Anthony Milner The BBC Symphony Orchestra The Variations for Orchestra were first heard at the 1959 Cheltenham Festival and I well remember Sir John Barbirolli virtually bouncing onto the platform before they began. This may have been the impetus for, and background to, the work, and although the composer details the event with which each variation is concerned, the score is best heard as an abstract continuous piece. The score of Milner's First Symphony is headed by a quotation by John Keats' Endymion and is in seven uninterrupted sections, thematically integrated and leading to a remarkably triumphant finale. This CD offers a good introduction to the music of the composer whose personal reticence in that capacity undoubtedly contributed to his music's unjust neglect. More Info				Track List [1] Variations for Orchestra Op.14 (31:48) [2] Symphony No. 1 Op. 28 (29:22)