Programme

Grevinnans porträtt – Ian Whiteford
When viewing a piece of art, there are simultaneously several subconscious impressions and conscious reflection. This piece blends those aspects, as the music speaks to impression, while the lyrics carry the conscious narrative. The lyrics are from Zacharias Topelius poem “Grevinnans konterfej”.

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Golvuret – Albin Fiskesjö
Golvuret (or Grandfather clock) is a piece about time, inspired by the grandfather clock in the permanent exibition Samlingen. The grandfather clock ticks with each second and rings out each hour. When I listened to the ticking sound of the seconds I felt a slight difference in length, which is what inspired this piece. More specifically. Time, and how it always is present and ticking on, just like that clock. But it can sometimes feel slow, long, fast or warped.

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Lichtung – Natalie Schäfer
Based on the poem Finding
Finding
Light. There‘s a light over there.
I can hardly believe it. There‘s a light!
I had to walk through a cold, dark night.
But now the flowers are blooming again.
I see colours everywhere!
Light. There‘s so much light over there.
I can see it. So much light!
No more pain, no more rain,
no more thunder, just strentgh.
I see colours everywhere.
(Natalie Schäfer, 2025/26)

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Rebirth W. A. – Richard He
Mozart’s very last composition, written on his deathbed, was the first eight bars of Lacrimosa from his Requiem. It is as though he predicted his own death in his music. My concept is to present Mozart’s last melody, a famous melody written around the middle of his oeuvre and his first melody of his life, KV 1. They are presented in reverse chronological order. It is as if Mozart himself grows younger and younger. They are mixed and intertwined with my own original music and compositional style.
Sometimes I even jokingly deform his melodies so they fit my ideal, rather than the other way around. I think Mozart would have adapted his style to modern ears if he was reborn into this world.

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funky faces – Freya Wolf
Samlingen features different portraits of different eras, in different styles. The longer one stares at a portait, the more one becomes aware of different facettes of the expression. But therefore it can become confusing – is this friendly face or a threatening one, or both? Inbetween fun and the grotesque – what are these faces trying to say?

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Cherry Plum – Amalia Garay Lukacs
Cherry plum is part of a cycle of pieces based on Bach Flowers, an alternative medicine remedy made with flower esences that is supposed to help with different emotional struggles. Cherry Plum is the 6th flower of this system. It’s a flower that is native to Eurasia, being one of the first flowers to bloom anouncing the arrival of spring. Cherry plum is an essence that helps with deep depression, anxiety attacks, and especially with fear of losing control. It brings self contention and calm, helping with emotional regulation. This pieces is thought to evoke these properties, developing an organic and harmonic disorder that searches for grounding.

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Voyage over the River Styx – Neo Korths
Voyage over the River Styx is inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Euridike and depicts Orpheus’ treacherous journey into the underworld.

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Producers:

Freya Wolf
Max Ramsthaler