EKSTRÖM, LARS - THE DREAM AGE (CD)

"This CD presents four works from the late 90s- a period in Lars Ekström's composition which he himself describes as strongly marked by melody, long cantilenas, a sort of atmospheric storytelling and at the same time within a large, strictly composed framework. Lars Ekström has composed a wide variety of music. He has written fragile chamber works and powerful orchestral pieces. He creates naturalistic, lyrical atmospheres taken from Nordic light, and has written music with roots in a burning empathy with events in the former Yugoslavia." (label info)