 |  | Från Berg till Bäck, Svensk kör- och orgelmusik
(Från Berg till Bäck, Swedish Choral and Organ Music)
Berg, Gottfrid/ Bäck, Sven-Erik/ Thyrestam, Gunnar/ Rosenberg, Hilding
The new musical ideas emerging during the thirties and forties in the Church of Sweden came as a reaction against romantic ideals and dreamlike sound pictures. The focus of attention now turned to earlier music. Authentic performance became de rigeur, and the New Objectivity soon beccame both art form and life-style. The music which resulted seems today amazingly fresh and timeless.
Eric Ericson directs his own choir in performances of choral compositions from Gottfrid Berg to Sven-Erik Bäck, many of which he premièred. We hear Rolf Stenholm at the 1949 organ of the Oscar Church, Stockholm. This is No. 3 in the series Musica Sveciae Modern Classics. |