Lidholm: Orchestral Works 1958-1963

Featuring

Lü Jia
Lena Nordin
Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
Ingvar Lidholm

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Performer Biography

Lena Nordin, the soprano on this recording, is known for her breakthrough in the 1986 Ystad Opera production of Luisa Miller, and has since performed leading roles in Italian repertoire at major opera houses.

Compositional Technique

The Intermezzo from Lidholm's ballet Riter is an early example of Swedish tape music, using processed recordings of animal calls and yodel-like Swedish mountain calls to create a nocturnal forest soundscape.

Composer Biography

Ingvar Lidholm was a member of the 'Monday Group,' a legendary and radical group of Swedish composers familiar with the ideas of Paul Hindemith.

Compositional Technique

Ingvar Lidholm's Mutanza uses an untraditional orchestral approach, with instruments characterized by soloistic differentiation rather than traditional blocks, and features a much enlarged percussion section.

Performer Biography

Lü Jia, the conductor of this recording, is an award-winning conductor who has worked with distinguished orchestras across Europe, the US, and Australia, and regularly conducts opera productions in Italy.

Composition History

Despite serving as head of chamber music at the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation from 1956 to 1965, Ingvar Lidholm composed several major works by dedicating his evenings, weekends, and annual leave to composition.

Composer Biography

In 1949, Ingvar Lidholm was the first Swede to visit the legendary Darmstadt summer school for new music, where he made contact with pioneering composers like Witold Lutoslawski and Olivier Messiaen.