performed by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra under Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJIdnFuwD4I (cover image by Aarón Blanco Tejedor) Uuno Kalervo Klami was born on September 20, 1900 in Virolahti, in the very southeast of Finland. He studied in Helsinki with Melartin, and … Continue reading Uuno Klami: Symphony no. 1
performed by the Quatuor Danel in a world premiere recording, or below by the Gothenburg Quartet entire playlist here (cover image by Ricardo Gomez Angel) Mieczysław Weinberg was born on 8 December, 1919 in Warsaw to a Jewish family. So … Continue reading Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartet no. 1, op. 2
performed by the English Chamber Orchestra under Johannes Somary I wanted to share a quote here of the composer expressing his desire to write music “to entertain and please, and compose listener-friendly ‘modern’ music,” as paraphrased in his Wikipedia article, but … Continue reading Dag Wirén: Serenade for Strings, op. 11
performed by the National Symphony Orchestra under Mstislav Rostropovich Buckle up… please listen to this piece, and please read this whole thing. Or just read the wikipedia article on it. I reference it a lot. I listened to his first … Continue reading Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Fugue for Thought 