Greta Dahström: Folkvisa från Houtskär for string orchestra
Greta Dahlström (1887-1978) was a Finnish composer, choir conductor and music teacher. She extensively worked on composing Finnish folk music and collected folk songs for the Swedish Literature Society. Folkvisa från Houtskär (Swedish for Folksong from Houtskari, an island in the southwest coast of Finland) is beautifully arranged for string orchestra and evokes fateful athmosphere…