This piece is a transcription of a composition originally conceived for choir and large orchestra commissioned by the Knabenkantorei Basel. The text which stem from the liturgical chants Cantionale by Thomas Kress, Basel’s last Carthusian monk, serve as a medieval sacred counterpart to the texts of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. This composition tries to capture […]
“Ingenting utanför / Nothing Beyond” is another collaboration between Mårten Jansson and the Swedish poet Einar Askestad. This a cappella choral work deals with sorrow and loss. After a forceful, harmonically ambiguous section and a clear break in the music, the piece ends with a comforting decrescendo of reconciliation. It was commissioned by the Uppsala […]
The “Missa brevis in E flat minor” for mixed choir a cappella has been composed in the tradition of the short Mass (without Credo) and can be easily managed by most choirs. Thanks to its conciseness, it is suitable for use in church services, while its delightful harmonic layout and consciously simple melodies (with clear […]
Schubert: Lieder Band 1 Alt/Bas (Baerenreiter)Bis heute ist die „Neue Schubert-Ausgabe“ die einzige kritische Edition mit dem Anspruch auf vollständige Veröffentlichung aller Lieder Franz Schuberts. Als Reaktion auf die gestiegene Erwartungshaltung bei Aufführenden und auch beim Publikum erscheinen in den nächsten Jahren praktische Ausgaben aller Schubert-Lieder im Notentext der seit langem etablierten Editionen von Walther […]
