Lars Edlund PSCD 135

Newsletter from the Swedish Music Information Centre
1•2001
A Swedish Macbeth
NEW RELEASE ON PHONO SUECIA
May 17th sees the première in the Göteborg Opera House of Macbeth by Jan
Sandström – he who is famous for the
Motorbike Concerto and as the composer
of the opera Bombi Bitt. The libretto is by
K. G. Johansson and based on Shakespeare. Macbeth is sung by Marcus Jupither and his vile lady by Ulrike Tenstam. The conductor is B. Tommy Andersson. The opera will be performed in
Stockholm during the next season.
The 19th Swedish
Music Day on air
on May 26th 2001
Radio stations are cordially invited to participate – through their broadcasts – in
the celebration of the 19th Swedish Music
Day on May 26th. If you are not already
on our mailing list, please get in touch
with us for new CDs.
Photo: H.P. Larsson
Swedish Music
Festivals 2001
LARS EDLUND AND TOMAS TRANSTRÖMER.
L
ars Edlund (b.in 1922) began in
the 60s a pioneering pedagogical
career at the Royal College of Music
in Stockholm. Methodical new thinking
coupled with artistic consciousness
would make his development unique.
Edlund has never been loyal to any
“ism”, never belonged to a group. He has
simply been himself, following his own
path, polishing an expressive and singing
compositional language, often free of
tonality but occasionally with tonal goals.
A journey through the works of Lars Edlund with an accent on the choral pieces
reveals great breadth with regard to size
and musical expression as well as to the
level of technical difficulty. His language
may be abstract, but he has the ability to
use abstractions to communicate powerful emotions.
There are several common denominators uniting Tomas Tranströmer and Lars
Edlund: both have a strong spiritual dimension; the methaphorical technique of
Tranströmer can be seen even in Lars
Ikoner
Lars Edlund
Edlund; and both have been forced to interrupt their creation due to sickness.
Edlund’s suite for choir and orchestra
Ikoner (Icons) (1994) was composed to
poetry from the collections “Det vilda torget” and “För levande och döda”. Paradiso was finished during 1995/96 and
consists of three songs from Dante’s Divine Comedy. Två Dikter (1970) is composed to two poems by Östen Sjöstrand.
The setting is for choir and piano with a
soprano solo in the second song. Näverbitar (1998) was commissioned by the
Swedish Choral Association, Sveriges
Sångarförbund and the bank Föreningssparbanken. Their vision was a work in
the spirit of Lars-Erik Larsson’s Förklädd
Gud, i. e. for choir, orchestra and soloists
and also be feasible for amateur choirs.
Edlund chose poems from Gunnar Ekelöf’s “Non serviam” called Painted on
Birchbark, where he captured six different views of the Lapland landscape, both
of nature and people.
PSCD 135
When Sweden closes for
HAPARANDA
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the summer the popula24
tion heads off into the
PITEÅ
countryside. And since
it does not have its
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habitual stress to
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bear, its ears are
open to music
making. Add the
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pastoral sur7 DALHALLA
roundings for a
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SILJAN 28
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further aid for
39 ÖSTHAMMAR
27 SAXÅ
33 30 STOCKHOLM
favourable
38 VÄRMLAND
32 9 Riddarholmsmusik
14 31 Drottningholm
listening. That’s
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Musik på slottet
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why you will
Gospel/körfestival
Jazz Festival
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find Swedish
Gryt/Solbacka
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15 VADSTENA
GRÄNNA
STENUNGmusic festi- SUND JÖNKÖPING 18
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VIRSERUM 37
vals in the
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GLASRIKET
BÅSTAD
countryside
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in the summer. KULLALYCKÅ
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BYGDEN
KRISTIANSTAD
There is a
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wide variety FALSTERBO
of programmes taking place all over the
country from Skanör-Falsterbo in the
south to Haparanda in the north.
Take a look at www.musikfestivaler.se
or order your copy of the programme (in
English, German, Finnish and Swedish)
from Svenska Musikfestivaler, Rödhakevägen 3, SE-906 51 Umeå, Sweden.
