CD REVIEW
– DAG
WIRÉN
Iceland
National Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Rumon Gamba
Chandos CHSA
5194
Symphony No.
3; Sinfonietta; Serenade and
Divertimento. The march
from Serenade became
famous because it was used as the
signature tune for Monitor,
a cultural programme on BBC
television, which aired from the
late '50s to the mid '60s.
Wirén's work is not unlike that
of Carl Nielsen and makes a
pleasant change from the same
tunes trotted out daily by Classic
FM.
Scandinavia’s
most famous musical son was
Edvard Grieg but it also produced
several less-well-known tuneful
composers, of which Wirén is
one. Try him!
Edmund
Whitehouse © 2018
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