Counterthoughts performed by the KMH Symphony Orchestra.
Conducted by Hanna Ohlson-Nordh.

Kontratanker (Counterthoughts)

Ligita Sneibe; orgel (Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik)

"Solkraft"  (3. Ljus)

Mikael Rudolfsson; trombone, Treppenhaus String quartet

"Ankh" for trombone and string quartett

Selections from our 2017 "Nova" program, presenting the best of contemporary choral music written in the past three years.

Kli∂ur (Snorri Hallgrímsson)

On this tribute tape, Golden Offence Orchestra performs the composition of pioneer American minimalist Pauline Oliveros “To Valerie Solanas and  Marilyn Monroe In Recognition of Their Desperation”. This piece asks the performers to individually choose five pitches and slowly reveal them in long tones. Oliveros gives written directions for the conductor and musicians to engage in  imitation, power play and hierarchical struggles. If anyone becomes dominant, the rest of the group should rise up and absorb that dominance back into the texture of the music, resulting in dense symphonic layers of sustained melancholic tension. Golden Offence Orchestra was active in Stockholm from 2012 - 2014, members heard on this recording include Ellen Arkbro, Elsa Bergman, Isak Edberg, Mats Erlandsson, Marta Forsberg, Lisa Grotherus, Anna Högberg, Kali Malone, Hampus Norén, Marcus Pal, Sara Parkman, and Emma Sildén.
XK09 Edition of 150 tapes.
Released August 25, 2017

Golden Offence Orchestra - Ode to Pauline Oliveros (excerpt)

KMH Kammarkör and KMH Vokalensemble
Conductor: Tove Åhrman

From the first performance at Kungasalen KMH, April 24th 2017.
Recording and mastering: Johan Blixt

Texts (in swedish, latin and english):

"O, Skogviol
Kom
Blomma för oss
Kom!
O, Skogsviol
O, Viola Riviniana
Veni, veni
Viola"
Zacharias Ehnvall

"I think over again
My small adventures
My fears
Those small ones that seemed so big
For all the vital things
I had to get and to reach
And yet there is only one great thing
The only thing
To live to see the great day that dawns
And the light that fills the world."
Abridged version of anon. Eskimo Poem

The piece is dedicated to my mother, Viveca.

O, Viola Riviniana - version for double choir

The cave to nowhere

Deep Rest

The Old Beginning

Medieval Music - French Folk Aire

Taken from the album 'L'Œil écoute / Dedans-Dehors' released as LP-
Recorded in 1977

Bernard Parmegiani 'Dedans-Dehors: En Phase Hors Phase' (REGRM 003)

As a composer and organist, I present my latest works and improvisations here. Enjoy!

O, Viola Riviniana - version for double choir

Zacharias Ehnvall

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