excerpt from 'Letter from Arnold Bax to Herbert Howells, 3rd Feb 1933' pp. 160 (189 words)
excerpt from 'Letter from Arnold Bax to Herbert Howells, 3rd Feb 1933' pp. 160 (189 words)
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My dear Herbert, I am always grateful to you for your delightfully generous appreciations. If any among my friends take the trouble to write to me about my work it means a very great deal, and you and 'R.V.W.' are particularly nice about this. It was a very fine performance of Fand - nearly as good as Tommy Beecham's (to me) never-to-be-forgotten effort a little while ago [23rd November 1931]. Personally, I love that work of Ralph's [Piano Concerto] and indeed like it better than anything else of his that I know. I don't think that it is right formally at the end, for that last cadenza confuses the issue, but in my view that dynamo-like toccata is splendid, and the stretto of the fugue one of the most stimulating bits of primitive violence in all music. Perhaps the Valse wants some re-phrasing to get more kick out of it, but that is good too. I believe you will come to delight in this work if you have a chance to get to know it well, as I did at rehearsals. Ever yours with kindest wishes ARNOLD |
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