Swedish Voices. A Choral Anthology for Mixed Choir

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Swedish Voices is a compilation of quality music from the Swedish choir tradition at its best: a broad and deep selection of choral music from 1893 to the present day. Three publishing houses, Ejeby Förlag, Gehrmans Musikförlag and Wessmans Musikförlag, present gems from their catalogues. From beloved classics and traditional Swedish folksongs, to moving sacred music and new compositions from some of our most well-known composers. All featured works are in the easy to intermediate level range. Translations of the Swedish lyrics (to English by Ingrid Eng) are included and there are commentaries on all pieces.

”Swedish choral music is highly appreciated, and it is frequently performed around the world. The idea of an anthology was conceived at an international conference where our publishing houses were represented, and we are now proud to present the result of this unique collaboration between the top three choral music publishers in Sweden—a rich selection of Swedish choral music for an international market. In Swedish Voices you will find a wide variety of contemporary Swedish choir productions, and a few beloved classics as well. Each of the three publishers have contributed a selection where roughly half the entries stem from this century, and half are composed by women. The lyrics are in various languages and some folk tunes are sung without words. We’re confident that Swedish Voices can provide inspiration and repertoire for all kinds of concerts. It’s our fond hope that this anthology will also encourage choirs to give singing in Swedish a try.” – The editors Bo Ejeby, Kajsa Ejeby, Karin Ekedahl and Örjan Klintberg.

Foreword by Stephan Lutermann. Each piece in the anthology is available as off-print from the respective publisher! Read more and find links to the off-prints at www.swedishvoices.se.

