At the end of an astonishingly complete and thoughtful review of Nordic
composers, Dave Lampson writes of me:

>Such is my general distrust of music written this century that I lived for
>nearly two years without the wonderful music of Peterson-Berger, a composer
>similarly recommended by Jane way back when.

Ah, yes.  Good old PB!  There's a new recording of his 3rd Symphony which
comes highly recommended and in which the work is compared (sadly, to me)
to his other symphonies.  Anyone who has even the slightest interest in
lushly gorgeous early 20th-century music owes it to him/herself to go to
the following website and listen to these selections from his Second
Symphony, Sunnanfard (Southward Journey or Journey to the South, as I first
learned it, or even Journey on Southerly Winds).  This one is absolutely
irresistible!

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000ICM9/classicalnetA/

I played the Peterson-Berger 2nd Symphony on my radio program during the
past week and someone stopped in to ask what on earth was that wonderful
music I was playing and how she could get it.

If, BTW, you are able to find this on a Phono Suecia CD by Stig Westerbury
and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, snatch it up.

Thanks, Dave, for the reminder of wonderful composer.

Jane
Jane Erb
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