Pettersson: Vox Humana / Rosenberg: Dagdrivaren

Featuring

Stig Westerberg
Marianne Mellnäs
Margot Rödin
Sven-Erik Alexandersson
Göran W. Nilson
Rolf Leanderson

Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester
Radiokören
Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
Allan Pettersson
Hilding Constantin Rosenberg

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Allan Pettersson's music always aimed to communicate a message, reflecting his view that his life, both blessed and damned, was his material.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Allan Pettersson's "Vox humana" is a work of protest without a defined political ideology, portraying oppression as constant in both East and West, and a good society as a utopia.

Composer Biography

Allan Pettersson, a Swedish composer, grew up in difficult circumstances in one of Stockholm's poorest neighborhoods, which contributed to his chronic rheumatoid arthritis.

Critical Reception

Allan Pettersson was recognized as an original and emotionally strong composer in Swedish music history by the 1950s, though widespread popularity came later in the late 1960s.

Composition History

Pettersson's "Vox humana," a major song-cycle from 1974, is considered a work of social protest, contrasting with his metaphysically oriented symphonies.

Compositional Technique

Despite its social pathos and specific texts, "Vox humana" incorporates strong elements of abstract symphonic techniques and an architectural structure.

Composer Biography

Hilding Rosenberg, a Swedish composer, wrote only three small solo songs between 1921 and 1941, a period of restraint compared to his otherwise broad productivity.