Is there a "third division"? I'm wondering about William Wallace (1860-1940), championed by Hyperion, Martyn Brabbins and the BBC SSO who led the way by recording four of his symphonic poems in the mid-1990s.
Wallace had an amazing CV: composer, painter, classical scholar, eye surgeon......
Another composer (though probably not "third division") with an impresssive CV was William Alwyn. I've read he was a composer, painter and poet. He was also a virtuoso flautist and multi-lingual. It's a shame his symphonies, especially the brief but dramatic fifth, are not more widely known.
"Music is the best means we have of digesting time".
W. H. Auden
Not sure which division this is but it's wonderful stuff.
"Music is the best means we have of digesting time".
W. H. Auden
Red is the colour of the new republic
Blue is the colour of the sea
White is the colour of my innocence
Not surrender to your mercy.
Paul Simmonds/ TMTCH.