Natanael Berg

Carl Natanael Berg ( born February 9, 1879 in Stockholm, † October 14, 1957 ) was a Swedish composer.

Berg studied veterinary medicine and initially formed musically self-taught. He then studied at the Conservatory of Stockholm singing with Julius Günther and composition with Johan Lindegren. Until 1939 he worked as a veterinarian in the Swedish army, after which he was a freelance composer. In the years 1918-1924 he served as President of the Swedish Association of Composers.

He composed five operas and three ballets, six symphonies and several symphonic poems, a piano and a violin concerto, a serenade for violin and orchestra, a piano quintet, ballads, songs and piano pieces in late Romantic style.

Works

  • Saul och David, 1907
  • Eros vrede, 1907
  • Dream powers, tone poem for orchestra, 1910
  • Leila, opera, 1910
  • Mannen och Kvinnan, 1911
  • Predikaren, 1911
  • It all ends what existeth, Symphony No. 1 in 1913
  • Varde Ljus, tone poem for orchestra, 1914
  • Älvorna, Ballet, 1914
  • Israel lovsång, 1915
  • Årstiderna, Symphony No. 2, 1916
  • Makter, Symphony No. 3, 1917
  • Piano Quintet, 1917
  • The bathing children, 1918
  • Violin Concerto, 1918
  • Pezzo Sinfonico, Symphony No. 4, 1918
  • Sensitiva, Ballet, 1919
  • String Quartet, 1919
  • Hertiginnans friare, Ballet, 1920
  • Serenade for Violin and Orchestra, 1923
  • Trilogia delle passioni " Symphony No. 5, 1924
  • Hoga Visan, 1925
  • Engelbrekt, opera, 1928 ( Engelbrecht, Braunschweig, 1933)
  • Piano Concerto, 1931
  • Judith, opera, 1935
  • Birgitta, opera, 1942
  • Genoveva, Opera, 1944-46
  • Tre konungar, Part 1, opera (unfinished), 1950-1954, orchestrated to 1957

Discography

From him three CDs are currently (May 2012) available in Germany:

  • Symphonies No. 1 & 2 ( German State Philharmonic of the Rhineland -Palatinate, Ari Rasilainen ); Classic Production Osnabrück 2007
  • Symphony No.3 " Makter " Reverenza; Hertiginnans friare suite ( Norrkoping SO, Ari Rasilainen ), cpo 2006
  • Symphony No.4 " Pezzo sinfonico " Birgitta suite; Piano Concerto in C (sterling CD 1976 - 1991)
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