- Year of composition: 2023
- Work category: Melodrama
- Text author: Stig Dagerman
- First performed: 12 August 2023, Helga Trefaldighets kyrka, Uppsala. Hannes Meidal, actor; Daniel Migdal, violin; Amalie Stalheim, cello; Karin Dornbusch, clarinet; Jacob Kellermann, guitar. Även framfört 13 August 2023 på Artipelag, Värmdö.
- Duration: 30 min
Instrumentation
Clarinet, guitar, violin, cello
Solo voices/choir
Actor/narrator
Description of work
Work for Actor/narrator and Clarinet, guitar, violin, cello.
Links
https://www.benjaminstaern.se/?page_id=8472
Work comment
Vårt behov av tröst är omättligt is a melodrama based on Stig Dagerman's text, written for the centenary of his birth. Spoken Swedish and a four-instrument ensemble bring literature and concert music into the same space, with the actor's voice at the centre.