Stavanger So - Kleven: Lotusland

Self-taught as a composer, Kleven at the age of 23 produced Lotusland, his first orchestral work, and was praised as a master of orchestration. Skogens Sovn incorporates certain avant-garde tendencies and shows Kleven starting on a path towards expressionism. The 1926 premiere of Symphonic Fantasy turned into the greatest musical scandal of the decade.Finnish conductor Susanna Malkki was director of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra during 2002-2005. She has conducted contemporary works assisting Thomas Ades at the Almeida Theatre and also guest conducting with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.