Another work by that highlights individual instruments within the context of an ensemble is 1936’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. The opening movement may be marked but still has a distinctly sinister feel to third. Elsewhere, we get an agitated complete with dialogue between the timpani and lower strings, and a folky but somehow still fraught finale. (Helsinki PO/Susanna Mälkki ).
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Jun 13, 2023
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