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SVEN DAVID SANDSTRÖM : Etyd nr 4, som i e-moll
(for unaccompanied SSSAAATTTBBB choir & soli)
Saturday 11 June, 1988
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City
Hägerstens Motettkör, dir. Ingemar Månsson
AB Nordiska Musikförlaget, 1987 (NMS 10589)
Text: from "24 Romantic Études", Tobias Berggren
“With its predominantly lyrical content, the work is of almost orchestral proportions, with up to 12 divided parts as well as solo elements. The basic mood of Berggren's poem is one of melancholy: summer is waning, the nature is at its loveliest on the verge of impending collapse. Nature and Man, "enclosed in the same fact", bow to the inevitable in the slow but remorseless progress of change. Sandström's interpretation of the text is acutely sensitive to its nuances and shades of meaning. This sensitivity is not confined to the qualities of words, it also includes the gesture of the language, the very atmosphere surrounding words and images.” – Birgitta Huldt
“This darkly sensual choral poem, is built along grand lines, with a baritone soloist and a length of almost 20 minutes. Sandström has painted the feeling of late summer’s heavy lushness 'right before a breakdown' in colors taken from the palette of late Romanticism, like a wink towards Richard Strauss’ luxuriously illustrative tonal world.” – Camilla Lundberg
SVEN DAVID SANDSTRÖM : Etyd nr 4, som i e-moll
(for unaccompanied SSSAAATTTBBB choir & soli)
Saturday 11 June, 1988
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City
Hägerstens Motettkör, dir. Ingemar Månsson
AB Nordiska Musikförlaget, 1987 (NMS 10589)
Text: from "24 Romantic Études", Tobias Berggren
“With its predominantly lyrical content, the work is of almost orchestral proportions, with up to 12 divided parts as well as solo elements. The basic mood of Berggren's poem is one of melancholy: summer is waning, the nature is at its loveliest on the verge of impending collapse. Nature and Man, "enclosed in the same fact", bow to the inevitable in the slow but remorseless progress of change. Sandström's interpretation of the text is acutely sensitive to its nuances and shades of meaning. This sensitivity is not confined to the qualities of words, it also includes the gesture of the language, the very atmosphere surrounding words and images.” – Birgitta Huldt
“This darkly sensual choral poem, is built along grand lines, with a baritone soloist and a length of almost 20 minutes. Sandström has painted the feeling of late summer’s heavy lushness 'right before a breakdown' in colors taken from the palette of late Romanticism, like a wink towards Richard Strauss’ luxuriously illustrative tonal world.” – Camilla Lundberg