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autumn 2009
Karin has been appointed Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. This makes her the first woman to hold a chair in composition in Sweden.
The duration of the appointment is from 2009 to 2012.
Sun Song will be performed at the opening concert of the Venice Biennale on September 25, 2009.
The premiere performances of Hava! will take place as the final stage of the competition for the Eric Ericson Award on October 25, 2009, an every three years competition for young choir conductors. Three finalists will conduct The Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm, giving their personal interpretations of Haya!, a piece specially commissioned for the occasion.
Read more about the competition >
Listen >
In October, Karin will visit Pacific Lutheran University i Tacoma, Washington where a woodwind quintet will be performing Arktis Arktis! and Valv. Karin will be taking part in rehearsals and speaking at both Pacific Lutheran and the Scandinavian Cultural Center.
Requiem aeternam will have its Swedish premiere on December 4 in Örebro. This thirty-minute piece will be performed by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, with the Örebro Chamber Choir and soloists.
Read reviews of the world premiere in Scotland, autumn 2008 >
Read more about the piece >
22 August
Karin Rehnqvist: Där korpen vitnar (Where the Raven Blanches)
for soprano and twelve instruments
Ulrika Bodén, sopr/ BIT20 Ensemble
Happy Nordic Music Days >
Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo
1 September
Karin Rehnqvist: Hymn from Night
Jörgen Petterson, alto saxophone
Kalmar konsthall (Kalmar Art Museum), Sweden
12 September – KVAST - Association of Swedish Women Composers
Debate, happening and concert
Karin Rehnqvist: Livet e' ett tjolahejsan (Life's a falala), Ljusfälten (Fields of Light)
Carolinae Women's Choir/ Ulrika Emanuelsson, cond
Palladium, Malmö
16 September – Norwegian premiere
Karin Rehnqvist: Sötskolan (Beauty School) – a horror opera. For children from the age of 10
Libretto Kerstin Perski, director Ane Aass
Kathrine Strugstad, Lars Eggen, Hazel Eilertsen, Trio Alpaca
Teaterhuset Avant Garden Trondheim, Norge
Photo from the performace >
www.avantgarden.no
17 September
Karin Rehnqvist: Breaking the ice, from Arktis Arktis!
Västerås Sinfonietta / Tobias Ringborg, cond
Västerås Concert House, 7.00 pm
25 September
53rd International Festival of Contemporary Music >
“The Body of Sound”
The Venice Biennale – Opening concert – Italian premiere
Karin Rehnqvist: Solsången (Sun Song) for soprano, speakers and orchestra
Lena Willemark, soprano / Sara Mangini and Marta Dalla, speakers / Vial’Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro La Fenice/ Joana Carneiro, cond
Version in Swedish (singer) and Italian (speakers)
Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 8 pm
26 September ISCM World New Music Days
Karin Rehnqvist: Rädda mig ur dyn (Rescue me from sinking in the mire) for soprano and alto saxophone
Marie Axelsson, kulning/ Jörgen Petterson, saxophone
St Nicolai Ruined Church, Visby, 9.30 pm
14 October – Premiere of version for women’s choir
Karin Rehnqvist: Vishetens lov (In Praise of Wisdom) for two children’s voices and women’s choir
Ymna Choir/ Johanna Thür, cond
Haga Church, Gothenburg
24 October
Karin Rehnqvist: Natt över jorden (Night on our earth) Var inte rädd för mörkret (Do not fear the darkness), för treble choir
Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir/ Bo Johansson, cond
S:ta Clara Church, Stockholm, 6.00 pm
25 October – World premiere
Karin Rehnqvist: Haya! for mixed choir
The Swedish Radio Choir conducted by Eric Ericson Award finalists (Jerica Gregorc Bukovec, Maria Goundorina, Kjetil Almenning = winner)
Berwald Concert Hall, Stockholm, 3.00 pm
7 November
Karin Rehnqvist: Beginning
Kungsbacka Pianotrio
Berwald Concert Hall, Stockholm, 3.00 pm
11 November
Karin Rehnqvist: Beginning
Kungsbacka Pianotrio
Vara Concert Hall, Vara, 7.30 pm
12 November
Karin Rehnqvist: Puksånger – lockrop (Timpanum Songs – Herding Calls)
Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
Shannon Mercer & Carla Huhtanen, singers/ Ryan Scott, percussion
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Toronto, Canada
Concert info [pdf] >
About the ensemble >
16 – 20 November
Dutch classical radio features Karin Rehnqvist as composer of the week
Broadcasttime 19.30-20.00 hours
You can follow the programmes via internet: Radio4 >
29 November
Karin Rehnqvist: Night on our earth and Do not fear the darkness, för mixed chorus
Högalid's Chamber Choir / Ewa Lena Kansbod, cond
Högalidskyrkan, Stockholm, 4.00 pm and 6 pm
4 December – Swedish premiere
Karin Rehnqvist: Requiem aeternam
Helena Ek, Maria Keohane, sopr/ Örebro Chamber Choir/ Swedish Chamber Orchestra/ Andreas Hanson, cond
Örebro Concert House
Teatro La Fenice, Venedig
Lena Willemark, left
Joana Carneiro, right
From the concert Where the Raven Blanches, in Oslo
Photo: Eric Nicolas
Kjetil Almenning, winner of Eric Ericson Award 2009
