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I've always known it from recordings and like it -- I think it is an important piece, just by virtue of being a "mash-up." I do think that Foss' own recording, with Buffalo for Nonesuch, is a bit more convincing than Bernstein's, which seems more exploratory and tentative. Happy New Year! Uncle Dave Lewis On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was at that concert and hated the piece. PDQ Bach it wasn't, nor had it > the snarkiness of Alfred Schnittke nor the dry gumor of Cage. It seemed a > mash-up with no apparent connections of the inserts to one another nor to > the musical framework. > > Steve Smolian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 4:41 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ARSCLIST] World premiere of "a totally terrible piece of music" > > It's not often that a scathing review like this gets written: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4qbixnsusqkd5c2/World%20Journal%20Tribune%20670428 > %20Lucas%20Foss%20piece%20booed%20by%20NYPO%20audience.pdf?dl=0 > or that people jeer at a NY Philharmonic concert! > > Listen and judge for yourself: > > https://soundcloud.com/tom-fine-1/ny-philharmonic-concert-april-27-1967-luka > s-foss-phorion-world-premiere/s-LZz7Y > > Recording found on a yard-sale reel tape, the review was included in the > box. Surprisingly good fidelity for quarter-track off-air taping, although > the channels were reversed and there's considerable edge warp on the > ancient > acetate-backed 1-mil tape. > > Happy New Year! > > -- Tom Fine >