Fax: +46(0)90-777 505;
e-mail: info@musikfestivaler.se
WASBE
Lars Edlund
IKONER PSCD 135
Ikoner
Paradiso
Två Dikter
Näverbitar
Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Jeanette Köhn, soprano, KarlMagnus Fredriksson, baritone, Ulrika Eckstrand,
soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano, Per Myrberg,
recitation, Gustaf Sjökvist, conductor
VISIT OUR WEBSITE – www.mic.stim.se
This year’s WASBE will be held in Luzern,
Switzerland from July 10th-14th.The Swedish MIC will share a booth there together with the Swedish publisher LEMA. A
representative from the Swedish WASBE
will also be present at the stand to bring
news about next year’s WASBE which is
set to take place in Jönköping in Sweden.
On Tuesday July 10th, Göteborgs Musiken and their conductor Jerker Johansson will perform Erland von Koch’s
Third Piano Concerto and Pavol Simai’s
Nordron.
NEW ACQUISITIONS
This is a list of works deposited
with the Swedish MIC during the past
quarter. Further details on our
website www.mic.stim.se
Copies of the works are obtainable
from the Swedish MIC at SEK 6.80 per
page (minimum price SEK 50).
Keyboard
AHLIN, SVEN (1951)
Bröllopsmarsch (2000) org
BLUM, THOMAS (1971)
Ballade Nr.2 (2000) pf
HALLNÄS, EYVIND (1937)
Fantasi, mellanspel och variation
(2000) pf
Tre inventioner (1999) org/pf
Tre pezzi (2000) pf
Ensemble
BYSTRÖM, BRITTA (1977)
Stänk och flikar (2000) cl & 5 perc pl
CHINI, ANDRÉ (1945)
Surströmmings rap(p) (2000)
fl, vl, vlc, pf
EDÉN, MATS (1957)
Miniatyr 2 ; 3 ; 4 (2000) vl, vla & git
FORSSÉN, STEFAN (1943)
Joy, beauty and boredom (2000)
fl, b-cl, git, 2perc, vl, vlc
FREUDENTHAL, OTTO (1934)
Symfonisk sats (2000)
ob, fag, trb, tuba & pf
HUDECEK, RADOVAN (1945)
Serenad (2000) piano trio
HEDWALL, LENNART (1932)
Sonatina III (2000) pf
Trittico = Triptyk (2000) pf
JANSSON, GUNNAR (1944)
Livslinjer (2000) 2tr, timp, prg
KARKOFF, MAURICE (1927)
Barcarolle op.224 (2000)
pf two hands or left hand
PERSSON, MATS (1943)
Quartetto (2000) b-cl, trb, vlc & pf
Schattenlieder (1978-90)
1-6 beliebige Melodieinstrumente
Stilleben (1996/00) trb & perc
KOCH, ERLAND von (1910)
Festivo (1999/2000) org
KÄCK, MAX (1951)
Svit (1999) pf
ÖSTERLING, FREDRIK (1966)
Nine : the esotheric charm of
austerity (2000) a- fl, vla, a-git
PERSSON, MATS (1943)
Risonanza (2000) vlc solo
Schattenlieder III (1988) vlc solo
Winds
FLODIN, ANDERS (1961)
Studio-Cadenza (2000) cl
HALLNÄS, EYVIND (1937)
Tre versetter (2000) wind quintet
KÄCK, MAX (1951)
Endera eller några (1999) fag
Få av båda (1999) cl
Samma, skillnad (2000) cor i
LARSSON GOTHE, MATS (1965)
Paesaggi di Wahlberg : musik till
bildspel (2000) saxophone quartet
NAESSÉN, RAY (1950)
Sonata fortuna (2001) ob & pf
PERSSON, MATS (1943)
Hannah (2000) b-cl, pf e obligato
STRINDBERG, HENRIK (1954)
Trådar = Threads (2001)
brass quintet
Plucked instruments
