Tomas Tranströmer - I am happy here
External organiser: Samtida Musik
A musical tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning poet Welcome to a release concert for a unique edition of sheet music, with poetry by Tomas Tranströmer set to music. Participants include Anne Sofie von Otter, Fredrik Zetterström, Alexandra Büchel, Elise Einarsdotter, Amanda Ginsburg, Bengt Forsberg and Love Derwinger. Stina Ekblad hosts the concert.
It is well known that Tomas Tranströmer had a unique, special relationship with music. Now STIM/Svensk Musik’s publishing house Edition Suecia has published sheet music with the Nobel Prize-winning poet’s work set to music. The poems span Tranströmer’s entire career, from his first collection, “17 Poems” from 1954, to his last – “The Great Enigma” from 2004. The composers hail from various genres, from songs to lieder.
The sheet music edition is the result of a vision and effort to inspire composers to set Swedish poetry to music – and to give singers and pianists a goldmine from which to find concert programmes.
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The music
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Stefan Nilsson Allegro
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Lennart Hedwall Svarta vykort II
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Ylva Skog Storm
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Stefan Forssén Snö faller
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Britta Byström En konstnär i norr
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Hans Gefors Allegro
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Margareta Hallin C-dur3 min
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Thomas Jennefelt C-dur
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Paula af Malmborg Ward Långsam musik
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Elise Einarsdotter Hemligheter på vägen
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Intermission25 min
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Anders Eliasson Along the Radius10 min
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Iiris Viljanen Palatset
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Ylva Q Arkvik Utdrag ur Memoaren
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Håkan Parkman Espresso2 min
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Miklós Maros Ur Haikudikter VII
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Amanda Ginsburg/Filip Ekestubbe Från berget
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Mats Larsson Gothe Romanska bågar
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Participants
- Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano
- Fredrik Zetterström baritone
- Alexandra Büchel soprano
- Elise Einarsdotter piano
- Amanda Ginsburg vocals
- Bengt Forsberg piano
- Love Derwinger piano
- Stina Ekblad cicerone