| Very few composers are interesting 100% of the time. We don't play that much unknown Copland, but a few years ago we played the Dance Symphony, a piece that certainly would never get played except that "Aaron Copland" is printed on the top.
Like you Manny, I really enjoy playing Tchaikovsky, unlike many other colleagues, and in fact Tchaik 2 and Francesca are favorites of mine. But I have to say that I don't really enjoy the Manfred Symphony or the Third Symphony.
My own opinion, certainly relating to our own programming here, is that instead of examining every little nook and cranny of some composers' output, there are many underperformed masterpieces that need to get played more often. Nielsen 4, Vaughan Williams 5, etc, etc, etc.
JU |