Leif Segerstam, the composer, intentionally leaves much freedom to the performers in his symphonies, meaning not everything is precisely notated in the score.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Leif Segerstam views a performance as a creative event, not a 'Prussian ploughing competition,' preferring to give musicians sounds to react to rather than meticulous instructions.
Composition History
Leif Segerstam began writing orchestral pieces that require no conductor in 1993, aiming to release the latent creativity in orchestra musicians.
Composer Biography
Leif Segerstam, born in 1944, was a precocious child who learned to read text at three, music at five, and wrote his first compositions at six.
Recording & Production
The recordings of these three symphonies by Leif Segerstam were made live at their actual world premiere performances with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
Performer Biography
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, which performs these symphonies without a conductor, is one of the world's oldest orchestral institutions, with a history dating back to 1765.
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