Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto, Absence & Serenades

Featuring

Lawrence Power
Nicholas Collon
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Magnus Lindberg

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Lindberg's newer sound world uses pentatonic scales and the overtone series, creating an 'anti-gravity' effect where harmony isn't solely built on the bass line.

Recording & Production

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO), which performs on this album, has won three Gramophone Awards, including one for Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto in 2006.

Performer Biography

Nicholas Collon, the conductor, is the first non-Finnish Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and is also the Founder and Principal Conductor of the Aurora Orchestra.

Performer Biography

Lawrence Power, the violist on this recording, is known for his rich sound, technical mastery, and advocacy for new music, including commissioning new repertoire for the viola.

Composition History

The three works on this album, the Viola Concerto, Absence, and Serenades, are all late works by Magnus Lindberg, dating from the early 2020s.

Performer Biography

Lawrence Power has premiered concertos by leading composers and founded the Viola Commissioning Circle (VCC) to expand the viola's repertoire.

Composer Biography

Magnus Lindberg, the composer, has evolved from an edgy modernist style in his early career to a softer, more sonorous sound world in his recent output.