SONG MEETS is a concert series where a choir meets an instrumental ensemble.
Allmänna Sången and the Malva Quartet give a concert with the world premiere of Britta Byström’s Hunting a Bird and newly recorded music by Swedish and American female composers. The concert is part of a collaboration with Svensk Musikvår.
From the repertoire:
Karin Rehnqvist: Day is Here
Britta Byström: Hunting birds
Julia Wolfe: You Breathe
Erika Hammarberg: One such evening (choir only)
Jessie Montgomery: Strum (strings only)
Andrea Tarrodi: I had to go through the solar systems on foot
Libby Larsen: Alaska Spring
General Choir, conductor Maria Goundorina
The Malva Quartet:
Linnea Viklund-violin
Knapp Brita Pettersson violin
Maria Jonsson-viola
Maja Molander-cello