{"id":1013,"date":"2016-01-25T22:40:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T21:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2025-08-10T17:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:34:53","slug":"chamber-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/chamber-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber music"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026and so the day ends (1994\/2024), 5′
\nfor saxophone quartet
\nComposed for the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
\nGehrmans<\/a>
\nProgramme note<\/a>  |  Score sample<\/a><\/p>\n

THE RIDDLE\/ G\u00e5tan (2017)
\nfor string quartet. 8′
\nComposed for the Kronos Quartet, Fifty for the Future
\nListen  |  Programme note  |  Score:
\nFree for downloading and listening here<\/a> \u203a<\/p>\n

IN ORBIT \u2013 a moving quartet (2017)
\nfor violin, clarinet, cello and piano
\nCa 25′
\nListen<\/a>  |  Programme note<\/a>  |  Score sample<\/a><\/p>\n

OB\u00d6NH\u00d6RLIGT<\/span> (Inexorably) (2010)
\nfor brass quintet. C<\/span>a 2,5 min
\nCommissioned by Musik G\u00e4vleborg for the brass festival Signal and The Stockholm Chamber Brass 
\nProgramme note<\/a> |  Score sample<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

BEGINNING (Begynnelsen) (2003)
\nfor piano trio. 15′.
\nCommissioned by BBC and Royal Philharmonic Society for Kungsbacka Pianotrio. Premiered in Temple Church, City of London, July 2003.
\nSvensk Musik<\/a>
\nListen<\/a> |  Programme note<\/a> |  Score sample<\/a><\/p>\n

LOD (Plummet) (1986\/2000)
\nfor flute, harp and cello. 7′.
\nCommissioned 1986 by Rikskonserter\/Concerts Sweden for Barock Modern. 2000-version for Festival Foro, Mexico City.
\nSvensk Musik<\/a>
\nListen<\/a> |  Score sample<\/a><\/p>\n

VALV\/ Vaults (1996\/2002)
\nVersion f\u00f6r bl\u00e5skvintett. 12\u2019
\nSvensk Musik<\/a>
\nScore sample<\/a><\/p>\n

VALV (Vaults) (1996)
\nfor brass quintet. 10′.
\nCommissioned by Musik i Uppland for Linn\u00e9kvintetten.
\nSvensk Musik<\/a>
\nScore sample<\/a><\/p>\n

R\u00c4DDA MIG UR DYN (Save me from sinking in the mire) (1994)
\nversion for soprano and alto saxophones. 4′.
\nText: The Book of Psalms 69:15.
\nISCM Stockholm 1994.
\nEd. Reimers
\nListen<\/a><\/p>\n

D\u00c5DRA \u2013 ‘an exploding chorale\u2019 (1992)
\nfor trombone and percussion. 9’.
\nCommissioned by Rikskonserter\/Concerts Sweden.
\nSvensk Musik<\/a><\/p>\n

LOD (Plummet) (1986)
\nfor tenor recorder, arch lute and cello. 7′.
\nCommissioned by Rikskonserter\/Concerts Sweden for Barock Modern.
\nSvensk Musik<\/a>
\nListen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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A carefully devised bordun. Chromatic strings of notes that fall and rise. These are the elements of this evensong. The quartet of saxophones \u2014 one alto, two tenors, and one baritone \u2014 makes a dark sound. 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