Sheila Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I know that there are several modern-music lovers on this list, and so
>was wondering if there was anyone else besides me who thinks that Leif
>Segerstam is a neglected great composer.  [I wonder] if any other
>listers share my enthusiasm for his meterless, flowing, melting-clock
>style of composition, not to mention the strange emotional aura it
>creates.

I do like this "aura" very much.  For me, the trouble with Segerstam is
he's far too long winded for what he has to say.  If the symphonic works
(which I know best) were a quarter as long, I'd listen to them more
often.  I hear a strong ego in his music that is in need of a leash.

Jeff Dunn
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