Re: [ARSCLIST] Alan Hovhaness 1984 Birthday Concert recording

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Never encountered it myself..is it on an actual label, like Poseidon, or is it 
a one-off or copy of something privately circulated?

dl

John Ross wrote:
> I have recently acquired a tape that is identified as "Alan Hovhaness 
> 'Birthday Concert'," recorded in Seattle March 18, 1984. According to 
> the concert program in the box, the concert included the World Premieres 
> of his Opus 367 Sonata for Piano "On the Long Total Eclipse of the Moon, 
> July 6, 1982," and "Invocations to Vahaken", Opus 54, No. 1 (1945) for 
> piano and percussion, along with performances of three other pieces.
>
> This is completely out of my area of expertise. Is this tape a copy of a 
> widely available recording, or is it of interest to Hovhaness scholars 
> (or perhaps both)? Is there a Hovhaness archive or other collection that 
> might want this?
>
> John Ross