Norman Lebrecht's Slipped Disc hosted a heated discussion the past few days of all things modern composers. He asked his readers (via his social media sites and artsjournal) to submit a list of the top ten composers who would still be around in 50 years time. The nominees ranged from Carter to Saariaho, including that man we love so much, Hans Werner Henze (and his oft sidekick, Oliver Knussen).
Results are under the cut!
1 John Adams
2 Arvo Pärt
3 Steve Reich
4 Philip Glass
5 Pierre Boulez
6 George Crumb
7 Henri Dutilleux
8 Osvaldo Golijov
9 Thomas Ades
10 Henry Mikolai Gorecki
2 Arvo Pärt
3 Steve Reich
4 Philip Glass
5 Pierre Boulez
6 George Crumb
7 Henri Dutilleux
8 Osvaldo Golijov
9 Thomas Ades
10 Henry Mikolai Gorecki
Hans Werner Henze doesn't make the list?! I hereby decree that all of the people of Opera Chic, and of my servants and man-slaves in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill, make haste and render yae list null/void until it reads like this:
1. Hans Werner Henze
2. Hans Werner Henze
3. Hans Werner Henze
4. Hans Werner Henze
5. Hans Werner Henze
6. Hans Werner Henze
7. Hans Werner Henze
8. Hans Werner Henze
9. Hans Werner Henze
10. Hans Werner Henze
**royal page on white horse gallops away**
