A meditative piece inspired by how a dark and dull mode can be transformed into an extatic and meditative state by willingly enter the ice cold sea.

Performed by musicians from Gotlands musiken.
Flute - Lars Linna
Clarinet - Magnus Dungner
Vibraphone/percussion - Marcus Grufstedt

Thank you for your wonderful interpretation!


Winters Sea/Naked Skin

A piece written during my studies at Gotlands Tonsättarskola 2015-16. 
The piece is influenced by my background in free improvisation, rock and jazz. The piece is about exploring the transformative power of the inner fire.

Performed by students from the Falun conservatory of music:
Violin I - Kristin Kennmark
Violin II - Frida Östblom
Viola - Hanna Anderberg
Cello I - Christian Ölmekling
Cello II - Agnes Tibbling Lingwall

Thank you for your enthusiasm and your fantastic interpretation of this slightly massive material.

This fire

Written for Uppsala Kammarsolister during my second year at Gotland School of Composing.

Inspired by Tao Te-Ching, and the eternity sequence created by the danish composer Per Nørgård.

The Unborn

The piece is inspired by a long winter-walk I had with a friend in the Swedish countryside. As we walked silently through the deserted scenery in the dark winter night - icing, cold winds rumbled over us and tore our skin. In between the waves of roaring wind there was a compact silence that was accompanied by the suddenly audible rhythm of our footsteps. The temporary relief from the icing wind in combination with the immense silence and the steady pulse of our walking created like a void in which we were let to rest for a short while only to once again be drowned in yet another flood of tearing wind. And so the cycle continued and each time the silences became increasingly intense, yet at the same time more peaceful - they became a resting Void. 

Written for Norbotten NEO 2017 during my last year att Gotland School of composing.

The Resting Void

A piece inspired by the increased sense of detail and intensity conjured by contemplating an environment for a long period of time.
Also inspired by the scale-structures of microtonal musicologist Erv Wilson. 
Written for and performed by Ensemble Dasein, 2018.

Jonasnilsson

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