I. Siciliana: Andantino 00:00-03:25 II. Intermezzo: Allegro leggiero 03:25-04:45 III. Pastoral: Allegretto pastorale 04:45-07:05 IV. Epilogue: Andante 07:05-10:30 Performed by the Stockholm Sinfonietta conducted by Jan-Olav Wedin.
Gorgeous beyond words. I especially like the sunny Siciliana and the achingly beautiful Epilogue. Larsson was a master on small works. They say so much in short lengths.
I associate a number of Larsson's works with listening on a drive across the US. My first time through the Rockies, which are so Nordic. This is one. Presently, back in the Rockies, assisting a Denver friend in need of complicated hernia surgery. Hearing this on KVOD tonight was a gift.
An exquisite suite by Larsson (1908-1986). There are so many wonderful Swedish composers (Atterberg, Aulin, Berwald, Dreijer, Fernstrom, Frumerie, Wiren, et al).
Long, long ago I bought an LP. On it were Dag Wiren's Serenade for strings and L.E. Larsson's Pastoral Suite. And a 'Liten Marsch' (Little March). Such a delightful 2 min. and 10 seconds.
As vignettes, these have quite some depth : almost intangibly numinous (in a pantheistic way). Exceptionally lovely music which makes me wonder what the complete (if there is such an entity) incidental music is like. But perhaps what we have here is more than enough.........
Sweet, evocative, uplifting miniatures by Larsson, featuring "pastoral conversations" between flutes and oboes in the Siciliana; then, playful writing for strings in the faster Intermezzo. The "Pastoral" third movement seems to unite those elements from the first two movements; and the more "serious," Romantic Epilogue closes and emphasizes the minor mode. Love Larsson's super-consonant harmonic language, which here at least, seems to be largely unaffected by more "progressive," contemporary musical aesthetics.
@Hector Barrionuevo There's a life-affirming quality to much of Larsson's output. However, for those that prefer something less easy on the ear (of which I am not one), there is ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bMly4bMfGcY.html
@@RoddersClassical Absolutely, "life-affirming" and beautiful ! I wonder if those variations are the culmination of a gradual change in Larsson's style, or just a change whenever he so desired. Either way, it reminded me of something I read about the music of his contemporary, David Diamond, on writing in differing styles, some "more accessible" than others.
