ANDERS HULTQVIST

The Sound Ensemble

Sunday, February 20, 2022

National Nordic Museum, Seattle

Anders Hultqvist – Some notes in relation to the piece Among Travelling Angels: It takes as its departure the poem Alphabet by the Danish author Inger Christensen. The music evolves by using formal principles from Christensen’s poem but also by relating to some of its poetical images. There is also some sparse musical ‘seeds’ coming from Alban Bergs Violin concerto ‘To the memory of an angel’, the Duo Seraphim section in Monteverdi’s Maria Vesper, and from a reading by Christensen herself that is turned into musical frequencies and rhythms.

Concert program

Marie Samuelsson — The sound over the sea (world premiere)

Ivo Nilsson — Rapidità

Anders Hultqvist — Among travelling angels/Composition No.3

Alex Shapiro — Archipelago

Sarah Bassingthwaighte — Let There Be Sparrows, Then (world premiere)

Juhi Bansal — In The Pocket

Concert info:

From Sweden with Love is an exciting collaboration between The Sound Ensemble, internationally recognized composers Marie Samuelsson and Sarah Bassingthwaighte, as well as the Stockholm based ensemble KammarensembleN. It will be performed as part of the Mostly Nordic Series at the Nordic National Museum. The concert will also be performed by KammarensembleN in Stockholm later in the year.