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Pettersson: Symphony No. 12, 'The Dead in the Square' / Lindberg, Norrkoping Symphony
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Pettersson: Symphony No. 12, 'The Dead in the Square' / Lindberg, Norrkoping Symphony

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Details

Composer
PETTERSSON, ALLAN
Artist
Lindberg
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 08, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2450
UPC
7318599924502

About

The Twelfth Symphony forms an exception in Allan Pettersson’s output. When he agreed to compose a work for the 500th anniversary of Uppsala University, it was one of the few commissions that he ever accepted. Having written purely orchestral scores for the past 30 years, he decided to incorporate a choir and a text. Pablo Neruda had received the Nobel Prize in 1971, and acknowledging the poet’s ‘deeply felt compassion for the outcasts of society’, Pettersson selected nine poems from the huge collection Canto general for his new work. As Pettersson was composing the symphony, Neruda died during the tumultuous aftermath of the military coup in Chile on 11 September 1973. The poems deal with an incident in Santiago de Chile in 1946 when six demonstrators were killed by the police during a workers’ manifestation. Pettersson, who came from a working-class background, commented on the subject matter: ‘My heart was, and is, with the poor of Chile, so like the worker in the ‘third world’ in which I grew up.’ Typically Pettersson, the symphony is in one movement. The choral parts are highly demanding – the choir sings almost without interruption, and often very forcefully and in difficult registers. The Swedish Radio Choir and Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, two of Sweden’s finest choirs, have combined their forces for this recording and join the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Christian Lindberg on the latest installment in the team’s acclaimed Pettersson cycle.

REVIEW:

The Swedish Radio and Eric Ericson Chamber Choirs are no strangers to Pettersson’s idiom, having figured in earlier recordings. Lindberg’s is now the third Twelfth to appear, the best-recorded of them and, I think, the best-sung, magnificently supported by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. A fabulous account of a remarkable work.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 De döda på torget (The Dead on the Square) - 10:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    De döda på torget (The Dead on the Square) -
    Duration
    10:53
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg
  2. 2 Massakern (The Massacre) - 08:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    Massakern (The Massacre) -
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg
  3. 3 Nitratets män (The Men of Nitrate) - 05:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    Nitratets män (The Men of Nitrate) -
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg
  4. 4 Döden (Death) - 04:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    Döden (Death) -
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg
  5. 5 Hur fanorna föddes (How the Flags were Born) - 01:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    Hur fanorna föddes (How the Flags were Born) -
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg
  6. 6 Jag kallar på dem (I Call upon Them) - 05:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    Jag kallar på dem (I Call upon Them) -
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg
  7. 7 Fienderna (The Enemies) - 06:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    Fienderna (The Enemies) -
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg
  8. 8 Här är de (They are Here) - 03:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    Här är de (They are Here) -
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg
  9. 9 Alltid (Always) 08:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    Alltid (Always)
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Allan Pettersson
    Ensemble
    Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Christian Lindberg