Since 1983, she has composed choral music for all kinds of ensembles: treble choir, powerful girls’ choir, women’s choir, men’s choir, mixed choir, and soloist choir. A cappella or with varying instrumental accompaniment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most things have been going forward. But her real breakthrough work from 1994 – David’s Nimm<\/em> – is actually backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, until the spring of 2021, there will be a total of 60+ different works for choirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I read a lot of poetry, am constantly looking for lyrics to compose, says Karin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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 will need tones, rhythms, timbre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Harry Martinson’s book Dikter om ljus och m\u00f6rker<\/em> (Poems about light and darkness<\/em>), there are many colors and lines, says Karin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are more poets and authors than Martinson who have been given a place in her various choral works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are Werner Apenstr\u00f6m, Bo Bergman, Erik Blomberg, Gunnar Bj\u00f6rling, Stig Dagerman, Kerstin Ekman, Gunnar Ekel\u00f6f, Bj\u00f6rn von Rosen, G\u00f6ran Sonnevi. As well as some foreign poets: Paul Celan, Eug\u00e9ne Guillevic, Nelly Sachs, William Shakespeare, Edith S\u00f6dergran, to name a few. For the original titles in Swedish, please visit this page<\/a><\/em> <\/a>\u203a<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 1983, she has composed choral music for all kinds of ensembles: treble choir, powerful girls’ choir, women’s choir, men’s choir, mixed choir, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2203,"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":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-misc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79arM-zp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4296,"url":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/autumn-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":2195,"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":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Karin-Rehnqvist-2019_popartnoter_2.jpg?fit=1559%2C1006&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195","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=2195"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3249,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195\/revisions\/3249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A lot of poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nA TRIUMPH TO EXIST<\/td> 1990<\/td> for women\u2019s chorus<\/td><\/tr> AS LONG AS THE MOON SHALL RISE<\/td> 2020<\/td> for treble chorus and solo voices<\/td><\/tr> AUNT ESTHER<\/td> 1990<\/td> for treble chorus<\/td><\/tr> COME HERE, ALL!<\/td> 1993<\/td> fanfare for treble chorus and two trumpets, alt. organ<\/td><\/tr> DAVID’S NIMM <\/td> 1984<\/td> for three female voices and women\u2019s chorus ad lib<\/td><\/tr> DAY IS HERE<\/td> 2018<\/td> for eight solo solo voices and strings<\/td><\/tr> DER HERR IST MEIN HIRTE\/ THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD<\/td> 2007<\/td> for treble chorus<\/td><\/tr> DO NOT FEAR THE DARKNESS<\/td> 1997\/2007<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> FRIENDS AND THE SUN \/Like the sun\/The Monkey Song<\/td> 1992<\/td> for treble chorus<\/td><\/tr> GIVE US YOUR PEACE<\/td> 2009<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> GRAIN OF MUSTARD<\/td> 1983<\/td> for three-part treble chorus<\/td><\/tr> GREATER AND SMALLER<\/td> 2003<\/td> for male chorus<\/td><\/tr> HAYA! \u2013 Song of the Joy of Day<\/td> 2009\/2011<\/td> or two mixed choirs<\/td><\/tr> HAYA! \u2013 Song of the Joy of Day<\/td> 2009<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> HEAVY THUNDER<\/td> 2021<\/td> for mixed chorus and cello<\/td><\/tr> HERE AM I. WHERE ARE YOU?