Orchestra
SKU:
FG.042-07944-7
Composed by Einar
Englund. Score. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.042-07944-7).
ISBN
979-0-042-07944-7.
Written in 1948, the
Blackbird Symphony was
one of the weightiest
contributions to Finnish
symphonic literature by
the country's foremost
neo-classicist. It is a
three-part work with a
sonata-form first
movement, a lyrical
andante and a finale in
which themes are drawn in
from earlier movements.
The subtitle Blackbird
can be construed as a
reference to the woodwind
accompaniments in the
first movement.