Contents

Ack Värmeland du sköna (Gunnar Eriksson, arr. Trad. Swedish. F. A. Dahlgren & Anders Fryxell, words.)
Adoramus te (Matthew Peterson)
All Days Are Nights to See till I See Thee (Sven Hagvil, music. William Shakespeare, words.)
Allt under himmelens fäste (Gunnar Eriksson, arr. Folk song from Gotland.)
Ave Maria from Latin Hymns (Henrik Dahlgren)
Blomstervisor (Linnea Landström, music. Erik Axel Karlfeldt, words.)
Brudmarsch från Svarttorp (Ingela Johnsdotter-Omnell)
Brudmarsch från Väddö (Johanna Thür, arr. Hans Röjås, music.)
Bön from Five motets (Thomas Jennefelt, music. Karl-Gustaf Hildebrand, words.)
Chesterton’s Carol (Samuel Eriksson, music. G. K. Chesterton, words.)
Danjugan Sanctuary (Anders Paulsson, music. Gerry A. Grey, words.)
Den blomstertid nu kommer (Per Dahlqvist, arr. Trad. Swedish from Gammalsvenskby in Ukraine.)
Dona nobis pacem (Maria Löfberg)
Down by the Salley Gardens (Tomas Jönsson, arr. Trad. Irish. W. B. Yeats, words.)
Du som gick före oss (Sven-Erik Bäck, music. Olov Hartman, words.)
En midsommarnattsdröm (Anders Hillborg)
Evening Reflections (Staffan Storm)
Evening Sky (Ingunn Ligaarden)
Finvisan (Anton Leanderson–Andréas, arr. Trad. Swedish.)
Glaspolskan (Ale Möller)
Gloria tibi from Three Songs from the Dominican Breviary (Linda Alexandersson)
Glädjetrall (Susanna Lindmark)
God Be Merciful (Agneta Sköld)
Hope. Two poems by Emily Dickinson (Ingunn Ligaarden, music. Emily Dickinson, words.)
Hymn from Swedish Mass No. 1 (Elfrida Andrée)
Hymn. När orden inte räcker till (Michael Strand)
I skogens djupa, still ro (Lars Hernqvist, arr. Trad. Danish. Fritz Andersen, words.)
Julsång (Hugo Alfvén, music. Knut Nyblom, words.)
Kom! (Monica Åslund)
Koppången – Holy Night (Robert Sund, arr. Pererik Moraeus, music. Py Bäckman, words.)
Kristallen den fina (Gunnar Eriksson, arr. Trad.)
Kung Liljekonvalje (David Wikander, music. Gustaf Fröding, words.)
Kyrkmarsch (Bengt Ollén, arr. Olle Jansson, music.)
Let Him Kiss Me from Four Songs of Love (Sven-David Sandström, music. Words from Song of Songs 1:2 & 15.)
Limu limu lima (Anna-Karin Klockar, arr. Trad. Älvdalen.)
Limu limu lima (Sofia Söderberg, arr. Trad. Älvdalen.)
Ljuset (Cecilia Franke, music. Gustaf Larsson, words.)
Minnena ser mig (Anna Cederberg-Orreteg, music. Tomas Tranströmer, words.)
Mother Earth (Sofia Söderberg)
Music for a While (Gunnar Eriksson, arr. Henry Purcell, music. John Dryden & Nathaniel Lee, words.)
Månsken (Åke Malmfors, music. Bo Bergman, words.)
Nu är det sommar på jorden (Elisabet Wimark, music. Kjell Dellert, words.)
Och varje gång i verlden (Peter van Tour, arr. Trad. Swedish.)
O Death! Rock Me Asleep (Malena Ernman, music. Words attributed to Anne Boleyn.)
Oh, Do Not Fear the Darkness (Fredrik Sixten, music. Erik Blomberg, words. Linda Schenck, English adaption.)
O magnum mysterium (Martin Åsander / Gregorian chant.)
Peace (Fredrik Sixten, music. Words from John 14:27.)
Peace (Martin Åsander, music. Words from John 14:27.)
Peace I Leave with You (Johan-Magnus Sjöberg, music. Words from John 14:27.)
Polska efter Jon-Sebastian or Bach Goes to Delsbo (Göran M Hägg)
Polska på tvären (Gittan Glans)
Psalm 103 (Henrik Dahlgren, music. Words from Ps. 103:15-16.)
Sanctus (Per Gunnar Petersson)
Shall I Compare Thee from O, Mistress mine (Nils Lindberg, music. William Shakespeare, words.)
Sjung min själ (Per Gunnar Petersson, music. Swedish Hymnal (1986), No. 448.)
Skipe from Austar äut (Ramon Anthin, music. Gustaf Larsson, words. R. Anthin, Christine Lucia & Michael Blake, translation.)
Song of Hope (Susanna Lindmark)
Stilhed fra længe – siden (Bengt Lundin, music. Morten Nielsen, words.)
Stilla advent (Arne Castell)
Stilla komme och välkomna (Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, music. Johan Olof Wallin, words.)
The Dawn Wind (Emma Anstey, music. Rudyard Kipling, words.)
The Fly (Arne Lundmark, music. William Blake, words.)
There Is No Rose (Agneta Sköld)
The Tyger (Emil Råberg, music. William Blake, words.)
Till fjärilens minne (Björn Roslund, music. Bo Setterlind, words.)
Trilo (Bengt Ollén, arr. Swedish Folk Song.)
Troget och milt from the Opera A Dream Play (Ingvar Lidholm, music. August Strindberg, words.)
Vaggvisa från Lansa (Georg Riedel, music. O. Lu. Lansa, words.)
Var inte rädd för mörkret (Karin Rehnqvist, music. Erik Blomberg, words. Linda Schenck, translation.)
Vem kan segla förutan vind (Gunnar Eriksson, arr. Trad. Swedish.)
Vem väljer köld och ensamhet (Jerker Leijon, music. Birgitta Wennerberg-Berggren, words.)
Wangol (Sten Källman, arr. Trad. Haitian.)
Wild Mountain Thyme (Francis Shaughnessy, arr. Trad. Celtic.)
Önskenatt (Emil Sundberg, music. Karin Boye, words.)