JANSSON, GUNNAR (1944)
Just for fun (1999) arpa
KÄCK, MAX (1951)
Gitarrdagbok (1998) git
AXELSSON, JONNY (1963)
Mitt hus (1996) Sopr & vibra
EDITION REIMERS
ENSTRÖM, ROLF (1951)
Kronos (2000)
five voices (Ct2T2B) & tape
FREUDENTHAL, OTTO (1934)
Morgonvind (2000) voice & pf
HEDWALL, LENNART (1932)
Livsgeråd : sånger till dikter av Sten
Hagliden : VI (1998) voice & pf
JANSSON, GUNNAR (1944)
Radfall ; Då allt blir möjligt : två
sånger (2000) Mz & wind quintet
ÖSTERLING, FREDRIK (1966)
[Passionerat : ny musik om kärlek]
Quartetto: étude sentimentale (2000)
S, Mz,Ten, Bar
Choir
ED, FREDRIK (1964)
Tig (2000) vocal ensemble & sax
KARKOFF, MAURICE (1927)
Julbön (1999) male choir
Tre Haiku-dikter op.218 b (1999)
male choir
EYSER, EBERHARD (1932)
Caleidos (2000) quartetto d’archi
Orchestra
BACKMAN, CATHARINA (1961)
Cerise katakres (Kinematografen)
(2001) -- 6/2fl, 2ob, 5/2cl, b-cl/fag,
2tr, trb, 2perc, str
BYSTRÖM, BRITTA (1977)
Barcarole (2000)
LARSSON, MARTIN Q (1968)
Jag vill bo i rymden (2000)
mixed choir
Tusen år på tusen sekunder (2000)
Bar, mixed choir, symph band
-- 2*2*9*2 4232 23 0 cb, 4sax, cnt,
flgh
MARINA, CRISTIAN (1965)
Madrigalissimo (2000) mixed choir
HAMMERTH, JOHAN (1953)
Symfoni nr 1 (2000)
-- 3*3*3*3* 4331 13 1 str
Stage music
HULTQVIST, ANDERS (1955)
The Queen went into the parlour
eating bread and honey (2000)
string orch
LÅNG, PETER (1963)
Havsoratoriet (2000)
S,B soli, mixed choir, -- fl*, cl, 2cor,
tr, trb, timp, perc, cb, pf, org
JANSSON, TORBJÖRN (1961)
En fleurs (2000) -- 2222 2221 12 1 str
MOSSENMARK, STAFFAN (1961)
De fagra jungfrurnas berg : choral
opera in eleven scenes (2000)
choirs & chamber orch
-- fl, cl, tr, trb, perc, str
KÄCK, MAX (1951)
Sinfonia (2000)
string orch (6-6-4-3-2)
MARTINSSON, ROLF (1956)
String moments op.55 (2001)
small string orch (5-4-3-2-1)
String pieces op.54 (2000)
2 string orchestras (teacher-pupils)
UNANDER-SCHARIN, CARL (1964)
Hummelhonung : opera (1999-2000)
Mz/table zither, Ten/harmonica, Bar,
S, T, B, Bar/git, chamber orch
-- 1*1*1*1* 01 0 str, pf/synth
OLOFSSON, KENT (1962)
Enneagram (2000-01) -- 1*1*1*1*
1110 01 1 pf, 2vl, vla, vlc, cb, a-sax
Wind band
KARKOFF, INGVAR (1958)
Dream (efter Roberto Canales film)
(2000-01)
-- 1*131 2331 01 0 cb, a-sax
SIMAI, PAVOL (1930)
In direct light = I motljus (2000)
-- 2*1*6*1 3431 13 1 cb, 2sax, euf
Jazz
Concertos
ADÅKER, ULF (1945)
Odyssey of Karib : konsert (1999)
jazz trio (pf, b, dr) & orch
-- ob, fl/t-sax, brass quintet, 2perc,
string quartet
LARSSON, HÅKAN (1959)
Toccata (2000) 2vl & string orch
LUNDIN, DAG (1943)
Konsert (2000) cl & orch
-- 2222 4110 11 0 str
DA CAPO
Maurice Karkoff
Barcarolle op.224, piano
For the poet op.221, piano
JEPPSSON, KERSTIN (1948)
Alleluja : tre stycken i juletid
(1994-97) mixed choir & org
Strings
A selection of printed music published during
the last months.
