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‘Essentia’ & ‘Verklärte faune’ – first performance by Göteborg Wind Orchestra @Hjo Church

‘Essentia’ & ‘Verklärte faune’ – first performance by Göteborg Wind Orchestra @Hjo Church

Concert, Featured, First performance,

First performance of Essentia och Verklärte Faune by Göteborg Wind Orchestra in Hjo church, Sweden 23rd jan 2013.

Essentia for alto flute and three percussion.
(Steel marimbaphone and song bells can be replaced by vibraphone)
Commissioned by GWO.

Jerker Johansson – conductor
Göran Marcusson – alto flute, crotales
Lars Eliasson – steel marimbaphone, suspended cymbal
Jonas Larsson – vibraphon, triangle, crotales
Jakob Olofsson – song bells, tamtam

Verklärte Faune – arrangement for wind orchestra (fl, ob, cl, fag, 2hrn, 2tp, tb, tub, perc)

The concert was also played 24th jan 2013 in Kronhuset, Göteborg, Sweden.


‘Shadow Dance’ [sextet] – first performance @MidVinterMusik Festivalen

Concert, Featured, First performance,

MidVinterMusik Festivalen, 15 dec 2012.
The Gothenburg Opera House

Göteborgs Nya Ensemble (Gothenburg New Ensemble)
Finn Rosengren – conductor
Henrik Nordqvist – bass clarinet
Ann Elkjär – flute
Yong Mei Zhang-Gustafsson – violin
Magnus Pehrsson – viola
Christian Berg – cello
Jonas Olsson – piano

More info about Shadow Dance here!


‘Based On A True Story’ – Video art exhibition

‘Based On A True Story’ – Video art exhibition

Collaboration, Exhibition, Featured, First performance, , ,

Two video art works by Mats O Hansson ochKrister Kennedy at an exhibition in the old casemates belonging to the old fortifications from 17th century Gothenburg.
The exhibition was part of Gothenburg Culture Night, 12th oktober 2012.

In the video the works are shown in the following order:

Liquidance – Mats O Hansson, video & sound
Karusellpojken – Krister Kennedy, video | Mats O Hansson, sound

More about Liquidance here!

‘¿Wohin? An amazing maze thing’ performed @Repslagarmuseet in Älvängen

‘¿Wohin? An amazing maze thing’ performed @Repslagarmuseet in Älvängen

Concert, Featured,

Live Elevator Music – Hissmusik på längden (Elevator Music Lengthwise)

Repslagarmuseet (Ropemakers Museum) in Älvängen 24th sept 2011 kl 15.00
Arranged by: Uruppförandeklubben Ljungskile-Älvton

Anna Svensdotter – flute
Thomas Jäderlund – alto saxophone

Swedish premiere of ¿Wohin? An amazing maze thing

On the concert, all the works commissioned by Levande Musik for the event Live Elevator Music in Berlin 2009, were performed.
The other composers participating in the project was Lisen Rylander Löve, Per Anders Nilsson, Fredric Bergström, Andreas Eklöf, Anna Eriksson, Anna Gustavsson, Lars Carlsson, Anne Pajunen, Mansoor Hosseini, Lei Feng Johansson, Masih Madani, Mikael Forsman, Tomas Hulenvik and Peter Hansen.


‘¿Wohin? An amazing maze thing’ – first performance @Live Elevator Music in Berlin

‘¿Wohin? An amazing maze thing’ – first performance @Live Elevator Music in Berlin

Concert, Featured, First performance,

27-28 juni 2009 | Sony Center | Berlin

First performance of ¿Wohin? An amazing maze thing by Anna Svensdotter and Thomas Jäderlund.
The work is commissioned by Levande Musik and Musik i Väst.

15 works, commissioned from swedish composers, were perfromed in one of the glass elevators in Sony Center, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.
The pieces are all 30 seconds long, and lasts a ride with the elevator from bottom to top floor.
The event was a part of ”Schweden für Jeden”, the week of culture events arranged by the Swedish Embassy in Berlin, showcasing Swedish culture as an intro to Sweden’s EU Presidency.

More info about ¿Wohin? An amazing maze thing here!

This is a film presenting both the Berlin project and the preceding project in Gothenburg:


Participating composers:
Fredric Bergström, Lars Carlsson, Andreas Eklöf, Anna Eriksson, Lei Feng Johansson, Mikael Forsman, Anna Gustavsson, Peter Hansen, Mats O Hansson, Mansoor Hosseini, Tomas Hulenvik, Masi Madani, Per-Anders Nilssson, Anne Pajunen, Lisen Rylander Löve

Superman ‘Bulleteers’

Superman ‘Bulleteers’

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A short sample of music that was meant for a project in Portland, Oregon, USA.
A number of Superman movies from the 40s were going to be shown with new music played live by an orchestra. Unfortunately, the project did not come off.
The video shows a short sample of ‘Bulleteers‘ with computer rendered music.