Since the beginning of time the sea has played a key role in all life on Earth. Throughout history composers, authors and poets have been inspired by its thundering power, its grandeur, its calm and its murky depths. There is a huge treasure chest, several hundred years old, to draw from. The songs selected here range from traditional Celtic sea shanties to German national-romanticism and darker tones from our own time. Some are unknown and have not been recorded before, such as the choir’s previous leader Josef Hedar’s setting of Karl Asplund’s Klockbojen (Bell Buoy). Others are better known, such as Hugo Alfvén’s Gryning vid havet (Dawn by the sea) to Sten Selander’s text – a classic in the male voice repertoire.