flat.
Page no 21 note 2 All that might seem obvious—until one notices that the Riley ‘style’ is more easily imitated than most—just set up a few glib tonal ostinatos and repeat them endlessly in combination. But this only skims off the surface of a music which is—more than any other—an indivisible fusion of idea and technique. Moment Form is different: such a structure is a convenient peg to hang any sort of material on.
page 25 note 1 First performed in The Makings, Snape, on June 22, as part of the Aldeburgh Festival.
page 26 note 1 The opera was commissioned by the Glyndebourne Festival, and first performed there on July 19. Raymond Leppard conducted.
page 29 note 1 The first performance in England was given at the Promenade Concert in the Albert Hall on July 17. Serge Baudo conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and Choral Society.