Since it is the season, today’s Rhapsody is Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 (Midsommarvaka, Midsummer Vigil) by the Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén. More commonly called the Swedish Rhapsody (even though he wrote three of them.) It’s a nice little whimsical one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we’re going back to Hugo Alfven and the second of his three Rhapsodies, the Uppsalarapsodi. (That’s Uppsala Rhapsody for those not up on their Svenska). I lived in Uppsala for a year in junior high, (saw the funeral scene[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In today’s Rhapsody we finish off Hugo Alfven‘s selection of Swedish Rhapsodies with his third, the Andante (Dalecarlian rhapsody) Op.47. I rather like this one the beginning has a nice slow almost subliminal quality that reminds me very much of Wagner‘s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we have rhapsodies suitable for children courtesy of The Wiggles with their version of Hugo Alfven’s Swedish Rhapsody! It’s funny, when I first saw the name of the piece I said, there’s no way this can be the same[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
