Another very fine song cycle! The Nocturnal Songs remain my favorite, but these are also wonderful works, beautifully performed.

@ed-prince-56240454 Thank you Ed. The importance of the Night songs for me ad a composer cannot be overrated, as they proved that I could compose in larger forms as well as get my music performed. They are still very close to my heart. 

When I woke up this morning, a melody was playing in my head, and first I couldn't identify it. I thought it might be from Brahms' Zigeunerlieder, but I finally realized it was one of your Night Songs.

I went far away , worked hard all those days , Harvey
I made what father said , had a big success life and earned lot of money
Came back to this little town , because things turned bad , my friend ...
...
I've meet a woman , Harvey , do you remember , Harvey
When we were young , was , in love with her …
...
I made love and had a child or two, had a women too , Harvey
They all have passed away , I stay here with only my guitar , my friend
Do you have a little place Harvey , for me to enjoy , life , where I just can stay …
We're 75 Harvey , last chance to life now
Make peace and love , in that little town , you and me , my friend …
...
Girls always said : no thank you Harvey ! Get Never lucky , Harvey
You stayed here with the birds , watching each falling leaf , a pleasure to stay
I'm there again , you're not alone , any more , my friend …
...
We're 75 Harvey , we'll find new wife , and love now
In this little town , you and me , again , my friend …

© Xanylovem  - Sept. 2017

75 Harvey

Baritone: Hannes Öberg
Piano: Erik Lissel

This is a song cycle based on the five poems from William Blake's Songs of innocence that deal with themes of the night. 
The songs are arranged in the following sequence:

1. Night
2. A cradle song
3. A dream
4. The little boy lost
5. The little boy found

Recorded live in Sunne kyrka, August 12 2013.

The Night songs is the first larger work I wrote after finishing College. They were written during an intensive week in September 2012 and became my first larger work to be performed abroad (in Vienna by Anthony Schneider and Rosemary Barnes in May 2013) as well as the first larger work to recieve multiple performances.
The songs were originally written for tenor Martin Lindau and pianist Rasmus Andersson, both of whom I studied with at Ingesund College of Music. Unfortunately they have yet to perform the piece.
Instead the Swedish premiere (heard here) was held by baritone Hannes Öberg and pianist Erik Lissel as part of their program "Sånger ur natten" (Songs of the night).
They have also been mentioned in the publication Blake - An Illustrated Quarterly (vol. 49 No. 4, 2016).

Night Songs Op. 6 (complete)

What Is You (old panic brain demo)

Life's Next Chapter

simple love  (capo 3)

been lookin out my window  lookin out my window for so long  am7   g  
sitting in the shadow    sitting in the shadow  of a song     am7  g
dont try to cheer me up  c  d  g em
im happy when im lonely  am7 c   d
bring on by your simple love     c  d  g  em
and we'll talk about tomorrow    am7  c   d (low)

the years have been flying,  days have been dying   they're gone
so many lost to us, and those who live through us, undone
heading for some further shore
no silver will we need there
It's simple love we may adore
such gold light of our sorrow

TASCAM DR-05

simple love  (song fragment)

Albéniz- Tango

You can not use any of this music without permission

I Will Not Leave

Caph

Tone Construction 11

｢対決 ~ NON EXPLICIT ELECTRONIC MUSIC」

Concept music for a graphic novel.

Music written, produced, mixed and mastered by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.

Cover art: "Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red"(1949) by Mark Rothko. Edited by me.

CONFRONT

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I am a music teacher at Oskarshams Folkhögskola, where I teach classical singing, composition, music theory and chamber music. 
I am also a singer with primarily art songs on my repertoire, a hobby composer and poet and a founding member of the Mönsterås Jazz and Chamber Music Society.
I studied composition at Ingesund College of Music and Baroque counterpoint at Uppsala University and mostly write vocal music for song and piano, and/or choir but eventually compose for other instruments and ensembles as well.
I have been called "a radiant talent in finding the essentials in different musical styles" (Arvika Nyheter, December 4, 2006) and regional news paper Barometern wrote that my music shows "good insight in choice of melody and harmonic part writing" (September 25, 2012).
My music has been performed in Austria, Canada, England, Germany, Sweden and USA.

Notable works are:

"Three nocturnal Songs Op. 11", song cycle of three songs for soprano and piano. Premiered by Cecilia Alrikson and Natalja Shakova in Oskarshamn, Sweden in 2018.

"Night songs Op. 6", song cycle of five songs for baritone and piano. Premiered by Anthony Schneider and Rosemary Barnes in Vienna, Austria in 2013.

"Ave Maria - String quartet in d minor Op. 12", string quartet in three movements. Published by Gusthold Music, USA in 2020.

"Av hjärtat, sjung! Op. 22", cantata in five movements for STB soloists, SATB and childrens choir, string quartet and piano. Comissioned for the opening concert of the four day festival "L'Esprit - upplev 1700-talet" (L'Esprit - Experience the 18th century) in 2020.

"Joie de vivre - Piano sonata No. 2" Op. 23, sonata in four movements for solo piano. Composed in 2020.

"Jaktsonaten - Violin sonata No. 1 Op. 13", sonata in four movements for violin and piano. Composed in 2016.
 
I have been published by:

Gusthold Music Publisher (www.gustholdmusic.com) 
- String quartet in D minor "Ave Maria Op. 12" (May 2020)

Flauto d'Amore Editions
(www.flautodamoreproject.com)
- Danza, for Flauto d'Amore or C-flute (June 2020)

Psalmportalen (www.psalmportalen.se)
- Three congregational hymns (Herre Gud, vi lovar dig, När det känns som att allt ljus försvinner and Ett litet barn, Marias son) (Summer 2017)

I hope you will find something here to listen to that you will enjoy!

Photography for my profile image: Anna Broette

Night Songs Op. 6 (complete)

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