To be honest, I listened to Bystrom's Violakonsert only two times. It intrigued me how she managed to create a concerto after a pretty strange start of the work. Now listening to it, I must say I can see what Jolly Roger feels about being 'manufactured'. So far it didn't irritate me. Her other works gave me mixed feelings so far.
I wonder what you think about another Swedish lady composer, who I discovered recently:
Andrea TapponiShe was born in 1981.
On her website are a few works you can download, and be able to listen to parts of other works
www.andreatarrodi.comHer work for orchestra
'Liguria' impressed me. Another interesting work for me is '
Empireo'
Not to be patronizing, Sweden and Scandinavia have some fine woman composers, thanks for the tip om Tapponi, I'll check it out