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KARIN REHNQVIST | Composer

World premiere of Take the Milky Way in Helsinki

A new choral work by Karin Rehnqvist for mixed choir, baroque orchestra and ad libitum audience will be heard on

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Album release of Silent Earth

The long-awaited release: Karin Rehnqvist's acclaimed work Silent Earth is now available for download or streaming. It is a gripping

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Spring 2025

1 January 2025Day is here!YouTube releaseDet Norske Solistkor, Ensemble Allegria, Grete Pedersen, conductor 28 January 2025…and so the day endsStockholm

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Do not fear the darkness

Many describe 2024 as a dark year. So much in our world seems to be going in the wrong direction.

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Universe – Rehnqvist piece in the new choral anthology

The German music publisher Carus Verlag has, in a unique and ambitious venture, collected choral works by female composers from

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Karin Rehnqvist is portrayed in Gramophone

In its November 2024 issue, the prestigious British (and internationally distributed) music magazine Gramophone presents a portrait of Karin Rehnqvist

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Autumn 2024

11 August 2024 VaultsStockholm Chamber BrassGamle Aker Kirke, Oslo 16–17 August 2024NYTT Festival16/8: The DreamMonica Danielsson, song, Christian Berg, celloTransjö

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​New: The Dream in ‘Svarteboka​’

Svarteboka, i.e. the black book, poems and hymns, esoteric sources and witchcraft are the textual basis for a series of

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TAKE THE MILKY WAY

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

THE DREAM

May 27, 2024May 27, 2024

LIGHT OF LIGHT – BRIGHT, SHIMMERING

April 28, 2024April 28, 2024

TAROMIRS TID

April 28, 2024April 28, 2024

I begin in the depths of the water ...

… she has created one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music since Ligeti and Penderecki first emerged in the early 1960s. – Guy Rickards

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All about the opera Drifted

December 5, 2023January 22, 2024 By admin2

The opera DRIFTED (Strandad, in Swedish) Music by Karin Rehnqvist.Libretto by Kerstin Perski. Opera in two acts. World premiere at The Royal Opera,

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World premiere of Take the Milky Way in Helsinki

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 By admin2

A new choral work by Karin Rehnqvist for mixed choir, baroque orchestra and ad libitum audience will be heard on April 26 in

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TAKE THE MILKY WAY

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 By admin2

TAKE THE MILKY WAY (2024) for mixed choir, baroque orchestra and audience ad libitumDuration: 12 minPoem by Kerstin Perski, specially written for this piece

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Album release of Silent Earth

February 7, 2025February 14, 2025 By admin2

The long-awaited release: Karin Rehnqvist‘s acclaimed work Silent Earth is now available for download or streaming. It is a gripping climate oratorio in

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Spring 2025

February 7, 2025March 14, 2025 By admin2

1 January 2025Day is here!YouTube releaseDet Norske Solistkor, Ensemble Allegria, Grete Pedersen, conductor 28 January 2025…and so the day endsStockholm Saxophone Quartet Atalante, Gothenburg,

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Do not fear the darkness

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 By admin2

Many describe 2024 as a dark year. So much in our world seems to be going in the wrong direction. In the choral

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Universe – Rehnqvist piece in the new choral anthology

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 By admin2

The German music publisher Carus Verlag has, in a unique and ambitious venture, collected choral works by female composers from five centuries, from

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Karin Rehnqvist is portrayed in Gramophone

November 4, 2024November 5, 2024 By admin2

In its November 2024 issue, the prestigious British (and internationally distributed) music magazine Gramophone presents a portrait of Karin Rehnqvist and her music.

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Autumn 2024

September 6, 2024November 7, 2024 By admin2

11 August 2024 VaultsStockholm Chamber BrassGamle Aker Kirke, Oslo 16–17 August 2024NYTT Festival16/8: The DreamMonica Danielsson, song, Christian Berg, celloTransjö Folkets Hus, 6.30

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THE DREAM

May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 By Johan Näslund

THE DREAMfor mezzo/alto voice and celloDuration 12 min 1. Hear me! 7 min 2. Hush – Hear Me 5 min I found a

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LIGHT OF LIGHT – BRIGHT, SHIMMERING

April 28, 2024April 28, 2024 By Johan Näslund

LIGHT OF LIGHT – BRIGHT, SHIMMERINGfor children’s choir and chamber orchestra Children’s voices and symphony orchestra – what en exciting combination!It should give

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  • About Karin
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    • Between the Angel and the Inchworm
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  • Do not fear the darkness
    Do not fear the darkness
  • The complete When I Close My Eyes ...
    The complete When I Close My Eyes ...
  • When I close my eyes I dream of peace
    When I close my eyes I dream of peace
  • WIEGENLIEDER IM ALL
    WIEGENLIEDER IM ALL
  • All about the opera Drifted
    All about the opera Drifted
  • Intro
    Intro
  • Solo pieces
    Solo pieces
  • Opera & Music theatre
    Opera & Music theatre

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