Denver says goodbye to the late Romantics

KVOD, "The Voice of Classical Music in Colorado", seems to shunning the late Romantic symphonists, particularly Mahler and Bruckner.

I'm sure one of their music programmers must have thought at some time "Couldn't these guys write shorter stuff?" Well, they didn't, so they don't get programmed much any more.

Here's some data:

Symphonies Broadcast by	2004	2005	1st half 2006	Projection for end of 2006
Mahler	44	26	6	12
Bruckner	25	14	3	6

It sure looks pretty bad for those fan's of these two late 19th century giants. It's particularly bad for Mahler given the great success of the Boulder Mahler Festival.

I should note that some other stations aren't this bad. New York's WQXR looks on track with Mahler with about 32-34 broadcasts of his symphonies, somewhat less for Bruckner. KING out of Seattle looks like it might broadcast more Mahler in 2006 than 2005, similarly with Bruckner.

I guess it's just too bad, but "Quality must be quick!".

Oh, it should also be remembered that KVOD broadcast 24 hours a day. Still not enough time for long symphonies from the masters.