I RAISE MY HANDS (JAG LYFTER MINA H\u00c4NDER)<\/p>\n
for mixed choir
\nBased on a Swedish folk hymn
\nDuration ca 4 min.<\/p>\n
This piece is dedicated to the choral conductor and music pedagogue Bo Johansson (1943\u20132016).<\/p>\n
Bo founded the Adolf Fredrik\u2019s Girls\u2019 Choir, which he led for 38 years. The choir reached fame for their special girls\u2019 choir\u2019s sound and unconventional concert programmes. Bo developped choral singing in all its aspects with plenty of humour and with great imagination.<\/p>\n
He conducted workshops and masterclasses all over the world and never ceased to be curious about new music, always looking for more challenges. To me he was a great source of inspiration and a dear friend.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Karin Rehnqvist<\/em><\/p>\n Text, Jakob Arrhenius (1694):<\/em><\/p>\n Jag lyfter mina h\u00e4nder upp till Guds berg och hus. Fr\u00e5n dem han hj\u00e4lpen s\u00e4nder och skickar ut sitt ljus. Mig Herren hj\u00e4lp bejakar som jord och himmel gjort; min b\u00f6n han ej f\u00f6rsakar men skyddar mig alltfort. Han l\u00e5ter mina f\u00f6tter ej slinta, ty han \u00e4r en v\u00e4ktare, ej tr\u00f6tter, och blir mig alltid n\u00e4r. Han n\u00e5digt mig bevarar och skyddar mig fr\u00e5n fall, mig dag och natt f\u00f6rsvarar \u2014 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I RAISE MY HANDS (JAG LYFTER MINA H\u00c4NDER) for mixed choir Based on a Swedish folk hymn Duration ca 4 min. This piece <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programme-notes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79arM-rP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4296,"url":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/autumn-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":1725,"position":0},"title":"Autumn 2026","author":"Kulturpartikeln","date":"October 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Upcoming performances during the autumn and winter.","rel":"","context":"In "Latest"","block_context":{"text":"Latest","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/category\/latest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bakgr_abstr_kalendarium25namnteckn_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C643&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bakgr_abstr_kalendarium25namnteckn_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C643&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bakgr_abstr_kalendarium25namnteckn_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C643&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bakgr_abstr_kalendarium25namnteckn_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C643&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bakgr_abstr_kalendarium25namnteckn_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C643&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1725"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2176,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions\/2176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nI raise my hands towards God\u2019s hill and house.<\/p>\n
\nUntil them he sends his help and shines his light.<\/p>\n
\nThe Lord grants me help, who made heaven and earth;<\/p>\n
\nHe hears my prayers and shelters me forevermore<\/p>\n
\nHe does not let my feet stumble, for he is<\/p>\n
\na guardian, unwearied and always by my side.<\/p>\n
\nHe keeps me in his grace and protects me from falling,<\/p>\n
\nguarding me day and night \u2014<\/p>\n