Voice
JANSSON, GUNNAR (1944)
Generalens veninde (1998)
male choir & perc
PERSSON, MATS (1943)
Elegia IV (1993) pf with accomp.
(vib/glock/cel/el-git) (ad lib)
JEPPSSON, KERSTIN (1948)
Stråkkvartett nr 2 (1999-2000)
string quartet
VALKARE, GUNNAR (1943)
Avventura : piano concerto (2000)
pf & orch -- 2*2*2*2 2210 02 0 str
EYSER, EBERHARD (1932)
Messa compressa (2000)
p coro e 1 strumento basso
LUNDIN, DAG (1943)
Fabler och fantasier ; 1: 14
miniatyrer för en ung pianist ; 2:
20 miniatyrer för en ung pianist
(2000) pf
FORSBERG, ROLAND (1939)
Pastoral över namnet BACH op.184
(2000) vl & org
NEW MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
FAHLSTRÖM, ÖRJAN (1953)
What if (2001) jazz septet
-- tr/flgh, trb, a-sax/cl, t-sax/b-cl, pf,
b, drums, CD-player
Karin Rehnqvist
To the angel with the fiery hands,
mixed choir and oboe
GEHRMANS
Daniel Börtz
En gycklares berättelser : blockföljtskonsert
recorder and orchestra
Fredrik Högberg
Trombonkonsert, trombone and orchestra
EDITION SUECIA
Staffan Björklund
Dialogues pour piano seul
Fredrik Ed
Flesh, percussion quintet
Kay Holmquist
Luce ed ombra, guitar
Lars-Erik Rosell
Stråkkvartett nr 2 “Mellan tvenne världar”
string quartet
SK-GEHRMANS
C J L Almqvist (arr Sven-Eric Johanson)
Tre songes, mixed choir
Kurt Atterberg
Ave maris stella, mixed choir
Anna Cederberg-Orreteg
Dona nobis pacem, female choir
Våren är vår, treble choir & pf
Christian Geist
Domine in virtute tua laetabitur rex,
2SATB, ensemble
Karl-Fredrik Jehrlander (arr)
Älskaren i gluggen, mixed choir
Povel Ramel (arr David Anstey)
Håll musiken igång, mixed choir & pf
Georg Riedel
Agnus Dei ur Missa increduli, mixed choir
Robert Sund (arr)
Några stänk av Sund, mixed choir
Joakim Unander
O vos omnes, mixed choir
WESSMANS
Arne Castell
Visst ber jag ibland, mixed choir
Stillhetskoral, mixed choir
Anders Johammar
Herren är mitt ljus : fem psaltarpsalmer,
mixed choir, melody instr & org/pf
Maria Löfberg
Hoppas, treble choir
Liten kantat på Kyndelsmässodagen,
Sopr, bar, choir, melody instr
Marsch, 2-part treble choir or 3-part mixed
choir
New music leaders
From February 1st, Björn Stålne has
taken over the position as the Director of
Rikskonserter, The Swedish Concert Institute, following on from Martin Martinsson who has since moved to Malmö
to head up the regional music foundation
in the south of Sweden. Björn Stålne has
had substantial experience working in
the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation as
the Head of the Music Department (P2,
for classical music) and as a music journalist. Since last year he was the Director
of the University College of Opera in
Stockholm.
Stefan Parkman has taken over the
artistic responsibility for the world famous Swedish Radio choir from Tönu
Kaljuste. He has held many important positions both within Sweden and outside.
For eleven years he was the leader of the
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Choir and
has been the principal conductor of the
Danish Radio Choir. He has also been
working in Germany and as a solo singer
himself.
Moving next to the Royal Swedish
Academy of Music there is now a new director or Permanent Secretary as the title
is officially-known. Bengt Holmstrand
has left after many years’ service and Åke
Holmquist has taken assumed the post.
Åke Holmquist served as the director of
the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for more than 10 years and before
that he was the Programme Director for
Rikskonserter, The Swedish Concert Institute.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
FIRST PERFORMANCES
This is a listing of the first performances
that we know about. We would be
happy to include an entry for your
work if you let us know about it prior to
the performance taking place, where
space permits.
January
Get the new
Jazz Facts!
Now is the time to order the new 2001
edition of Jazz Facts, free of charge for
professional users. Jazz Facts is the essential guide to jazz life in Sweden, containing biographies, articles and a host of
useful addresses. Order from the Swedish
MIC.
Rätten till
menuetten
That a composer
or a writer or an
artist is the owner
of the contents of
that which he has
produced – not
only of the object
itself – is a concept that is now
well-established
after having been given much consideration over many centuries. The sinuous
way in which the idea of performing
rights has taken through history is told in
this book by Gunnar Petri, Managing
Director of STIM, the Swedish Performing Rights Society and in a way which
invites the reader to learn about the subject’s pivotal moments.
Gunnar Petri: Rätten till menuetten –
historien om musikens värde. Published by Atlantis, Stockholm.
International
Percussion Catalogue
now on
the IAMIC homepage
The IAMIC (International Association of
Music Information Centres) Annual List
2001 contains recently-selected percussion music recommended by each Music
Information Centre. If you are a professional percussionist you will find works
which are well-suited for performance.
The samples of scores are accompanied
by programme notes, composer biographies and photos. Take a look at
www.iamic.ie
A printed version is currently being
published.
Notehead’s
Igor Engraver now in
PC version
Igor Engraver has been available for the
Apple Macintosh since June last year, and
represents the result of five years of developmental work. We are pleased to announce that Igor Engraver is now due to
be released for Windows.
Public demos and betas are available
at www.noteheads.com
March
2 ANDRÉ CHINI
Goëlette de jade (1999-2000)
P: Nybro. K Sönstevold, Camerata
Roman/Arne Balk-Möller
JESPER NORDIN
Just a quiet peaceful dance (2000)
P: Apeldorn, Holland.
De Ereprijs/Wim Noerman
25 STELLAN SAGVIK
BIS (2000)
Svensk (ångermanländsk) concertino op.114e (1982)
P: Tirgu Mures, Rumania.
K Prada, F Cirlejan, Tirgu Mures
Filharmoni/Joakim Unander
3 ÅKE PARMERUD,
PER-ANDERS NILSSON
Det iakttagande rummet : ljudinstallation (2000)
P: Paris.
27 LARS-ERIK ROSELL
Ut ur skugorna (2000) P: Örebro. E
Andreassen, G Annebring,
R Pilat (pf), L-E Rosell (synth)
4 THOMAS RYDELL
Beacon (1995) :
Carambola (1996-97)
P: Falköping OS
February
8 ARNE MELLNÄS
Rendez-vous 5 : Le chasseur et la
nymphe (1997) P: Skellefteå.
S Hermansson, E Goodman
3 ÖRJAN FAHLSTRÖM
What if (2001)
P: Linköping, Östgötamusiken
4 PER GRUNDBERG
Fast natten råder (2000)
Two brothers (2000)
P: Västerås. M Stark Hesselgren,
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
7 FREDRIK ÖSTERLING
[Passionerat : ny musik om kärlek]
Quartetto: étude sentimentale
(2000)
KRISTIAN BREDIN
Din mun var vallmo (2000)
PALLE DAHLSTEDT
Var fjärilsam (2000)
P: Skövde. U Åhlén Axberg,
I Aareskjold, T Sunesson, S Lindgren, L Agnani
11 DROR FEILER
La chiave a stella (2000)
P: Stuttgart. (ECLAT)
13 ANDERS HULTQVIST
The Queen went into the parlour
eating bread and honey (2000)
P: Luleå. Norrbottens kammarorkester
14 TORBJÖRN ENGSTRÖM
Åkallan (1994)
P: Göteborg. Daniel Berg
18 BJÖRN LINNMAN
Magna mater P: Stockholm. Maria
Magdalena motet Choir.
