Reply #37: Glad to hear that we can bring you some happiness. [View All]

[tjwmason]

:hug: :loveya:

I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of them - plenty of folk who are into classical music won't have either. Carver produced some of the most gloriously ethereal sounds of the renaissance, but alas with so much else from that era it is left for the early-music loons like myself, plus his entire extant works would fit onto about 3 C.D.s.

Macmillan falls into the trap (perhaps inevitable) of most modern composers, in that his work is so removed from mainstream culture (due to the diverging development of classical music) that very few even start to get to know it. As he was getting a degree, they played one of his pieces at my graduation - quite frankly I think that most folk there found his music even more confusing that the fact that the whole ceremony was in Latin.

You should also know that having you here always perks up my mood in the late morning. :D :pals: