1. Frozen City;
2. Northern Lights (Intermezzo)
3. Volcanic Eruption (Finale)
- Year of composition: 2014, revised 2017
- Work category: Symphony
- Dedication: Leif Segerstam
- First performed: 14 November 2014, Gävle Concert Hall. Gävle Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leif Segerstam.
- Duration: 25 min
Instrumentation
2*22*2*, 4231, 13, 11, strings
Location for score and part material
Gehrmans Musikförlag AB
Description of work
Symphony No. 1 in three movements, played without interruption.
Links
https://www.benjaminstaern.se/?page_id=2082
Work comment
Polar Vortex is a journey through three contrasting sound worlds: a frozen city, the shimmering northern lights and a volcanic eruption. The symphony is conceived as "music with inner images", moving from fragile stillness to a colourful, rhythmically charged finale.