T Bohlin/Ragnar Bohlin
19 FREDRIK FAHLMAN
You ; me : the continuum (2000)
NIKLAS BREMAN
Asayake (2000)
P: Stockholm. Mika Takehara
et al.
20 KENT OLOFSSON
Enneagram (2000-01)
P: Stockholm. KammarensembleN/Roland Kluttig
24 CRISTIAN MARINA
Mobile (2000)
P: Darmstadt. Trio Vitreux
VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS
Roosters in love (1999)
P: Ljubljana. The Rascher Saxophone Quartet
NEWS ON
THE WEB
9 ALF-KRISTER HÅGEDAL
[Work] (2000)
P: Göteborg. Musikhögskolans
SO/Sun-Young Lee
FREDRIK ED
PREY (1999)
P: Jönköping. Kroumata and
Stockholm Saxophone quartet
5 ULF GRAHN
Three short pieces (1984/99)
P: Suracuse, USA
8 ROLF MARTINSSON
String pieces op.54 (2000)
P: Växjö. Musica Vitae, Kommunala
musikskolan i Växjö
19 GUNNAR VALKARE
Avventura : piano concerto (2000)
P: Göteborg, Konserthuset. A
Kilström, Göteborg SO/Hans Graf
22 PAULA AF MALMBORG-WARD
Missa praesentis brevis (1999)
P: Nybro. Camerata Roman
28 HANS EKLUND
Ferro ed idillio (1998-99)
P: Sandviken. Sandvikens orkesterförening/Everett Lee
STAFFAN MOSSENMARK
De fagra jungfrurnas berg : choral
opera in eleven scenes (2000) P:
Lund, Kulturskolan.
May
10 ROLF MARTINSSON
String moments op.55 (2001)
P: , Musica Vitae
4 ROLF MARTINSSON
A.S. in memoriam op.50b (1999)
P: Göteborg. Göteborg SO/
Neeme Järvi
13 FREDRIK HAGSTEDT
Serenade (1999/2000) P: Malmö.
Den Skandinaviska trombontrion
5 JAN SANDSTRÖM
Macbeth : opera in four acts (1996)
P: Göteborg, GöteborgsOperan.
14 KARIN REHNQVIST
Till ängeln med de brinnande
händerna = To the angel with the
firey hands (2000)
P: Springfield. Southwest Missouri
University Chorale Choir, Cynthia
Green Libby
12 CATHARINA BACKMAN
Cerise katakres (2001)
P: Vänersborg. Vargöns SO
17 LARS-ÅKE FRANKE-BLOM
HP : fantasi om ett boxaröde :
opera in two acts (1988-90)
P: Norrköping, De Geerhallen.
G Lundberg, S Olsson and soloists
fr the Royal Opera, Musikaliska
sällskapets kammarkör, Norrköping SO/Stefan Solyom
PETER LINDROTH
Sister awake! : madrigal (1998)
to a mistress dying (1999)
P: Linköping, Linköpings konserthus. Östgöta Kammarkör/ Hans
Lundgren
19 EBERHARD EYSER
Omaggio a? Indovina chi! : Variazioni d’un compositore sconosciuto opra un tema non citato d’un
compositore conosciuto (2000) P:
Budapest. S Luckner,
A van Zoelen
29 ULF GRAHN
Cicadas (1996) P: Tuscaloosa, USA
April
13 VICTOR VARELA
La parola lontana (1999)
P: Göteborg, Stenhammarsalen.
Gageego/B. Tommy Andersson
17 TOMMIE HAGLUND
Flaminis aura (2000)
P: Helsingborg. J Ehde, Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu,
23 BRITTA BYSTRÖM
The baron in the trees (2000)
P: Stockholm, Filadelfiakyrkan.
