{"id":2069,"date":"2021-02-16T18:29:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2021-08-29T18:39:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T17:39:55","slug":"premiere-of-a-new-choral-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/premiere-of-a-new-choral-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"Premi\u00e8re of a new choral suite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On March 27, 2021, there will be a pr\u00e8miere of a new suite with three pieces for choir by Karin Rehnqvist \u2013 <em>Time is calling to you!<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The performance is done during the festival <strong>Svensk Musikv\u00e5r <\/strong>in the concert hall Musikaliska, Stockholm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participating in the world premi\u00e8re are <strong>Gustaf Sj\u00f6kvist&#8217;s Chamber Choir<\/strong>, <strong>Mattias Rodrick<\/strong>, cello, and <strong>Anna Christensson<\/strong>, piano. The conductor is <strong>Florian Benfer<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suite of about 20 minutes contains the choral pieces <em>V\u00e4rldsklockan<\/em>\/The World Clock (composed 2013) and newly composed <em>Natt<\/em>\/Night and <em>H\u00e4ftigt \u00e5skv\u00e4der<\/em>\/Heavy Thunder (from 2021). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lyrics are by the Swedish author <strong>Harry Martinson<\/strong> (1904\u20131978) and Karin Rehnqvist has chosen them from his collection<em> Poems about light and darkness<\/em> from 1971. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karin Rehnqvist emphasizes the importance of being careful with herself and others in these times and says that her music &#8220;becomes softer, the sound more subdued&#8221;.<\/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 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/premiere-of-a-new-choral-suite\/#Constantly_looking_for_lyrics_to_compose\" >Constantly looking for lyrics to compose<\/a><\/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\/premiere-of-a-new-choral-suite\/#Maybe_more_compositions\" >Maybe more compositions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Constantly_looking_for_lyrics_to_compose\"><\/span>Constantly looking for lyrics to compose <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 I read a lot of poetry, constantly looking for lyrics to compose, Karin comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 When I find something where there may be an opportunity for music, I make a line in the margin with a colored pencil. Maybe one day that particular poem needs tones, rhythms, timbre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In Harry Martinson&#8217;s book Poems about light and darkness, there are many colors and lines, says Karin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Maybe_more_compositions\"><\/span>Maybe more compositions <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 When I was going to do a piece for choir and cello in 2013, I chose the introductory poem V\u00e4rldsklockan\/The World Clock.; Heavy seas eat on the mountains of time \/ and the mountains gather in the seas of time. <br>\u2013 What magnificent poetry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013  I made notes for more poems in Martinson&#8217;s book and thought that maybe it could be new pieces one day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A choir conductor and a cellist asked for a piece, which turned into two; <em>Night<\/em> and<em> Heavy Thunder<\/em>. Together with<em> The World Clock<\/em>, they form a twenty-minute long suite, but each piece can also be performed separately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 27, 2021, there will be a pr\u00e8miere of a new suite with three pieces for choir by Karin Rehnqvist \u2013 Time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[4,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-notes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tiden-ropar_svit-KR_3.jpg?fit=1757%2C983&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79arM-xn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2753,"url":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/rehnqvist-in-connection-with-mozart\/","url_meta":{"origin":2069,"position":0},"title":"Rehnqvist in connection with Mozart","author":"admin2","date":"October 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Two major choral works will be performed on Thursday 2 November 2023 in Helsingborg's concert hall: a well-known Swedish contemporary composer in a concert program with the most brilliant composers of the late 18th century \u2013 Karin Rehnqvist, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart respectively. 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