Resonanser - Swedish Choral Music / Widmark, Allmänna Singers

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BIS
Release Date
October 1, 2008
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ALFVEN, HUGO HILLBORG, ANDERS
    • PERFORMER
      Cecilia, Erik, Rydinger Alin, Allmanna Sangen, Astedt
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2008
    • UPC
      7318590017142
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-CD-1714
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Biegga louthe (Song to the Mountain Wind)

      Composer: Jan Sandström

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Erik Åstedt

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    2. Ljusfalten (Fields of light)

      Composer: Karin Rehnqvist

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    3. I Himmelen (In Heaven's Hall)

      Composer: Karin Rehnqvist

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Rebecka Ohm, Annie von Heijne, Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    4. Glaspolskan

      Composer: Ale Möller

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    5. Slangpolska efter Byss-Kalle

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    6. No. 1. September, "Alle de voksende Skygger"

      Composer: Wilhelm Stenhammar

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    7. No. 2. I seraillets have (In the Seraglio Garden)

      Composer: Wilhelm Stenhammar

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    8. No. 3. Havde jeg, o havde jeg en datterson, o ja! (If Only I Had a Grandson, Oh!)

      Composer: Wilhelm Stenhammar

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    9. Kung Liljekonvalje (King Lily of the Valley)

      Composer: David Wikander

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    10. Slattervisa efter Knis Karl

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Per Wickstrom, Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    11. En midsommarnattsdrom (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

      Composer: Anders Hillborg

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    12. Under ronn och syren

      Composer: Herman Palm

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    13. Aftonen (Evenings)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    14. Med en barnbon pa sin mun (With a Child's Prayer on his Lips)

      Composer: Adolf Fredrik Lindblad

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin

    15. Brollopsvisa (Wedding Song)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Allmänna Sången

      Performer: Anders Widmark

      Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin


The Swedish choral tradition enjoys a very high reputation, with music lovers often claiming to be able to recognize a uniquely Swedish choral sound. Exactly what this sound consists of is difficult to pinpoint, but often mentioned are keywords such as melancholy, the Scandinavian countryside, folk music and traditional ballads. The selection of works on this disc exemplifies all of these, and the performance of them has been entrusted to one of the choirs that have shaped Swedish choral music: Allmänna Sången, an Uppsala student choir with a history going back for more than 175 years. The choir's position in Swedish cultural life was demonstrated in 2005 by an invitation to sing at the Nobel Banquet. That performance was televised throughout the world, and in fact included three of the works on this disc - Biegga Luothe, Glaspolskan and Byss-Kalles slängpolska. Great traditions notwithstanding, this disc offers a new perspective on its subject, as the choir brings out new resonances in the often well-known music. A collaboration with Swedish jazz pianist Anders Widmark lends unusual colours to settings of ancient folk chorales (I Himmelen) and traditional harvest songs (Slåttervisa), as well as to classics from the treasure of Swedish choral music such as Stenhammar's Three Choral Songs and Alfvén's Evening ('Aftonen'). Both Allmänna Sången and Anders Widmark have made a number of successful recordings, and now that they join forces for the first time, it is an occasion not to be missed.