Klarinet Archive - Posting 000182.txt from 2010/09

From: "Clinton F. Nieweg" <proofferr@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus for orchestra.
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:14:31 -0400

Dan, if this was the work, you were supposed to be meditating! [Hovhaness
was married 6 times!]
Hovhaness: Op. 155
Meditation on Orpheus for orchestra.
Written in 1957-58. 14min.
3333- 4331- timp perc- hp celesta -strings
pub: CFPeters EP 6109 score $10.95
Orchestral Material Available for Rental

From: "Dan Leeson"
Well, seeing something about Hovhaness was a shocker. He conducted a
program in which I took part and which also had a dance group consisting of
6 women, 1 man, all naked except for tiny g-strings. I was so busy looking
at the beautiful women that I lost my place and never came in. The
orchestra was on stage and the dancers were in front of us. After the dance

was over, the 7 dancers went to the very front of the stage and took a BOW.
It was a magnificent view. I don't remember the piece, which was written by

Hovhaness. It had something to do with Orpheus.

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