Mika Takehara
JOEL ERIKSSON
Vibrafonkonsert (2000) P: Göteborg, Konserthuset. O Olsson,
Göteborg SO/Ingar Bergby
VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS
Silent island (2000)
P: London, BBC Broadcasting
House. Thalia Myers
June
8 FREDRIC BERGSTRÖM
Dom : dubbelkonsert (2000)
P: Göteborg, Artisten. B Andersen,
D Kangasniemi, Musikhögskolans
SO/B. Tommy Andersson
4 KIM HEDÅS
Septett (2000)
Re-designed front page
The home page of our website
(www.mic.stim.se) has recently undergone a major change resulting in you
being able to receive news regularly via
either the Swedish or the English versions. We have also introduced a new
navigator to make it easier to find all the
publicly available material on the site.
There are several reasons why we are
making this change now. Firstly we
would like to provide everybody with
news about Swedish music. It will now
be easier for our readers to find about
the latest depositions of manuscripts,
about the latest releases on Phono
Suecia and Edition Suecia and secondly
it will also be easier for us to publish the
news using the Lotus Notes technique.
PETER BENGTSON
Septett (2000) P: Stockholm, Grünewaldsalen. A Hörberg, J-C Lemke,
H Larsson, A Lindal, S-J Sunding,
D Holst, S Becker
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Staff changes
at the Swedish MIC
Anna Frisk has left the centre to take up
another appointment and her successor,
as producer for the anthology Musica
Sveciae Modern Classics is Marie Wisén.
Marie has, like Anna before her, been
working with the original Musica Sveciae
anthology and she has also held position
within the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation.
Eva Nordström has taken over Mattias Franzén’s post of being responsible
for our manuscript photocopying service
and Johan Berke has started to work
part-time alongside Eva.
The position of Web Editor, which
Mattias also held, has yet to be filled.
Keep an eye on our website where we
will announce the new incumbent!
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KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
NEW RELEASE ON PHONO SUECIA
SVEN-DAVID SANDSTRÖM
A Cradle Song
– The Tyger
PSCD 139
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Eric
Ericson, conductor
Hear My Prayer
April and Silence
Étude No 4 as in E Minor
A Cradle Song - The Tyger
A New Heaven and A New Earth
Agnus Dei
Photo: Hans Havelund
Polar Music
Prize 2001
The Polar Music Prize presented by the
Stig Anderson Music Prize Fund of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Music has
been awarded in 2001 to three winners
for the first time. They are the American
composer Burt Bacharach, the engineer
Robert Moog and the German composer
Karlheinz Stockhausen. The prize –
1,000,000 Swedish kronor to each – is
one of the most substantial and prestigious music prizes in the world and will
be given for the 10th time to the prize
winners at a ceremony to be held in
Stockholm on May 14th by the King of
Sweden.
Burt Bacharach, composer, arranger,
record producer and pianist, is being
awarded the Polar Music Prize for his
achievements as an architect of contemporary music. He has been a principal
player on the musical scene ever since his
debut in the late 1950s, producing a host
of timeless classics stemming from his infallible feeling for powerful, memorable
and unmistakably personal melodies and
for brilliantly designed harmony.
Robert Moog is awarded the prize for
his design of the MiniMoog, the first
compact, easy-to-use synthesizer, which
paved the way to the realm of electronic
sounds that has revolutionised all genres
of music during the past half-century. He
is still developing instruments but his first
inventions have since been further developed by Roland, Sony and other producers of modern synthesizers.
Karlheinz Stockhausen is awarded the
prize for a career as a composer that has
been characterized by impeccable integrity and never-ceasing creativity, and for
having stood at the forefront of musical
development for fifty years. His list of
works is very comprehensive (285 to
date) and he has also published books
which have a worldwide reputation and
are of the greatest importance.
