tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post6392281062757857750..comments2024-03-24T07:52:17.996+00:00Comments on British Classical Music: The Land of Lost Content: Malcolm Arnold Third Symphony & Scottish Dances on EverestJohn Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11661182422946581010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post-54195304093523829482014-09-26T15:54:16.973+01:002014-09-26T15:54:16.973+01:00John, What you say about the Third Scottish Dance ...John, What you say about the Third Scottish Dance mirrors my own feelings exactly. From Ben More on Mull I once took a picture of the seascape, islands melting away into mist. A framed copy is on my wall and I have always said: "This is Arnold's Third Scottish Dance."<br /><br />Many years ago, I heard it as the accompaniment to a tourist video in (I think) Inverness Tourist Information Office. I liked the idea of a pastiche by an Englishman being presented as if it were authentically Scottish. But then, one might say that this piece passes beyond pastiche to grasp something elementally Scottish.Paul Brownseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764726326208869989noreply@blogger.com