{"id":1828,"date":"2019-04-29T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T12:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2019-04-29T13:39:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T12:39:25","slug":"world-premiere-of-bloodhoof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/world-premiere-of-bloodhoof\/","title":{"rendered":"World Premiere of Bloodhoof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a long process of testing and composing is finally the latest work by Karin Rehnqvist<\/strong> ready for its first performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blodhov\/ Bloodhoof <\/em>will be premiered at the Gothenburg Concert Hall the 24th of May (during the Point Music Festival<\/strong>) \u2013 a monodrama for mezzo-soprano and eight instruments. Duration: 42 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gerdur Kristn\u00fd<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The poetry suite, written by the Icelandic poet Gerdur Kristn\u00fd,<\/strong> has its origins in the macho world of the Nordic gods. But here, Kristn\u00fd and composer Karin Rehnqvist turn the perspective around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do the women of  the story see things, and in what way is that valid today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019Across the sky crept the darkness, full of fangs\u2026\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, only a handful of words are needed to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Singer Lena Willemark<\/strong> and Ensemble Recherche<\/strong> from Freiburg deliver loaded chamber music drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clattering of hooves
on the slabs of rock
was like breaking of bones
Skirnirs voice rose
over dusk-covered trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

nine nights\u2019 worth\u00a0
of fear
one night
after the other
each worse
than the last<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texts from the poem Blodhov (Bl\u00f3\u2202h\u00f3fnir, Boodhoof) by Ger\u2202ur Kristn\u00fd, translated from Icelandic into Swedish by John Swedenmark<\/strong>, adapted by Karin Rehnqvist and Svante Grogarn<\/strong>. Sung in Swedish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blodhov\/ Bloodhoof<\/em> was commissioned by Musikverket (Swedish Performing Arts Agency), with additional support from\u00a0Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustration by Jenny Soep.



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