Jim, thanks so much! That's just wonderful. Your input, too, Q, thanks!

Joy, we hate avant-garde! My brother does, too. His "hero" is Mozart. When he was at university, he ticked off all of his profs because he refused to write avant-garde and/or minimal. His music is very tonal, classical in the "good" sense, i.e. listenable! The one symphonic piece we have was recorded at its premiere in 1984 and is called the "Ode to the Rockies." The rest is piano, some of it very romantic and rather ravishing.:-)