Photo by Hans Falklind
Cecilia Ekmark commissioned me (thanks to generous funding from Statensmusikverk) to write a new piece for flute(s) and piano (Roger Johansson), inspired both by Hans Falklind‘s bird photographs and birdsong, for her ongoing project called Birds. This project is also supported by Sveriges ornitologiska förening (SOF) and BirdLife International. We met twice in Göteborg to develop material through improvisation, which I have now used as raw material to create the piece. Tomas Tranströmer’s early poem ‘Preludium’ is woven throughout the piece, which is titled ‘Vingarna breddas’ (‘The Wings Spread’). The project premiered 26 May 2013 in Gothenburg’s 3.e Våningen.
Watch video about project BIRDS
Watch BIRDS trailer
for bass clarinet, tenor/bari sax, piano; also for bass clarinet, cello, piano
soprano, bass, and chamber orchestra (flute/alto flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trombone, harp, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, contrabass)
[Swedish text: Tomas Tranströmer] Read more »
works with Dance / Movement voice Orchestra * WORKS:
Tagged: Marimba, Tomas Tranströmer, alto flute, bass singer, cello, clarinet, contrabass, flute, horn, oboe, percussion, piano, soprano, trombone, viola, violin
2-part children’s chorus with piano
(text: Marilyn A. Johnson)
alto sax, cello, and piano
also: cl. (A)-vc-pno • alto fl.-vc-pno • alto fl.-bsn-pno • alto sax-bass cl.-pno • piano trio • soprano-Indian harmonium-vn-pno • alto fl.-contrabass fl.-pno
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Chamber Music * WORKS:
Tagged: Indian harmonium, alto Saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet, bassoon, cello, clarinet, contrabass flute, piano, saxophone, soprano, violin
solo marimba
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TTBB choir, violin, and piano
SATB choir, violin, and piano
[text: Walt Whitman] Read more »
piano with string orchestra and percussion
or piano and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, and contrabass) Read more »
tenor, violin, cello, and piano
[song cycle of poetry by Isabelle Balot] Read more »