<\/td> 1989<\/td> for vigorous girls\u2019 choir and congas (alt. bongos\/tablas\/darbouka)<\/td><\/tr> I RAISE MY HANDS<\/td> 2017<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> IN HEAVEN’S HALL<\/td> 1998\/2004<\/td> for treble chorus and four solo voices<\/td><\/tr> IN HEAVEN’S HALL<\/td> 1998<\/td> for mixed chorus and four solo voices<\/td><\/tr> IN PRAISE OF WISDOM<\/td> 1996<\/td> for mixed chorus and two children voices<\/td><\/tr> IN PRAISE OF WISDOM<\/td> 1996<\/td> for women\u2019s choir and two young soloists<\/td><\/tr> LE CHANT 1 & LE CHANT 2<\/td> 2020<\/td> canon for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> LIFE\u2019S A FALDERA<\/td> 1996<\/td> canon for mixed or treble chorus<\/td><\/tr> LIGHT OF LIGHT<\/td> 2003<\/td> for children\u2019s choir and symphony orchestra<\/td><\/tr> MY SONG<\/td> 2016<\/td> for mixed chorus or treble chorus with instruments ad lib<\/td><\/tr> NIGHT<\/td> 2021<\/td> for mixed chorus (SSAAT) and cello<\/td><\/tr> NIGHT WILL COME<\/td> 1996\/2003<\/td> for treble chorus<\/td><\/tr> NIGHT WILL NOT COME<\/td> 1996\/2003<\/td> for male chorus<\/td><\/tr> NOTHING<\/td> 2004<\/td> for alto flute and women\u2019s chorus<\/td><\/tr> ONE BROTHER MORE and THE INCHWORM<\/td> 1996\/2005<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> ONE BROTHER MORE and THE INCHWORM<\/td> 1996\/2005<\/td> for women\u2019s chorus<\/td><\/tr> REQUIEM AETERNAM<\/td> 2008<\/td> for two sopranos, mixed choir and orchestra<\/td><\/tr> SALVE REGINA \u2013 HEAVENLY QUEEN<\/td> 2007<\/td> for mixed chorus, fl., ob., kl., mand, guitar, harp, perc. piano<\/td><\/tr> SJI OLWATT<\/td> 1989\/2020<\/td> for female soloist, percussion and mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> SJI OLWATT<\/td> 1989\/2020<\/td> for female soloist, percussion and women’s chorus<\/td><\/tr> SONG FROM THE TALE OF FATUMEH<\/td> 1988<\/td> for 12-part men\u2019s chorus<\/td><\/tr> SONGS FROM THE EARTH \/Night on our earth\/Do not fear the darkness<\/td> 1992\/2008<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> SONGS FROM THE EARTH \/Night on our earth\/Do not fear the darkness<\/td> 1992<\/td> for treble chorus<\/td><\/tr> SONGS FROM THE NORTH<\/td> 2018<\/td> for soloists and mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> SOURDOUGH<\/td> 1983<\/td> for treble chorus, perc., strings and winds ad lib<\/td><\/tr> TEILE DICH NACHT<\/td> 2002<\/td> for mixed chorus and solo female voice<\/td><\/tr> TENEBRAE<\/td> 2010<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> THE BREAD IN MY MOUTH<\/td> 2009<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> THE ETERNITY OF DARKNESS<\/td> 1996\/2005<\/td> for treble chorus, mixed chorus and timpani<\/td><\/tr> THE FIELDS OF LIGHT<\/td> 1989<\/td> for mixed chorus and string trio ad lib<\/td><\/tr> THE FIELDS OF LIGHT<\/td> 1989<\/td> for women\u2019s choir and string trio ad lib<\/td><\/tr> THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD<\/td> 2007\/2010<\/td> for treble chorus<\/td><\/tr> THE RAVEN HIMSELF IS HOARSE <\/td> 2004<\/td> for women\u2019s chorus<\/td><\/tr> THE WORLD CLOCK<\/td> 2017<\/td> for mixed choir and cello<\/td><\/tr> TILT<\/td> 1985<\/td> drama for mixed chorus a cappella<\/td><\/tr> TIME IS CALLING FOR YOU\/ Night\/Heavy Thunder\/The World Clock<\/td> 2021<\/td> for mixed chorus and cello; mvt 3 piano is added<\/td><\/tr> TO THE ANGEL WITH THE FIERY HANDS<\/td> 2000<\/td> for mixed chorus and oboe<\/td><\/tr> TO THE ANGEL WITH THE FIERY HANDS<\/td> 2001<\/td> for women’s chorus and oboe<\/td><\/tr> TO THE ANGEL WITH THE FIERY HANDS \u2013 Concert version<\/td> 1990\u20132005<\/td> for women’s chorus, solo voice and four instruments<\/td><\/tr> TRIOMPHE D\u2019EXISTER\/ A TRIUMPH TO EXIST<\/td> 2008<\/td> for children\u2019s chorus and symphony orchestra<\/td><\/tr> TWO CHEERFUL SONGS FOR CHOIR\/ Life\u2019s a Faldera and The Monkey Song<\/td> 1990<\/td> for mixed or treble chorus.<\/td><\/tr> WELCOME!<\/td> 2016<\/td> for mixed chorus, two alto saxophones and vibes<\/td><\/tr> WHEN NIGHT CONFERS REPOSE<\/td> 2003<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr> WHEN YOU BUT WALK THE GROUND<\/td> 1995<\/td> for mixed chorus<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"