Lindberg: Feria/Corrente II/Arena
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Composer: Magnus LindbergConductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-16
Music Label: Ondine
Soundtracks:
- Feria
- Corrente II
- Arena
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Free Music Review: Three works at the heart of Lindberg's oeuvre and a great introduction
Hit: 5 Stars
This Ondine disc contains three orchestral pieces by Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The style of Lindberg's youth was thoroughly avant-garde, and concerned with unusual instrumentation and rhythms, culminating with the massive "Kraft" for avant-garde ensemble and orchestra in 1985. After a three year hiatus, Lindberg returned in at the turn of the 90's with the trilogy "Kinetics"-"Marea"-"Joy" (also available on Ondine) where his main interest was now building up giant yet well-organised harmonies within the limits of traditional instrumentation. The three works here, "Feria", "Corrente II", and "Arena", continue this line of investigation.
"Feria" (1997) takes its title from the Spanish word for an outdoor festival or fair and, says Lindberg, the festive nature and exhuberance of the piece is meant to "herald a lively public spectacle." It is composed of two busy sections and between them a slower-paced (but little is truly slow with Linderg) section that contains a chord progression from Monteverdi's "Lasciatemi morire (Lament of Arianna)", as well as some lovely pizzicato playing. The listener is awed by the immense orchestral forces constantly at play; ironically, the work had its genesis in a chamber piece, but Lindberg was too tempted to involve an entire symphony orchestra, which Lindberg calls his "favourite instrument". It should be noted that this piece forms a "symphonic triptych" with "Parada" (2001) and "Cantigas" (1997-1999), both available on a must-have Sony disc and the latter of which is possibly Lindberg's finest work to date.
"Corrente II" for symphony orchestra (1992) is an expanded version of "Corrente" (available on an earlier Ondine disc) for ensemble of 16 instruments (1991), and Lindberg says that the new orchestration is like viewing an object from afar instead of up close, since many details are lost but the general structure of the work is clearer. One new element that is immediately recognisable is the great role of percussion in the beginning. The fragment of Purcell which gave such an usual touch to the original appears more often here.
"Arena" (1995) was written for the Jean Sibelius International Conducting Competition, and is therefore full of challenging changes in tempo and multiple layers of sound. Like "Feria", much of the music is based on toying with a brief motif and frequent trumpet fanfares (perhaps explaining the piece's title), compelling engine-like moments first on low instruments and later on high winds, and even elements of true melody (which are rare in his later ouput). This is the strongest piece on the disc, and one of Lindberg's all-time standouts.
Though Lindberg's most accessible piece is probably "Cantigas", the rest of the material on that Sony disc is sub-par, and so I think this Ondine disc is probably the single best introduction to the work of this Finnish genius, and I recommend it without hestitate to any fan of contemporary music.
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