Joachim Nicolas Eggert - Symphony No.4 in C-minor “War and Peace“ (1810)

Joachim Nicolas Eggert (22 February 1779 – 14 April 1813) was a Swedish composer and musical director. Work: Symphony No.4 in C-minor “War and Peace“ (1810) Mov.I: Adagio - Allegro assai 00:00 : Adagio 11:57 : Menuetto & Trio 18:39 : Fugue: Allegro con spirito 21:24 Orchestra: Gävle Symfoniorkester Conductor: Gérard Korsten The Symphony in C minor was probably composed about 1810 as Eggert settled in to the new regime under Carl XIII after a disastrous war and the abdication of Gustav IV Adolph. It appears to have been given its première either the following year or in 1812, just before Eggert set off on his fatal journey south. It was about this year that Breitkopf published the symphony, possibly in advance of the composer’s arrival in Germany and elsewhere. The opening powerful chords outline a solemn steady march, indeed, almost funereal that dissolves into a mysterious, tension-filled Allegro with a nicely