'Accused' sets extracts from actual interrogation transcripts from three historically and politically distinct situations, rather than traditional poetry.
Composer Biography
For a long time, vocal music was only marginally significant in Magnus Lindberg's output, with a 30-year gap in vocal compositions after the late 1970s.
Composition History
The genesis of 'Two Episodes' was influenced by its premiere concert, which also featured Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, leading Lindberg to score it for a similar orchestra.
Composition History
Both works on this album, 'Two Episodes' and 'Accused', were commissioned as a result of Magnus Lindberg's residency with the London Philharmonic (2014-2017).
Composer's Artistic Vision
Magnus Lindberg considers Beethoven to be the Classical-Romantic composer with whom he feels the greatest affinity, admiring his processes, forms, and radical nature.
Compositional Technique
The soprano role in 'Accused' is demanding, requiring the soloist to sing for most of the 40-minute work, perform as both interrogator and interrogated, and cover a range of over two and a half octaves.
Composer Biography
Magnus Lindberg, the composer, transitioned from the edgy modernism of his early works in the 1980s to richer sonorities in his later compositions.
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