Symphony No.4 /..

Alba’s new album Brahms IV Segerstam concludes the series of symphonies by Johannes Brahms and Leif Segerstam. The last album of the four part series includes Brahms' fourth symphony, and the symphony number 295 composed by Segerstam in memory of conductor Ulf Söderblom. In his symphony ''ulFSöDErBlom in Memoriam ...'' Segerstam plays with the name of the conductor, which includes the notes F, S, D, E and B. Brahms' fourth symphony was his last, and according to Segerstam, ''the beginning of the symphony can be used to explain how music is born.''