Showing posts with label chamber symphonies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chamber symphonies. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 February 2015

Chamber symphonies and symphonic metamorphoses

In addition to the symphonies, Holmboe wrote a number of other works with titles indicating they are symphonic in nature.

These include three chamber symphonies:
  • Chamber Symphony No.1, op.53 (M.171)
  • Chamber Symphony No.2 'Elegy', op.100 (M.240)
  • Chamber Symphony No.3 'Frise' ('Frieze' in English), op.103a (M.246)
There is only a single recording of these works (although there are also recordings of op.103b, a version of op.103a arranged for unaccompanied choir). They are performed by John StorgÄrds and the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, recorded in 2011 and released on Da Capo CD 6.220621. As a modern recording, it is widely available including for download or streaming.



Another group of works are the four symphonic metamorphoses, which have individual titles:
  • Epitaph, op.68 (M.189)
  • Monolith, op.76 (M.207)
  • Epilog (Epilogue in English), op.80 (M.213)
  • Tempo variabile (an Italian title meaning both "variable tempo" and "changeable weather"), op.108 (M.254)
Again, there is only a single recording of this group of works, this time performed by Owain Arwel Hughes and the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra. The recordings were made in 1996-7 and released on BIS CD 852. This is also widely available.