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Programming stuff
Lesser-known music shilling
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) – Mein junges Leben hat ein End. One of my favourite pieces ever. What an achievement!
- Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) – Lord Salisbury Pavan – there’s a haunting lyricism to Gibbons that sets him apart from the other English Virginalists imo… something special here
- François Couperin (1668–1733) – Allemande à deux Clavecins. This piece is such a ray of hope to me, like the first signs of spring on a bright, chilly morning. The 63 into 97 at 0:22 is so emotional!
- Gerald Finzi (1901–1956) – Let Us Garlands Bring - No other music feels so quintessentially English to me.
- Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986) – Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain - “the greatest organ piece of the 20th century” from my old teacher. I have to agree!
- Federico Mompou (1893–1987) – Cançons i danses – Mompou may not have been the most gifted composer but there is much beauty and simplicity to be found in these miniatures. He knew his strengths and weaknesses well.
- Herbert Howells (1892–1983) – Like as the hart – one of my favourite choral pieces, so desperate, so haunting… The solo treble part around 5:32, especially when it breaks off at 5:39, is unforgettable
- Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013) – Correspondances – Dutilleux is my favourite composer of all time and the composer whose style feels most aesthetically home to me. 2:40 - 3:32 is one of my favourite moments in all of music, utterly sublime…
- Louis Andriessen (1939–2021) – Writing to Vermeer – a wonderful opera I hope one day to see staged. So many indescribably moving moments.
- Hans Abrahamsen (b. 1952) – let me tell you… – Magical. I will never forget listening to this on Christmas Day morning and at the end, as Ophelia walks into the snow, looking up from the score and seeing the first snowfall of the year outside the window.