Chamber and Solo Works

En heligare gud (2022)

En heligare gud (A holier god) is a piece for seven musicians and electronica. The work features Edith Södergrans poem Mysteriet (The mystery) from 1920. A text about brutality and of the mystery of humanities origin, presence and future.

Performed by Norrbotten NEO and Nathalie Czarnecki.

Conducted by Maria Itkonen.

Duration 9´´

Rosa (2021)

Rosa (Pink) is a piece for solo violin and electronica. The work features anonymous testimonies from survivors to the atomic bombs over Japan aswell as US military personnel. The work is written in homage to the remembrance of the atomic bomb disasters in Japan in 1945.

Performed by Karin Hellqvist.

Duration 7´´

Vocal Works

Stjärnorna stiga (2022)

Stjärnorna stiga (The stars are rising) is a piece for mixed choir (SATB). The work features excerpts from Edith Södergran ́s collection of poems Framtidens skugga (The shadow of the future), published in 1920. It is a multilayered story about humanity’s origin, presence, and future, about brutality and sins, about solidarity and compassion captured in speed and force. A song about the infinite mystery of the universe, sung out by iron.

Performed by Swedish Royal Collage of Music´s vocal ensemble. Soprano solo performed by Kathrin Lorenzen.

Cunducted by Leon Scholl.

Duration 7´´

Orchestral

Memoriae (2021)

Memoriae (Memory) is a peace for wind orchestra. The mumbling and whispering of the musicians can be heard throughout the piece and are stories of happiness, motherhood and fear, personal to the orchestra. A psychological and personal work for both composer and ensemble. Memoriae is written in homage to the remembrance of the atomic bomb disasters in Japan 1945.

Performed by The Swedish Wind Ensemble.

Conducted by Anders Emilsson.

Duration 4´´

Electroacoustic

Rosa v2 (2021)

Rosa v2 (Pink v2) is a piece originally written for 29 loadspeakers. The work features anonymous testimonies from survivors to the atomic bombs over Japan aswell as US military personnel. Rosa v2 is written in homage to the remembrance of the atomic bomb disasters in Japan 1945.

Violin performed by Karin Hellqvist.

Duration 3´´

Improvisations

Piano improvisation (2018)

Performed by Jonathan Söderlund.

Duration 8´30´´

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