Eduard Tubin - Symphony No. 7 (Score Video)

00:05 Allegro moderato
10:01 Larghetto
17:20 Allegro marciale
Göteborg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi
Eduard Tubin (1905-1982) was an Estonian composer and conductor, his country's most prolific and arguably greatest symphonist. For more on Tubin, see my score video of his eleventh symphony: • Eduard Tubin - Symphon...
Tubin's seventh symphony, written in three movements, is a classic work of his middle period. The composer's period of exile in Sweden was a difficult one - when this symphony was completed in 1958, he had already been there for ten years - and this is reflected in the typically astringent harmonies, highly focused orchestration, and rhythmically driven nature of the work. The slow sections of the second movement retain the symphony's overall mood but add a uniquely austere beauty.