- Year of composition: 2025
- Work category: Voice and piano
- Text author: Pär Lagerkvist, Maria Wine, Edith Södergran and Tomas Tranströmer. Sung in Swedish.
- First performed: Song No. 5, C-Dur: 2 August 2025, Trollhättans kyrka, Nordic Song Festival. Miah Persson, soprano; Mats Jansson, piano. World premiere of the complete cycle to be announced.
- Duration: 25 min
Instrumentation
Soprano and piano
Solo voices/choir
Soprano
Location for score and part material
Gehrmans Musikförlag. Enquiries also through the composer’s website.
Description of work
Cycle of five songs for soprano and piano, setting poetry by Pär Lagerkvist, Maria Wine, Edith Södergran and Tomas Tranströmer. Commissioned by Nordic Song Festival 2025.
Links
https://www.benjaminstaern.se/?page_id=8482
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTOmYl-YIyM
Work comment
Commissioned by Nordic Song Festival 2025. C-Dur is Song No. 5, setting a poem by Tomas Tranströmer. A YouTube recording features Miah Persson, soprano, and Mats Jansson, piano, at the world premiere of C-Dur on 2 August 2025 in Trollhättans kyrka. The recording features C-Dur rather than the complete cycle.