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Kim Hedås (1965- )

Under the Air

For Alto recorder, bass clarinet, viola and cello (2002) This is what Kim herself writes about the music: Muffled and dark timbre or another kind of intensity and lustre? I felt a desire to hear these four instruments together, to provide space for their particular timbres. The first idea was to write a kind of square music, with very restrained expressions. The last idea was to let the music become whatever it wanted to, more diverse and free, with the square as a background. "Under the Air" is music about that which perhaps is not visible, but is constantly going on - below time, below ground, below the surface.

Ludvig norman (1831-1885)

Piano sextet op. 29.

Ludvig Norman's sextet, one of the most important Swedish works for string ensemble with piano, was written in the winter 1868 to 1869. A high-quality exponent of the German tradition of its period, it is enjoyable both to play and to listen to. Although recorded on several occasions, this is the first printed edition of the sextet.

Ludvig Norman was one of the most prominent people in Swedish music life from 1850 to 1885. In addition to being an important composer, he served as principal conductor of the Royal Opera Orchestra, taught at the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music, and wrote and edited texts about music.

Torsten Nilsson (1920-1999)

Ecce Venit Cum Nubibus op. 35

In the often performed "Ecce venit", Torsten Nilsson has assembled dramatic texts from the Book of Revelation to form seven short songs. The work is composed to follow both the Latin Vulgate and the Swedish translation, for high mezzo or soprano and organ. The music is in part expressively romantic, in part dramatic. The voice part is accompanied by an almost improvisationally vivid organ part.

Torsten Nilsson has enriched the sacred solo voice repertoire with several important pieces, for example, Consolamini, consolamini, popule meus, written in 1965 and premiered in Berlin (published by Bärenreiter). Since the voice part of "Ecce venit" is not as technically demanding as "Consolamini", these seven songs stand a better chance of being included in the repertoire of numerous singers.

The Swedish Art Music Society (Musikaliska konstföreningen) is a non-profit organisation with the aim of publishing Swedish art music. It was founded in 1859. Each year, one or a couple of pieces of music are selected for publication. Often, contemporary music is chosen, but sometimes the organisation elects to publish older masterpieces which have remained unpublished.