Comments on: World Premiere in Palmerston North of 216 year-old work by English composer Samuel Arnold https://middle-c.org/2018/11/world-premiere-in-palmerston-north-of-216-year-old-work-by-english-composer-samuel-arnold/ Classical Music Reviews, Wellington, New Zealand Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:13:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Peter Mechen https://middle-c.org/2018/11/world-premiere-in-palmerston-north-of-216-year-old-work-by-english-composer-samuel-arnold/comment-page-1/#comment-694267 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:13:54 +0000 https://middle-c.org/?p=14465#comment-694267 In reply to Robert Hoskins.

A great pleasure, Robert! I’m aware that my words can’t possibly convey the full extent of appreciation and acknowledgement that both your magnificent restoration and the musicians’ fully committed performance of Arnold’s work truly deserves – but I have done what I can. And my sincerest apologies to all for leaving so peremptorily afterwards – I needed to get back to Wellington in a hurry that evening. All is well, here – so, once again, many thanks for (in the words of Gerard Hoffnung) a “stupendous revelation” via the glorious music of Samuel Arnold! – Peter

]]> By: Robert Hoskins https://middle-c.org/2018/11/world-premiere-in-palmerston-north-of-216-year-old-work-by-english-composer-samuel-arnold/comment-page-1/#comment-694266 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 05:02:41 +0000 https://middle-c.org/?p=14465#comment-694266 Thank you Peter, for an enthusiastic and thoughtful review. I’m glad you enjoyed the special nature of the occasion. The Arnold, like so much eighteenth-century English music, comes up fresh in performance. Robert

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