Moses Pergament: A Musical Miscellany, Volume One
Release date: 4 October 2024
The neglect of Moses Pergament (1893–1977) can be ascribed in part to the complexities of his life: he was born in Finland of Lithuanian-Jewish stock, a student in Russia and a Swedish citizen by 1919. As a result, no national culture stepped forward to claim him, with his outsider status initially worsened by blatant anti-Semitism – and the gradual realisation that he was one of the most interesting Swedish composers of the mid-twentieth century then fell away again after his death. This series of recordings aim to return his music to the public ear, beginning with an album tracing the growth of his style, from early Romanticism to a spicy Bartókian vivacity, occasionally animated by Jewish melos and dance-rhythms.
Martin Malmgren, piano
Tomas Nuñez, cello
Agora Music Collective
Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra
Sasha Mäkilä, conductor
Helsinki Chamber Orchestra
Aku Sorensen, conductor
Bull, Byrd, Farnaby & Gorton – Keyboard Works. Ido Akov, piano
Release date: 3 April 2024
John Bull – Fantasia FVB CVIII
William Byrd – The Bells, T 442
Giles Farnaby – A maske, FVB 198
David Gorton – Farnabye’s Maske (2016)
Performed live at the House of Nobility, Helsinki on 30 January 2024