Easy:
NÄR NATTEN SKÄNKER FRID (When night confers repose) (2003/2005)
for women’s chorus. 4′.
Text: Gunnar Björling
Ed Reimers
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LIFE’S A FALDERA (Livet é ett tjolahejsan) (1996)
canon for mixed or treble chorus.
Text: Sofia Blom. Singable text in Swedish and English.
Ed. Reimers
Lyrics
TWO CHEERFUL SONGS FOR CHOIR; Life’s a Faldera and The Monkey Song
for mixed or treble chorus.
Text Sofia Blom, 12 years, Johan Rehnqvist, 3 years. Singable text in Swedish and English.
Ed Reimers
Lyrics
KOM HIT, ALLA! (Come here, all!) (1993)
fanfare for treble chorus and two trumpets, alt. organ
Commissioned by the Children’s Choirs Festival in Skinnskatteberg.
Ed. Reimers
SONGS FROM THE EARTH (Sånger ur jorden) (1992)
for treble chorus. 6′.
1. Night on our earth (Natt över jorden)
2. Do not fear the darkness (Var inte rädd för mörkret).
Text: Erik Blomberg. Singable text in Swedish and English.
Composed for the Children’s Choirs Festival in Skinnskatteberg, 1992.
Ed. Reimers
Programme note | Listen: Night on our earth | Listen: Do not fear the darkness | Lyrics
VÄNNER OCH SOLEN (Friends and the Sun) (1992)
for treble chorus. 4′.
1. Som solen (Like the sun) 2. Apalåten (The Monkey Song)
Text: Johan Rehnqvist, 3 years.
Composed for the Children’s Choirs Festival in Skinnskatteberg, 1992.
Ed. Reimers
MOSTER ESTER (Aunt Esther) (1990)
for treble chorus, 2′.
Text: Lennart Hellsing
Commissioned by Swedish Radio, Örebro.
Ed Reimers
SURDEG (Sour dough) (1983)
for treble chorus, perc., strings and winds ad lib. 3′.
Commissioned by the Swedish Church.
Gehrmans
Medium:
RAYS OF LIGHT (Strålar av ljus) (2003/2021)
for upper voices and piano 5’
Lyrics in Swedish and English
J O Wallin, B S Ingemann, English translation Linda Schenck
Gehrmans
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HERREN ÄR MIN HERDE (The Lord Is My Shepherd) (2007/2010)
for treble chorus. 8’.
Text: Psalm 23:14.
Gehrmans
Score sample
DER HERR IST MEIN HIRTE (The Lord is my shepherd) (2007)
for treble chorus. 8′.
Text: Psalm 23:14
Commissioned by the 8th World Symposium on Choral Music.
Gehrmans
Score sample
NOTHING (Ingenting) (2004)
for alto flute and women’s chorus. 6′.
Text: Edith Södergran. Singable text in Swedish and English.
Ed Reimers
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IN HEAVEN’S HALL (I himmelen) (1998)
for treble chorus and solo voices. 4′.
Text: Laurentius Laurinus. Singable text in Swedish and English.
Ed. Reimers
Programme note | Listen | Lyrics
EJ BLIR DET NATT (Night will not come) (1996/2003)
for treble chorus. 4′.
Text: Werner Aspenström
Ed. Reimers
Lyrics
HERE AM I. WHERE ARE YOU? (Här är jag. Var är du?) (1989)
for vigorous girls’ choir and congas (alt. bongos/tablas/darboka). 6′.
1. Here I am 2. Dance of Life 3. Big Body Waltz 4. All us human beings 5. When I am- Listen – Wonder why?
Poems by teenagers. Singable texts in Swedish and English.
Commissioned by Musik i Väst.
Ed. Reimers
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LJUSFÄLTEN (The Fields of Light) (1989)
for women’s choir and string trio ad lib. 2′.
Text: Edith Södergran
Ed Reimers
Listen | Lyrics | Score sample (mixed choir)
SENAPSKORNET (Grain of mustard) (1983)
for three part treble chorus, 3′.
Text: Matthew 13:31–32
Commissioned by the Swedish Church.
Gehrmans
Advanced:
TO THE ANGEL WITH THE FIERY HANDS (Till Ängeln med de brinnande händerna) (2000)
for women’s choir and oboe. 9′.
Text: Björn von Rosen. Text in Swedish.
Ed. Reimers
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TO THE ANGEL WITH THE FIERY HANDS – concert (Till Ängeln med de brinnande händerna– concert (1990-2005)
for women’s choir, soprano and four instruments (fl, ob, 2 vc). 60′
Contains In the clear morning light’s sheen of your eyes, The Raven himself is hoarse, The Inchworm, Nothing, Dark falls across the country, A Triumph to Exist and more.
Singable texts in Swedish and English.
Funded by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
Ed. Reimers
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THE RAVEN HIMSELF IS HOARSE (2004)
for women’s chorus. 7 ‘.
Text: William Shakespeare
Funded by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
Ed. Reimers
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VISHETENS LOV (In Praise of Wisdom) (1996/03)
for women’s choir and two young soloists. 18′.
Movements: 1. Från evighet (From eternity) 2. En broder mer (One brother more) 3. Mätarlarven (The inchworm) 4. Ej blir det natt (Night will not come)
Movement 2, 3 and 4 can be performed as separate pieces.
Ed. Reimers
Lyrics
EN BRODER MER och MÄTARLARVEN (One brother more and The Inchworm)
from In Praise of Wisdom (1996/2003)
for women’s chorus. 4′.
Text: Stig Dagerman, Werner Aspenström
Ed. Reimers
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TRIUMF ATT FINNAS TILL (A Triumph to exist) (1990)
for women’s chorus. 11′.
Text: Edith Södergran
Commissioned by Rikskonserter/Concerts Sweden.
Ed. Reimers
Lyrics | Listen | Score sample
DAVIDS NIMM (1984)
for three female voices and women’s chorus ad lib. 7′.
Ed. Suecia
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With orchestra
Level: good amateur choir
TRIOMPHE D’EXISTER (A Triumph to Exist) (2008)
for children’s chorus and symphony orchestra. 15′.
Instr: 1 2 2 1 – 2 1 0 0, 3 perc, piano, harp, strings (6-6-4-4-4)
Text: Edith Södergran, translated to French by D. Jauzion-Graverolles.
Commissioned by Casa da MúsicaFoundation, Porto.
MIC
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LIGHT OF LIGHT (Ljus av ljus) (Lumière, source de lumière) (2003)
for children’s choir and symphony orchestra. 15′
Instr: 3232-2330, 2 slgv, pukor, harpa, stråkar (min 6-6-4-4-2)
Texts from the Swedish hymnal and the Bible. Singable texts in Swedish and English.
Commissioned by Radio France, Swedish Radio and Rikskonserter/Concerts Sweden.
MIC
