A Passion for Symphonies: Robert Simpson (1921-1997)

Download or read book A Passion for Symphonies: Robert Simpson (1921-1997) written by Lionel Pike and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length study of the symphonies of Robert Simpson to be offered to the general public. Simpson is perhaps best known for his BBC work, including the Promenade Concerts and such innovatory radio programmes as The Innocent Ear; but critics have hailed him as one of the finest writers of symphonies of the twentieth century—one who additionally spent a lifetime examining and talking about works of this kind, being particularly interested in the oeuvres of Bruckner, Nielsen and Sibelius. As a result, his compositions provide invaluable case studies for the understanding of this most demanding of compositional forms, as well as being a string of eleven masterpieces spanning the last half of the twentieth century.