Released on the BIS label
Arktis Arktis!
The Swedish Chamber Orchestra
On a Distant Shore
Martin Fröst, clarinet, The Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Beginning
Kungsbacka Piano Trio
I himmelen (In Heaven's Hall)
Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir
New CD
To the Angel with the Fiery Hands
The vocal ensemble La Cappella, conducted by Karin Eklundh
+ Jörgen Pettersson, saxophone, in the piece Hymn from Night
Sara Norling chose Arktis Arktis! from among this year's crop of recordings:
– For Rehnqvist's nerve-tingling ornamentation, the calls of the clarinets and the chilling expanses of the strings.
Dagens Nyheter (the largest Swedish morning paper)
To the Angel with the Fiery Hands
– a visual concert for female chorus, soprano and four instruments
[ site in Swedish about the project, the composer, the artists and with lyrics ]
The Rosenberg Award to Karin
The 2006 Rosenberg Award goes to Karin Rehnqvist. The jury's citation is as follows:
"With her feet deeply planted in the musical soil, the 2006 Rosenberg Award winner has created a personal tonal language that speaks to all the world, with a mixture of genuine musicality, Småland tenacity and musical creativity.
The Award, which is for the sum of Euro 8,000, was conferred upon Karin Rehnqvist in Stockholm on 2 December 2005.
...she has created one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music since Ligeti and Penderecki first emerged in the early 1960s.
– Guy Rickards in NOMUS/Nordic Sounds
From the Composer's Weekend Festival with Karin Rehnqvist in Stockholm Concert Hall
Webb gallery >
Reviews >
Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, 1872-1960
The Alfvén Prize to Karin
For her compositional skill which goes from strength to strength. Her musical creativity is multi-faceted, but her characteristically inventive writing for choirs, and highly personal response to folk music link her with Hugo Alfvén.
The Hugo Alfvén Prize comprises an award of 11,000 euro and a gold medal. It is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, presented on 6 July 2007 at Alfvéngården in Leksand, Dalecarlia.
Concert photos
Where the Raven Blanches >
From Västernorrland county museum,
January 2008
Opera
Karin is composing an opera for the Stockholm Royal Opera. The libretto is by Kerstin Perski, and it will be a full-length performance in two acts for soloists, choir and orchestra. The opening is projected for 2012.
Choir
Karin is composing for the Latvian Radio Choir for the Ultima festival, to be held in Oslo during autumn 2010.
She has also completed two motets for the choirs of the Västerås Cathedral, and they will be premiered during spring 2010.
Fanfares
Two short fanfares for the inaugaration of the Linné University for brass quartet.
One, a little bit longer, for Stockholm Chamber Brass, which will be performed at a Brass Festival in Gävle, Sweden, fall 2010.
spring 2010
10 January – premiere
Karin Rehnqvist: Giv oss din frid (Give Us Peace)
Mariakören/ Agneta Sköld, cond.
Västerås Cathedral, 11 am
5 February
Karin Rehnqvist: Two fanfares for the inaugaration of the Linné University, Växjö, Sweden
– Kunskapens fanfar (A Fanfare for Knowledge)
– Rektors fanfar (A Fanfare for the Vice-Chancellor)
Brass quartet from the Band of the Royal Swedish Navy
4 March
Karin Rehnqvist: Natt över jorden (Night on our earth)
The Chamber Choir of Royal College of Music, Stockholm/ Mats Nilsson, cond.
Iglesia San Francisco, Majorca, 8 pm
6 March
Karin Rehnqvist: Natt över jorden (Night on our earth)
The Chamber Choir of Royal College of Music, Stockholm/ Mats Nilsson, cond.
Iglesia de Valldemosa, Majorca, 6 pm
7 March
Karin Rehnqvist: Natt över jorden (Night on our earth)
The Chamber Choir of Royal College of Music, Stockholm/ Mats Nilsson, cond.
Svenska kyrkan, Majorca, 6 pm
13 March
Karin Rehnqvist: Interludes – US Premiere
Ritva Koistinen, kantele (in the Kronos Quartet concerts Perspectives)
Carnegie Hall, New York, 10 pm
26 March
Karin Rehnqvist: Beginning, for piano trio
Either/Or ensemble; Esther Noh - violin Alex Waterman - cello Richard Carrick - piano
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A W13th Street, New York, 8 pm
29 March
Karin Rehnqvist lectures at North Park University, Chicago
Anderson Chapel, 3325 W. Foster Ave., 10.30 am
30 March
Karin Rehnqvist: Bara du går över markerna (When you but walk the ground)
Stockholm Chamber Choir/ Maria Goundorina, cond.
Allmänna Galleriet, Stockholm
23 April
Workshop together with the Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir and their conductor Bo Johansson
”To Compose For Treble Choir”
Adolf Fredrik's School of Music, Stockholm, 1.30–4.30 pm
12 May
Karin Rehnqvist: Where the raven blanches
Ulrika Bodén, soprano / BIT20 Ensemble
Filharmonia Łódzka, Lodz, Polen, 7 pm
25 May
Karin Rehnqvist: Salve Regina – Heavenly Queen
Instrumental ensemble from Royal College of Music/ KMH Vocal Ensemble/ Florian Benfer, cond
LjudOljudfestivalen, Adolf Fredrik's church, Stockholm, 8 pm
27 May
Karin Rehnqvist: Preludes for Large Orchestra
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/ Susanna Mälkki, cond
Stockholm Concert House, 6 pm
29 May
Karin Rehnqvist: Preludes for Large Orchestra
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/ Susanna Mälkki, cond
Stockholm Concert House, 3 pm
29 May
Karin Rehnqvist: Där korpen vitnar (Where the raven blanches)
Ulrika Bodén, song, BIT20 Ensemble
Festspillene i Bergen, Logen Teater, Bergen, Norway, 7 pm
Programme, Festival in Bergen >
30 May
Karin Rehnqvist: Giv oss din frid (Give Us Peace)
Mariakören/ Agneta Sköld, cond.
Uppsala Cathedral
5 June
Karin Rehnqvist: Bara du går över markerna (When you but walk the ground)
Stockholm Chamber Choir/ Maria Goundorina, cond.
Confidencen, Solna/Stockholm
19 June
Karin Rehnqvist: Hymn – premiere at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria to Prince Daniel
Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir, The Choir of Storkyrkan/ Jeanette Köhn, sopr/ Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/ Gustaf Sjökvist, cond.
Earlier calendars:
fall 2009 >
spring 2009 >
fall 2008 >
spring & summer 2008 >
fall 2007 >
spring 2007 >
fall 2006 >
spring 2006 >
2005 >
2004 >
Where the Raven Blanches >
See the video clip
Ulrika Bodén, soprano, Nordic Chamber Ensemble
Susanna Mälkki, conducts in Stockholm Concert House
May 25th and 27th, 2010
Royal Wedding Music
Karin has composed a piece for the wedding between
Crown Princess Victoria and Mr. Daniel Westling on 19 June 2010 in the Stockholm Cathedral “Storkyrkan”.
This new piece for choir, soloist and orchestra will be performed during the ceremony.
It was commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music as a gift for the bridal couple.
