I come up with another moving and remarkable Adagio. It’s the 2nd movement of Atterberg’s Symphony 8, op. 48. I think it’s based upon folk tunes, but how aptly Atterberg creates a typical Nordic atmosphere. It reminds me of Sibelius’s 'The Swan of Tuonela'. If you’ve ever been in Northern Scandinavia, with its lonely, beautiful landscape, only nature, no human-beings around within hundreds of miles, then this is the music that fits in that picture. Just beautiful!
