{"id":3952,"date":"2025-08-17T15:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?page_id=3952"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:07:23","slug":"when-i-close-my-eyes-i-dream-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/programme-notes\/when-i-close-my-eyes-i-dream-of-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES, I DREAM OF PEACE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/natt-over-jorden-night-on-our-earth\/programme-note_cirkel_4a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/programme-note_cirkel_4A.png?fit=576%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,358\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"programme-note_cirkel_4A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/programme-note_cirkel_4A.png?fit=576%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2254\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/programme-note_cirkel_4A.png?resize=400%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/programme-note_cirkel_4A.png?resize=400%2C249&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/programme-note_cirkel_4A.png?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>When I close my eyes, I dream of peace<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">for mixed choir in many languages<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>Duration 10 min<\/p>\n<p>Part 1 \u2013 4 min<br \/>\nPart 2 \u2013 6 min<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics in this piece is just one sentence long, said by an eleven<br \/>\nyear old Croatian boy during the Yugoslav Wars:<br \/>\nWhen I close my eyes, I dream of peace<br \/>\nNo name were to be found where I found this text.<\/p>\n<p>Part 1 Just in English is a tunelike mixture of English and onomato-<br \/>\npoetic syllables.<\/p>\n<p>Part 2 In twelve tongues is sung in different languages<br \/>\nwhere each language has its own melody and character. I have<br \/>\nin many cases used scales and rhythms from the corresponding<br \/>\nlanguage: In Arabic there is a beautiful Arabic scale, in Swahili the<br \/>\nlyrics are sung in a rhythmic, groovy way, in Russian the melody<br \/>\nsounds deep and emotional through a male choir, in Swedish the<br \/>\ndanceble tune is sung in 3\/4 metre, and so on.<br \/>\nThis piece is a peace project, so feel free to use it with variation<br \/>\nand in a suitable way for your choir. There is a short version available that consists of<br \/>\nthe second part only, but with an additional introduction.<\/p>\n<p>19 January 2016<br \/>\nKarin Rehnqvist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I close my eyes, I dream of peace for mixed choir in many languages Duration 10 min Part 1 \u2013 4 min <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1040,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3952","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P79arM-11K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3962,"url":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/programme-notes\/when-i-close-my-eyes-i-dream-of-peace-short-version\/","url_meta":{"origin":3952,"position":0},"title":"WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES, I DREAM OF PEACE (short version)","author":"Johan N\u00e4slund","date":"August 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"When I close my eyes, I dream of peace (short version) In twelve tongues for mixed choir in many languages duration 6 min The lyrics in this piece is just one sentence long, said by an eleven year old Croatian boy during the Yugoslav Wars: When I close my eyes,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/programme-note_cirkel_4A-400x249.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2221,"url":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/listen-to-the-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":3952,"position":1},"title":"Listen to the music","author":"admin2","date":"September 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Salve ReginaNederlands Kamerkoor, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard, conductor\u201dLIVE\u201d Karin Rehnqvist, Composer [Sterling Modern CD3002-2] Sun Song\/ Sols\u00e5ngenLena Willemark, soprano.\u00a0Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Niklas Will\u00e9n, conductor[BIS 966, Intim Musik IMCD 037] \u00a0Preludes for a large orchestra,\u00a0met 2Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm,\u00a0Niklas Will\u00e9n, conductor When I close my eyes, I dream of peaceSchola Cantorum,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"KR-cd_Live_omslag","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/KR-cd_Live_omslag-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2806,"url":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/autumn-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":3952,"position":2},"title":"Autumn 2023","author":"admin2","date":"November 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"10 September 2023The RiddleMalva Quartet Ny Musik I S\u00f6rmland, Dr\u00f6mfabriken, Stallarholmen, Sweden, 4 pm 13 September 2023Course\/seminar for young composers: Landesakademie Ochsenhausen, Germany, September 9\u201314.Universe \u2013 premiere 1\u00a0Orpheus Vokalensemble. 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