Exodus 17

A suggestive and warm composition of a beautiful poem by Master Shakespeare.

The single word "alleluia" is used as the basis for harmonic exploration as the slowly moving pulsed a cappella harmonies build and diminish. Feature a soprano soloist or the section on an ethereal descant

Two Latin philosophers and poets about the meaning of love. The violin could be replaced by a clarinet, an alto flute, a cello or an English horn.

A kind of elegy, perhaps a "song of mourning for the state of our world". A song without words.

The Swedish opera composer Lars Johan Werle composed a suite based on Provençal troubadour lyrics for six soloists and a chamber ensemble. The last (instrumental) part of this suite has been arranged

These three pieces are translated into English but are based on Japanese poems by Yamabe no Akahito, Sakanoue no Korenori, and Takayama Sozei. Creating a quiet winter soundscape with tight cluster

"To See", music & lyrics commissioned by Swedish ensemble VoNo Vocals as a kind of contemporary interpretation of the meaning of the old story The Little Match Girl by H. C. Andersen. The piece can be

A composition based on a traditional Norwegian folk melody after the singer Sinikka Langeland. Anders Jormin is a composer and jazz bass player of international fame.

This captivating selection is a ritual song celebrating the saints (the lesen) in a hallelujah (ayibobo). With lyrics in Haitian creole, Swedish, and English, an uptempo world beat, and a

A beautiful ballad, of English origin, of a sad love affair, unfulfilled. Lyrics by one of Sweden’s most popular (and controversial) poets and songwriters in modern times – Cornelis

"The child is the father of man". Stefan Forssen is a Swedish jazz pianist and composer. Claes Andersson, he too a jazz pianist, but also psychiatrist, politician and poet.

Lyrics about the winter loosing its grip: "The days are getting lighter". Hakan Brandqvist is a jazz pianist and piano pedagogue.