This exultant piece combines joyous "alleluias" with organ and oboe for a glorious tribute to God.
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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
Winner of the Linkopings Studentsangare Composition Award 2020, this avant-garde piece in six parts for tenor-bass choir creates a soundscape of darker and brighter moments that both highlight and oppose
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
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 adaption of the famous Ave Maria, for treble voices and trumpet solo. Lyrics in Church Slavonic (transliterated).
This selection is based on music by composer W. Stenhammar, and written in honor of his 150th anniversary. The poem, in its essence sad yet loving, carries a dream of comfort for the protagonist, which the
"Lord, I want to thank You." This is a motet in a classic style by church musician and jazz pianist Hakan Brandqvist.
A beautiful and strong message in Swedish promoting peace and love for the earth has been sweetly put to music.
Loosely based on a Gregorian chant, this piece features harmonies that are warm and modern. Apart from the Latin text, there is really no sense of the ancient here - moving parts are structured with full
"Away in times long lost". A suite of three lied/ballad songs based on music by composer W. Stenhammar, and written in honor of said composer's 150th anniversary. Lyrics in Swedish.
Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei for women's choir. At Christmas, a recitation of Bible texts about the Nativity fit in nicely between movements. The piece can be performed as a whole, or as separate
"Mother Earth". A beautiful take on The Lord's prayer. The poem reminds us that our actions here on our planet Earth have had and will forever have environmental effects. And that we have a common mission
This colorful upbeat song brings joy to both musicians and listeners with syncopated rhythms that make you want to move. Includes Haitian creole and Swedish lyrics with an English translation, and fun
This wondrously beautiful and inviting music embodies the magic and wonder of the Nativity. Based on ancient chant, the modern a cappella harmonies move and explore sonorities that bring colorful dimension
Based on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, poetry of universal wisdom covering life, death, and everything in between. Never predictable, the composer manages to bring out the timelessness of the poetry.
This is a lovingly arranged piece whose lyrics (in Swedish) assure listeners that God will love and accept them whoever they are. The warm harmonies will wrap your audience in a blanket of acceptance.
With lyrics based on authentic quotes from prisoners facing execution, this innovative work allows a number of silenced voices to come forward in emotional goodbyes, pleas for forgiveness, assurances of
This joyous piece extols the virtues of making music and singing together. With English lyrics in a rhythmically challenging arrangement, this selection evokes images of fireworks in a true celebration of
This sweetly mysterious Latin piece evokes the presence of angels in this arrangement for treble voices with marimba and cello. It was originally composed for the vocal ensemble Vox Illimitatis, Farsta
Sung in Swedish, the text "The Lord is my shepherd" is beautifully set in this mixed-meter selection for alto solo and mixed choir.
"Three songs to poems by Goran Sonnevi". The composer's main source of inspiration has been the chants of the Taize Community, with its combination of repetitive simplicity and more demanding polyphonic
"Out of the darkness of winter". A soft and beautiful tune about the time after a long and dark winter. For advanced treble ensembles.