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Allan Pettersson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra,, Christian Lindberg

Format: Digital

Since 2010, Christian Lindberg and the Norrköping Symfonieorkest have been engaged in a unique and ambitious project: the complete performance and recording of all orchestral works by Allan Pettersson, the Swedish master of symphonic music renowned for his deeply personal and emotionally charged compositions. Symphony No. 3, which premiered in 1956, is unique within Pettersson's extensive symphonic oeuvre because it is his only symphony in four movements and follows a more traditional structure. Although it is an early work, with influences from Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, Jean Sibelius and Gustav Mahler, it is certainly not an unimportant one. Although the lyrical passages that would later characterize his style are not yet fully developed, the symphony offers a concise and sharply drawn musical landscape that is both impressive and remarkably original. Symphony No. 8, which premiered in 1972, is probably Pettersson's most famous and most performed symphony. The expansive melodies, often described as "free" or "endless", create the impression of a boundless continuation, but the work is far from tranquil. As is characteristic of Pettersson, the symphony has a strongly autobiographical character. In his own words: "The work I am working on is my own life, the blessed and the cursed: I dedicate myself to rediscovering the song that the soul once sang."

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