Leif Segerstam has died

[Pulcinella]

Apparently quite a few are on the short side. The one with the cat lasts just over 19 minutes.

I streamed it earlier today; I ought to listen to the Brahms 2 it's coupled with, too.

[Prommer]

And here is Leif's performance of the Bruckner 8, in its glory...

Views, please!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ipQFV_IbI

[mopsus]

I heard him conduct once at the Bath Forum. No appreciation of him would be complete without acknowledging his 'remarkably creative way with the English language' Quotations from Finnish conductor Leif Segerstam - The Classical Music Guide Forums

[Pulcinella]

I streamed it earlier today; I ought to listen to the Brahms 2 it's coupled with, too.

Oh dear: the Brahms (I'm into the second movement) just won't do. It's far too ponderous and slow (for me).

[cloughie]

Oh dear: the Brahms (I'm into the second movement) just won't do. It's far too ponderous and slow (for me).

You must need the Adam Fisher recording - too light and quick for me!

[Pulcinella]

You must need the Adam Fisher recording - too light and quick for me!

Happy with Boult (listened to frequently when it was my A-level set work), but thanks.

[Pulcinella]

Times obituary here:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/fc8ee470-4f71-48c4-88ea-89758384232c?shareToken=902679ff08a885d446f579efbbde902a

[french frank]

Times obituary here:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/fc8ee470-4f71-48c4-88ea-89758384232c?shareToken=902679ff08a885d446f579efbb de902a

Third Viennese School? Not sure what to make of Segerstam's music. People whose opinions I trust easily persuade me to take seriously what I'm bemused by, but I hear people describing Segerstam's music rather than praising, enthusing or even admiring it.