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Re: Icelandic Composer Jon Leifs
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Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 6 May 1999 07:53:34 -0500
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Tore F Steenslid wrote:

>I have Leifs' Saga Symphony and it's certainly very memorably music.  Each
>of the five movements are based upon Norse sagas.  The only symphony I know
>about which includes sword fights!  The only recording is available on BIS
>CD-730, with Iceland symphony orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska.  It was
>released in 1995.

His music is quite individualistic, if not eccentric, but it always holds
my interest.  There was an earlier recording of the Saga Symphony which
was abridged.  Quite a bit of his music is available on disc.

Karl

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