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What's another year, volume 34: 1996

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Welcome to the series of games titled What's another year. It is based on a suggestion by @Shaughnessy. Image above is in public domain (link).

Every game will focus on compositions from one particular year, from 1919 until 2018. Yes, I'm shooting for 100 games and possibly a follow-up (an overarching game with the 3 highest classified works of each year).

The games (years) are run in randomized order. Game 34 is the year 1996. For information, the next game will be the year 1973.

Each game will have a nomination phase and a game phase (in one thread).

You can nominate one composition per day, from the year that is the game year. Eligible compositions are those that have been completed in the game year. As soon as we have sixteen works, the game will start.

I will no longer include links to the Wikipedia pages, as we found that they have errors in the yearly list. I will check every nomination, but please make sure yourself that what you nominate is in line with the game's setup.

Please use this lay-out for the nominations (including first name), so I can easily cut and paste:

1. Sofia Gubaidulina - Viola Concerto
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2. Elliott Carter - Clarinet Concerto
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5. Brett Dean - Voices of Angels
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6. Gunther Schuller - An Arc Ascending

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7. Horațiu Rădulescu - Piano Concerto "The Quest"
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9. John Adams - Gnarly Buttons
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10. Aulis Sallinen - Symphony no. 7 "The Dreams of Gandalf"
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11. Peter Maxwell-Davies - Strathclyde Concerto No. 10: Concerto for Orchestra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathclyde_Concertos
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13. Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony no. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem"
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15. Meyer Kupferman - Quasar Symphony
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16. Francis Dhomont - Forêt profonde
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Done. Game to start in a few hours.
The rules:

1) you may vote once during your calendar day.
2) you have 10 points to distribute, but no composition may receive more than 4 points (deviating from the Bulldog games). Just copy/paste the latest board and add your votes.
3) there is no halfway elimination of compositions with low scores.
4) the game ends with the first composition to reach 80 points.
5) at the end of the round, the top ten compositions will be recognized, the top three will qualify for an extra game. If necessary, I will use a tiebreaker: the last time there was a difference between the works ending on the same number of points.
6) do not post negative remarks on any of these compositions, feel free to discuss them positively, and at any time you may post YouTube links to their works.

Aulis Sallinen - Symphony no. 7 "The Dreams of Gandalf" - 2 (+2)
Brett Dean - Voices of Angels - 0
Elliott Carter - Clarinet Concerto - 1 (+1)
Francis Dhomont - Forêt profonde - 0

Gerard Grisey - Vortex Temporum - 0
Gunther Schuller - An Arc Ascending - 0
Horațiu Rădulescu - Piano Concerto "The Quest" - 0
John Adams - Gnarly Buttons - 2 (+2)

Reminder: you have 10 points, max 4 per composition, round ends at 80 points, top ten will be recognized, top three will qualify for an extra game


Kaija Saariaho - New Gates - 0
Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony no. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" - 1 (+1)
Luciano Berio - Ekphrasis - 0
Meyer Kupferman - Quasar Symphony - 0

Per Nørgård - Nuit des hommes - 0
Peter Maxwell Davies - Strathclyde Concerto No. 10: Concerto for Orchestra - 2 (+2)
Richard Barrett - Tract - 0
Sofia Gubaidulina - Viola Concerto - 2 (+2)
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Aulis Sallinen - Symphony no. 7 "The Dreams of Gandalf" - 2
Brett Dean - Voices of Angels - 0
Elliott Carter - Clarinet Concerto - 1
Francis Dhomont - Forêt profonde - 0

Gerard Grisey - Vortex Temporum - 0
Gunther Schuller - An Arc Ascending - 0
Horațiu Rădulescu - Piano Concerto "The Quest" - 0
John Adams - Gnarly Buttons - 2

Reminder: you have 10 points, max 4 per composition, round ends at 80 points, top ten will be recognized, top three will qualify for an extra game


Kaija Saariaho - New Gates - 4 (+4)
Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony no. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" - 1
Luciano Berio - Ekphrasis - 0
Meyer Kupferman - Quasar Symphony - 0

Per Nørgård - Nuit des hommes - 0
Peter Maxwell Davies - Strathclyde Concerto No. 10: Concerto for Orchestra - 5 (+3)
Richard Barrett - Tract - 0
Sofia Gubaidulina - Viola Concerto - 5 (+3)
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Aulis Sallinen - Symphony no. 7 "The Dreams of Gandalf" - 2
Brett Dean - Voices of Angels - 0
Elliott Carter - Clarinet Concerto - 3 (+2)
Francis Dhomont - Forêt profonde - 4 (+4)

Gerard Grisey - Vortex Temporum - 0
Gunther Schuller - An Arc Ascending - 0
Horațiu Rădulescu - Piano Concerto "The Quest" - 0
John Adams - Gnarly Buttons - 2

Reminder: you have 10 points, max 4 per composition, round ends at 80 points, top ten will be recognized, top three will qualify for an extra game


Kaija Saariaho - New Gates - 4
Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony no. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" - 1
Luciano Berio - Ekphrasis - 2 (+2)
Meyer Kupferman - Quasar Symphony - 0

Per Nørgård - Nuit des hommes - 0
Peter Maxwell Davies - Strathclyde Concerto No. 10: Concerto for Orchestra - 5
Richard Barrett - Tract - 0
Sofia Gubaidulina - Viola Concerto - 7 (+2)
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