As one composer to another – a radio documentary
mainThe composer Joseph Horowitz is not as widely played as he ought to be.
Aside from one of the best string quartets of the past half century – his fifth (1969) – he has written a delightful Alice in Wonderland ballet and scored some of the most memorable television themes of recent times, including Rumpole of the Bailey. You see? Once heard, never forgotten.
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The composer Debbie Wiseman, herself an accomplished television and film (Tom and Viv) composer, will tell the world about Joe in a BBC Radio 4 documentary next Tuesday (July 26th). You’d hardly know about it from the Radio 4 publicity office, so I’m giving it a little boost here. Both Joe and Debbie are exceptionally accomplished composers. Versatile, too.
Debbie has a new CD out, by the way. I shall be listening. So should you.
His ‘Jubilee Toy Symphony’ always went down a storm when we played it at university concerts in my youth.. and I was brought up on the ‘Horrortorio’ (and his other Hoffnung stuff..) Sadly under-rated and under-recognised. Looking forward to the programme!