Valborg AULIN
(1860–1928) |
Two choral pieces(1893)
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Valborg Aulin was the featured composer of the Gehrmans Music Publishing 125th anniversary (founded in 1893).Text: unknown. SATB a cappella, easy/medium. |
Film, oct 2018 |
Sven-Eric BÄCK
(1919–1994) |
Utrannsaka mig (1970) |
One of the greatest Swedish modernists, friends with legendary conductor Eric Ericson. Text: Ps 23-24. SATB a cappella, advanced level. |
Film, nov 2018 |
| Anna CEDERBERG-ORRETEG (1958-) |
Staden vaknar. |
Canon for three voices to a text by the composer's sister. With piano. Easy level. |
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Two poems by Tomas Tranströmer |
Commissioned by Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir. SATB divisi. In Swedish. Medium-avancerad level. |
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Dona nobis pacem |
A lovely, eight part version of the hymn. For female or children's choir. Medium level. |
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| Ulrika EMANUELSSON (1965-) |
Där livet klingar ut |
For SATB divisi and percussion, to a text by Swedish writer and Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld. Medium/advanced level. In Swedish, with phonetic transcription. |
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Arctic Yule & Arctic Elements |
Dreamy medley of Swedish Christmas songs and yoiks with rhythmical improvisations. SSAA a cappella. Medium level. |
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Dans på kraterns rand (Dancing on the Crater’s Edge) |
Suite for many voices. Text: B Hansson, T Tranströmer, A Rydstedt, L Sjögren. SSAATTBB, percussion, toy piano. Advanced level. |
Conductor of the Month: Alexander Einarsson (2020) |
| Gabriella GULLIN (1961-) |
Tyst är det rum, from Tre Miniatyrer (Three Miniatures 1994) |
Text Nobel Prize laureate Pär Lagerkvist. SATB a cappella, medium level. |
Film, February 2018 |
| Knut HÅKANSON (1887-1929) |
Våhr-Wijsa (Spring song 1929) from Four Madrigals |
Text Lars Wivallius (1605-1669). SATB a cappella, easy/medium level. |
Film ,May 2018 |
Thomas JENNEFELT
(1954-) |
Bön, from Five Motets. |
Heartfelt prayer dedicated to Jennefelt's mother. Lyrical and meditative and with Jennefelt's unmistakable sense of sound. SATB a cappella, medium level. |
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Warning to the rich |
A modern classic, and the first of Jennefelt's many expressive and dramatic choral works. SATB double choir with baryton solo. Medium level. |
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Dichterliebe (I-X) |
Robert Schumanns setting of Heines poems inspired Jennefelt, who uses very different means of expression. Commissioned by the Swedish Radiochoir. SATB divisi. Advanced level. |
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Sven-Eric JOHANSON
(1919-1997) |
Åtta visor |
Eight innovative settings of Swedish folk tunes from 1954. |
Gunnar Eriksson, Conductor of the Month (2020) |
Anna-Karin KLOCKAR
(1960-) |
Speeches |
Winner of the 2016 AWCA competition for female composers. Three speeches put to music in a theatrical manner. SATB, advanced level. |
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Conductor of the Month: Maria Goundorina (2020) |
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Forever Hurts |
Swedish poet Karin Boye’s words set to music for SATB. Commissioned by the American ensemble Esoterics and their artistic leader Eric Banks. SATB, advanced level. |
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Aftonbön (Evening Prayer) |
A simple, lovely setting of another Karin Boye poem. In Swedish. (SATB, easy level. |
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Lars-Erik
LARSSON
(1908-1986) |
A God Disguised (Förklädd gud) |
One of the most well-known Swedish choral works of all times. Text: Hjalmar Gullberg. For soprano, baritone, reciter, mixed chorus and orchestra. |
Conductor of the Month: Lone Larsen (2020) |
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Jerker LEIJON
(1954–2009)
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Bortom berg och mörka vatten from Hjalmar Gullberg-svit (1989) |
Gentle and beautifiul a cappella hymn. Text: Hjalmar Gullberg. In Swedish. SATB a cappella, medel. |
Film, Dec 2018 |
Ingvar LIDHOLM
(1921-2017) |
...a riveder le stelle (1974) |
One of the most influential choral works of the 20th Century. Modernistic, mystic, symphonic and riveting setting of Dante's Divina Commedia. |
Condutor of the Month: Ragnar Bohlin (2020) |
Olle LINDBERG
1967-) |
Consolation Mass/Mässa till tröst |
Sheer and beautiful mass for SATB, children's choir and solo violin. Swedish/latin or English/latin. Medium-easy level. |
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Missa Nordica |
Eight part a cappella mixed choir. Advanced level. |
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Credo |
A grand credo for SATB divisi, trumpets, trombones and organ. Advanced level. |
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| Hildor LUNDVIK (1885-1951) |
Verlaine-Stämning (1937) |
Inspired by Paul Verlaine's French poem Il pleure dans mon coeur. Text Vilhelm Ekelund. |
Film, March 2018 |
| Åke MALMFORS (1918-1951) |
Månsken (Moonlight) (1943) |
Swedish choral music with a touch of French impressionism. Text: Bo Bergman. SATB a cappella, medum/advanced level. |
Film, July 2018 |
| Jacob MÜHLRAD (1991-) |
Time |
A meditation of our time in 27 languages. Co-commissioned by the Swedish Radiochoir, WDR Rundfunkchor, Tapiola Chamber Choir and Capella San Franscisco. SATB a cappella, advanced level. Recorded by the Swedish Radiochoir for Deutsche Grammophon. |
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Skall inte finnas mer |
A wish for an existence without death, grief and pain, from the Book of Revelations. In Swedish. Mixed choir and strings, medium level. |
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Anim zemirot |
