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…and so the day ends

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 By admin2

…and so the day endsFor saxophone quartetDuration: ca. 5 min A slow-spun melody. A carefully devised bordun. Chromatic strings of notes that fall

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A PASSION PLAY

January 28, 2016 By admin2

How “A Passion Play – as four sports” came into being Like doing a huge jigsaw puzzle. That’s what composing A Passion Play

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ALL THOSE STRINGS! for harp and string quartet

September 5, 2021September 21, 2021 By admin2

ALL THOSE STRINGS!for string quartet and harp Night Strings Cross Strings Thin String – Little Song Joy Strings The world is made of

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ANROP – INROP – UTROP  (INVOCATION – CONVOCATION  – AVOCATION)

January 27, 2016 By admin2

for chamber ensemble   The piece is intended to frame a concert – ANROP opens the concert; INROP, which is both a short

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ARKTIS ARKTIS! 

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 By admin2

(Arktis = The Arctic)   1. BREAKING THE ICE 2. BETWEEN SKY AND SEA 3. INTERLUDE IN DARK 4. YEARNING   In the

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AVOCATION (UTROP)

January 27, 2016 By admin2

for chamber ensemble   is – a melody that journeys among instruments. Articulated note by note, slowly it moves forward, is fragmented and

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BEGINNING

January 28, 2016 By admin2

Piano trio: a keyboard instrument, two string instruments. What do they have in common? At what point to they meet? The piano, with

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BLOODHOOF

August 27, 2023October 20, 2023 By admin2

Karin Rehnqvist (2019) Blodhov/ Bloodhoof Monodrama for mezzo-soprano and eight instrumentsComposed for Lena Willemark and ensemble rechercheText from the poem Blodhov by Ger∂ur

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BREAKING THE ICE

January 27, 2016 By admin2

from Arktis Arktis! Duration ca 11 minutes   I spent the summer 1999 on an icebreaker, following the Swedish Polar Expedition ”Tundra Northwest”

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DAY IS HERE!

August 12, 2018August 27, 2025 By admin2

DAY IS HERE ! for eight solo voices/double choir and strings Traditional texts by Native Americans (Pawnee, Tohono O’odham, Navajo) and from the

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