Ture Rangström - Symphonies No. 1 "August Strindberg in memoriam" and No.3 "Song under the Stars"

Ture RANGSTRÖM (1884−1947)

Symphony No. 1 in C sharp minor, "August Strindberg in Memoriam"*

 Symphony No. 3 in D sharp minor, "Song under the Stars".**

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leif Segerstam *

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Janso Fürst.**

Even Rangström has a very personal style. The Strindberg symphony is a dark, intense piece of symphonic writing. The big fanfares is somewhat reminiscent of Rimskij-Korsakov. There is a dark, brooding quality in Rangströms music. Easy to discover in the second movement in the Strindberg symphony.

Composer, conductor, singing teacher and music critic Anders Johan Ture Rangström was born in Stockholm on 30 November 1884 and died there on 11 May 1947. He briefly studied counterpoint for Johan Lindegren and composition for Hans Pfitzner in Berlin, but of greater significance were his singing studies for Julius Hey in Berlin and Munich. He was music director for the Gothenburg Orchestral Society (1922−25) and a critic for several Stockholm newspapers. Rangström is one of Sweden’s leading composers of art songs, but he also made an impact as an opera and symphony composer. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (1919) and a recipient of the Litteris et artibus medal (1944).