Grand with beautiful harmonies. In hebrew, from the Jewish service. Recorded by the Swedish Radiochoir for Deutsche Grammophon. For mixed choir, reduced version or femail choir. |
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| Arne MELLNÄS (1933-2002) |
Sweet Spring |
A cappella suite in three parts for mixed choir. Texts from the 16th, 18th and 20th Century. Modernistic and humorous. |
International Choir #2: ensemble cantissimo (2021) |
| Gösta NYSTROEM (1890-1966) |
Havsdagrar och molnflockar from Golfiner (1966) |
Suggestive and atmospheric about the tropical ocean landscapes. Text: Claes E. Claeson. In Swedish. SATB a cappella, advanced level. |
Film, Sep 2018 |
Matthew PETERSON
(1984-) |
Ljusfälten |
A suite of six poems by the great Finnish-Swedish poet Edith Södergren, full of contrasting ideas: light – darkness, power – fragility, beauty – harshness. |
Conductor of the Month: Sofia Ågren (2020) |
Karin
REHNQVIST
(1957-) |
Haya! Song to the joy of Day |
We greet the dawn in a fonetic language invented by the composer. A jubilant piece, often used as a concert encore. Commissioned by the Swedish Radio and Berwaldhallen (Swedish Radio Concert Hall) for the Eric Ericson Award for young conductors in 2009. SATB divisi, a capella. Advanced level. |
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Songs from the Earth (Night on our Earth and Do not fear the Darkness) |
Karin Rehnqvist's beloved settings of Swedish poet Erik Blomberg, for descant choir. SSA, easy level. |
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Songs from the North |
Karin Rehnqvist writes: "Those who sing and dance together does not make war." Texts by indigenous peoples of Greenland and Alaska meet elements of Swedish folk music in herding calls, "kulning". SATB + 1-3 soloists, a capella, medium/advanced level. |
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| Sven-David SANDSTRÖM (1942-2019) |
Hear my prayer, o Lord (H Purcell/S-D Sandström) |
Sandström takes over where Purcell's music ends and makes it his own, with his characteristic tremolo. Perhaps Sandström's most famous choir piece. SSAATTBB a cappella (medium level). |
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In paradisum |
Beautiful choral harmonies to renaissance words from the Requiem mass. SMzATBarB a cappella (medium level). |
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Lobet den Herrn (Motet nr 1) |
After JS Bach's model, Sandström has composed six motets to the same words as the baroque master. For double choir a cappella (advanced level). |
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To See a World |
William Blake’s poem on seeing the universe in a grain of sand is set in Sandström harmonies. Growing wave movements lead to an outbreak, upon which the calmness of infinity spreads.
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International Choir #1: Luminous Voices (2021) |
| Agneta SKÖLD (1947-) |
There is no rose |
Much loved setting of the medieval text, often performed throughout the world. SATB (medium level) a cappella.. |
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Requiem |
30 minutes long Requiem from 2015 in seven movements. Deeply felt and For SATB (medium level), soprano solo and organ. |
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Sanctus |
A lively and spiritual Sanctus for female voices, where every voice has its own melody and individuality. SSAA with piano accompaniment. |
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Den levande Maria (The living Mary) |
Suite in five parts for mixed choir and organ. Touching poetry about the person Mary by Ebba Lindqvist and Erik-Axel Karlfeldt. In Swedish. |
Conductor of the Month, Gary Graden (2020) |
| Mattias SKÖLD (1976-) |
We know not where the dragons fly |
Text by 14th Century Chinese poet Liu Ji. Rhythmical, playful and beautiful. In Mandarin. SSATB a cappella, medium/advanced level. |
Film, Jan 2018 |
| Lille Bror SÖDERLUNDH (1912-1957) |
Fritt och ljust and Sov min själ from Three Madrigals to words by Gunnar Björling. |
Choral songs by a composer who was immensely popular in Sweden as a singer-songwriter. To words by composer's friend, Finnish poet Gunnar Björling. SATB a cappella, medium/advanced. |
Film, June 2018 |
| Wilhelm STENHAMMAR (1871-1927) |
Vårnatt/Lenznacht (1912) |
One of the most well-known and loved Swedish romantic spring songs. Text Oscar Levertin. SATB divisi a cappella + piano, medium level |
Film, April 2018 |
| Ann-Sofi SÖDERQVIST (1956–) |
What is life? (2014) |
Groovy and filosophical by jazz band leader and flugel horn player Söderqvist. Text: Malin Hülphers (1964–). SATB divisi a cappella + solo singer, medium/advanced level. |
Film, Sept 2018 |
| Carl UNANDER-SCHARIN (1964-) |
Spiritual Exercises/Andliga övningar |
No 3 of six motets, for mixed choir a cappella. Texts from three different spiritual traditions form a metaforical and atmospherical "spiritual exercise". |
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The Cloud of Unknowing |
Dramatic, transparent and meditative choral setting of the fascinating text by an anonymous Medieval mystic. SATB divisi and organ. Advanced level. |
Conductor of the Month: Erik Westberg (2020) |
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...hold infinity in the palm of your hand… |
Suite in nine movements to William Blake's texts for choir and piano. Commissioned by Adolf Fredrik's Music School. SATB and piano, medium–Advanced level. |
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Djupt under dagens yta |
No 5 of the six motets. A complex and beautiful musical universe with a philosophical text. SATB double choir, a cappella. Advanced level. |
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| David WIKANDER (1884-1955) |
Kung Liljekonvalje |
Perhaps the most loved of the legendary Swedish national romantic choral compositions and Eric Ericsons favorite piece. Text: Gustaf Fröding. SATB div, medium/advanced. |
Conductor of the Month: Cecilia Rydinger (2020) |