Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

On several different occasions, Igor Stravinsky wrote musical works in memory of departed friends and acquaintances. Common to all these works is that they are very short and concise, some have playing times of just a few minutes. Immediately upon hearing that Claude Debussy had died, Stravinsky telegraphed to the widow Emma, and wrote a short fragment of a piece. This fragment was to be part of Symphonies for Winds. Stravinsky described the work as “a grand song, an objective scream of wind instruments, instead of the warm human tone of the violins”.

Conductor John Adams leads the orchestra.

Recorded for GSOplay in Gothenburg Concert Hall in September 2025.