George Rochberg, Symphony No.6 (1986-87) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Raymond John Leppard (Conductor) Image: Apollo 17 Moon Landing in the Taurus Littrow Valley (1972, NASA)
This is the same year Robert Simpson's 9th symphony premiered..there is a little bit of similarity in the slow movement here and some moments in Simpson's great opus. I'm liking the strength of the motifs, the interesting material here. It's a very strong work and I have not listened to Rochberg before, but am impressed with this.
@@braedonkirkpatrick2143 Exactly. I came to study with him in the 1960's BECAUSE he was a leading serial composer. I still greatly admire his Symphony no. 2. (as did George Szell). I don't hear this work as being against the voice heard in Sym. No. 2, even though the language is no longer serial. HIs move to polystylism, so controversial at the time, is now embraced by a huge number of. other composers. I think it would be overstating things to ever call him a "neo-Romanticist".
