WIEGENLIEDER IM ALL\/ LULLABIES IN SPACE <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For mixed choir and blackcap obbligato
Duration: c. 7 min.
Texts in Swedish and German<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From an old Swedish folk hymn, cradle songs grow, unfurling into the world, into space. Their melodies meet and intertwine. Sounds and phrases mingle. All is quiet, full of hope and trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lullaby and the prayer are among the oldest musical utterances of humankind. Since the beginning, we have quieted and comforted our children by singing them to sleep. In prayer and stillness, we have found strength and asked for help in hard and confusing times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now is such a time: a hard time of pandemic, war, and climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The social body is vulnerable. People are vulnerable. We need tender music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karin Rehnqvist
4 April 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The piece includes a soundtrack of a blackcap bird\u2019s song. It was recorded by Sten Wahlstr\u00f6m for Radio Sweden and edited by Erik Klinga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wiegenlieder im All<\/em> was composed for and commissioned by the Neuer Kammerchor Berlin. 1. Die Erde ruhet stille, 2. Der Mond schwebt still in der Nacht. 3. Schlaf ein, kleines Federkind, \u2013 Karin Rehnqvist<\/em> WIEGENLIEDER IM ALL\/ LULLABIES IN SPACE For mixed choir and blackcap obbligatoDuration: c. 7 min.Texts in Swedish and German From an old Swedish <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2250,"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-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-programme-notes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79arM-IO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4296,"url":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/autumn-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":2778,"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\/programme-note_cirkel_1A.png?fit=567%2C358&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","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=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2783,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions\/2783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Its first performance was on 7 May 2022 in the St. Matth\u00e4us Church, Berlin, conducted by Adrian Emans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Texts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
die Luft ist k\u00fchl und dunkel,
alle W\u00e4lder schlafen s\u00fc.;
und du, mein Kind, sollst schlafen,
alle Wolken und alle V\u00f6gel schlafen,
Tr\u00e4um sch\u00f6n bis morgen,
wenn die Sonne wieder scheint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Der Himmel schimmert von Sternen,
und die Planeten gr\u00fc.en uns aus der Ferne.
Es leuchtet \u00fcber dir.
Es schimmert \u00fcber dir und mir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schlaf ein, schlaf sch\u00f6n.
Morgen fliegen wir mit dem Winde,
morgen fliegen wir weit hinaus;
\u00fcber Berge und Fl\u00fcsse,
\u00fcber St\u00e4dte und K\u00fche;
dann, ganz ohne M\u00fche,
sind wir wieder zuhaus\u2019.
Schlaf ein, schlaf sch\u00f6n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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