The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1925, is the oldest radio orchestra in the world.
Compositional Technique
Leif Segerstam's compositions often feature humoristic elements, such as "glissando belly laughs on the slidewhistle and murmurings among the brass."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Leif Segerstam's works, including those on this album, are described as "musical thoughts from my freely pulsating, postimpressionist, neo-romantic world of sounds."
Composer Biography
Leif Segerstam, born in 1944, is a prolific composer with nearly 30 string quartets and numerous orchestral and vocal works.
Performer Biography
The Kontra Quartet was the first Danish ensemble in many years to be appointed a State ensemble in 1989, allowing its members to focus on quartet activities.
Compositional Technique
Segerstam's music uses a "free-pulsative style," which blends bar-notated music with a completely free style that develops organically.
