Programme notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

For eight voices and strings Traditional texts by Native Americans (Pawnee, Tohono O’odham, Navajo) and from the Swedish Hymnal Duration ca 20 min

– ein Opernreißer für Kinder ab 10 Jahre   1 Sop 1 Mezzo. 1 Alt, 1 Bariton, Flöte, Klarinette, Posaune, Harfe. Violine, Viola,

for four voices (s a t b) and sinfonietta sinfonietta (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, harp, pi, perc, vln1, vln 2,