{"id":1949,"date":"2019-12-12T14:54:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2019-12-12T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T13:55:02","slug":"the-expression-should-be-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/the-expression-should-be-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2013 The expression should be strong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 2019: Karin Rehnqvist is the composer of the month at Gehrman&#8217;s music publishing company, Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how she is presented:<br>Karin Rehnqvist&#8217;s music moves in the borderland between folk and art music. She has integrated the ancient female singing technique called kulning into a personal tone language that gave birth to driving classics such as<em> In Heaven&#8217;s Hal<\/em>l, where the girl choir surprises with her powerful expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she formed KVAST (2008) she believed her career was over &#8211; today she is a professor of composition at the Royal Collage of Music in Stockholm  (since 2009) and one of the most played Swedish composers on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">About Drifted<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/the-expression-should-be-strong\/#The_beautiful_Swedish_choir_world\" >The beautiful, Swedish choir world<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/the-expression-should-be-strong\/#Here_some_tastings\" >Here, some tastings:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_beautiful_Swedish_choir_world\"><\/span>The beautiful, Swedish choir world<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The most beautiful Karin Rehnqvist knows is the Swedish choral world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 The choral song is my home and the voice my instrument, the composer says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Someone has written about my music that it articulates itself. Like that backwards sound in<em> David&#8217;s Nimm<\/em>. And it should be accurate and clear!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 My expression can be quite straightforward and I think that fits well with folk music. I use scales derived from it, with quartones. If I write for strings, it may be a little noisy at the strings, as it does in folk music. The expression should be strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Here_some_tastings\"><\/span>Here, some tastings:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify%3Auser%3Agehrmans.se%3Aplaylist%3A6EmowKSJf85FaQnys6WHe5\" style=\"display:block; margin:0 auto; width:300px; height:380px;\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2019: Karin Rehnqvist is the composer of the month at Gehrman&#8217;s music publishing company, Sweden. 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