MARKNADSTIDNING B
Lars Johan Werle
receives
Atterberg Prize
Swedish
Gramophone
Prize for
Phono Suecia
Seven Pieces – compositions by
Lennart Åberg and featuring Peter
Erskine, Bobo Stenson and Palle
Danielsson – has been awarded the
Swedish Gramophone Award for
2000 in the category of Jazz Album of
the Year (PSCD118).
Lars Johan Werle has been awarded the
Atterberg Prize for the year 2000. The jury’s motivation is as follows: “Ever since
the international music days in Bilthoven
in 1960, where Lars Johan Werle won first
prize in all categories for his string quartet Pentagram, Lars Johan Werle has been
one of our most acclaimed composers.
Due to his undogmatic and creative production, above all in the fields of musical
drama and choral music, Werle has today
a firm place in Swedish musical life. Werle has also been involved in political activity concerning music and has worked to
improve his colleagues’ situation. His pedagogical work with opera students in
Sweden and abroad has also contributed
to the understanding of new musical drama.”
The prize was presented at the regular
ceremony on December 17th at STIM. At
the same event, the writer Oscar Hedlund was awarded STIM’s Author’s
Award.
NEW RELEASES ON CD
BURT BACHARACH
ROBERT MOOG
DRONE
Sågskära. Apelgrå. DROCD023
Swedish Jazz Awards
As mentioned in the Newsletter 4/
2000, the first Swedish Jazz Celebration took place in Stockholm in
February, and during that occasion
the following jazz awards were handed out:
The Django d’Or Awards:
Rolf Ericson - Legend of Jazz
Bengt Hallberg - Master of Jazz
Palle Danielsson - Contemporary
Artist of jazz
DRAGON
Peter Danemo Kapell. Alive.
DRCD 354
The ‘Jazz in Sweden’ Award:
Lindha Svantesson
The Swedish Broadcasting Corporation
Award ‘Jazzkatten’ (“The Jazz Cat”):
Mats Gustafsson - Jazz artist
Patrik Boman’s Seven Piece Machine - Jazz
ensemble
Jonas Kullhammar - New artist
Best jazz recording of 2000 ‘Gyllene
Skivan’ (“The Golden Record”):
Patrik Boman’s Seven Piece Machine
EAR
Göran Månsson, Sven Åberg.
Spår. EAR 011
IMOGENA RECORDS
Lars Jansson. Nordic Meeting.
IGCD 090
LJ RECORDS
Sten Sandell. Elektrika Sten.
Ljcd 5226
Johan Berthling, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Sten Sandell. Ljcd 5224
NOSAG RECORDS
Lars-Erik Larsson. Förkädd Gud.
Enskede Kammarkör, Birgersson,
bar, Larsson, sopr, Levengood, rec,
musicians from the Sw Radio SO/
Eva Karpe. Nosag CD 064
PHONO SUECIA
Lars Edlund. Ikoner.
Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra. U Eckstrand, sopr, J Köhn, sopr, K-M Fredriksson, bar, B Forsberg, pf, P Myrberg, rec/Gustaf Sjökvist. PSCD 135
Sven-David Sandström. A Cradle
Song - The Tyger. Eric Ericson
Chamber Choir/Eric Ericson.
PSCD 139
STERLING
August Söderman. Orchestral
Music, vol. 2. SO of Norrlands
Opera/Roy Goodman. CDS 1040-2
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CAPRICE
The Golden Years (1952-1955).
CAP 22042
INTIM MUSIK
Nelson, Henryson, Högberg.
21st Century Swedish Composers.
Västerås Sinfonietta/Glenn Mossop.
IMCD 072
TR
AMIGO
Maria Kalaniemi, Sven Ahlbäck.
Luftstråk. AMCD745
Classical
341020 Gotlands Grafiska Visby 2001
ACT
Nils Landgren, Esbjörn Svensson.
Layers of Light. ACT 9281-2
M
L JÖ ÄRKT
Jazz/World
MIRRORS
Joakim Milder, Christian Spering,
Fredrik Norén. Associations.
MICD 009
MI
A selection of recordings released
during the last months.