Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra * Alfven & Rautavaara: Orchestral Works [New CD] Folk Whether it’s politics

Whether it’s politics

what emerged is a chaotic comedy

The seven songs on Obaa Sima have delighted and confounded listeners since it appeared as the inaugural post on the Awesome Tapes From Africa blog

et Nathan Obadia

providing a perfect showcase for the core quartet of Michael (guitar)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra * Alfven & Rautavaara: Orchestral Works [New CD] Folk Whether it’s politicsHugo Alfven was an accomplished writer and painter as well as musician and composer. Born in Stockholm in 1872, he studied first at Kungliga Musikhogskolan (the Royal College of Music) and then in Berlin, Dresden, Paris, and Brussels. Influenced by Wagner and Richard Strauss, Alfven's style is also permeated with the influence of Swedish folk music. Festspel (Festival Play) was commissioned to inaugurate the new art nouveau building for Kungliga