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 April 26 in
TAKE THE MILKY WAY
TAKE THE MILKY WAY (2024) for mixed choir, baroque orchestra and audience ad libitumDuration: 12 minPoem by Kerstin Perski, specially written for this piece
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 climate oratorio in
Spring 2025
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,
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. In the choral
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 five centuries, from
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 and her music.
Autumn 2024
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
…and so the day ends
…and so the day endsFor saxophone quartetDuration: ca. 5 min A slow-spun melody. A carefully devised bordun. Chromatic strings of notes that fall
THE DREAM
THE DREAM/ DrömmenFor alto voice and celloDuration: ca. 9 min I found a short poem on the internet that stunned me. In a