tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post4444146639502828068..comments2024-03-24T07:52:17.996+00:00Comments on British Classical Music: The Land of Lost Content: Another Contemporary Review of the Premiere of Stanford’s C minor Piano Concerto (1915)John Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11661182422946581010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post-52877806156211646642016-05-29T17:40:10.015+01:002016-05-29T17:40:10.015+01:00Listening to the slow movement of the concerto, I ...Listening to the slow movement of the concerto, I am strongly reminded of the slow movement of Sullivan's "Irish" Symphony. Triple time, with a sustained melody beginning on the mediant of the scale.<br /><br />The echo is probably just a coincidental as the long sustained note of Sullivan's movement is reminiscent of the similar Holst's "Saturn".<br /><br />And, as Sullivan is supposed to have said, "We only have twelve notes to choose from" (or words to that effect).Webrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975303713948128132noreply@blogger.com