Mårten Jansson

As the name suggests, the 'Missa Popularis' has its musical roots in folk music. This becomes clear in the very first bars of the Kyrie, where the violin plays amelody in the style of a Swedish folk t...

As the name suggests, the 'Missa Popularis' has its musical roots in folk music. This becomes clear in the very first bars of the Kyrie, where the violin plays amelody in the style of a Swedish folk t...

An Elemental Elegy was commissioned by the globally acclaimed ensemble voces8 for their CD "After Silence", which will be released in July 2020 to mark the ensemble's 15th anniversary. Mårten Jansson...

As the name suggests, the 'Missa Popularis' has its musical roots in folk music. This becomes clear in the very first bars of the Kyrie, where the violin plays amelody in the style of a Swedish folk t...

As the name suggests, the 'Missa Popularis' has its musical roots in folk music. This becomes clear in the very first bars of the Kyrie, where the violin plays amelody in the style of a Swedish folk t...

Quaere Me (Seek Me) is a multilingual psalm that emphasizes the presence of the divine in all things. The inclusion of the Latin language ties in with the long history of the church and locates the ps...

I have embedded this internationally well-known melody in a harmonic room of bells which is rendered by the male voices. To enhance the feeling of two independent entities, the melody and the bell ost...

The 'Missa brevis in E flat minor' for mixed choir a cappella has been composed in the tradition of the short Mass (without Credo) and can be easily managed by most choirs. Thanks to its conciseness,...

Triptyk' ('Triptych') and 'Mörkblå tillit' ('Dark Blue Trust') have been written by hospital chaplain/author Kerstin Dillmar. In her work she often meets people who walk in the shadow of death and her...

'Tonight I Dance Alone' for double choir a cappella consists of three poignant episodes from the life of an old man. We encounter him before his wedding, before celebrating his wedding anniversary and...

Mårten Jansson is internationally known, particularly for his masses; the Missa brevis in E-flat minor and the Missa Popularis are regularly performed in concert programmes. The new Missa Brevis Arosi...

Wie der Name schon andeutet, hat die Missa Popularis ihre musikalischen Wurzeln in der Volksmusik. Dies wird gleich in den ersten Takten des Kyrie deutlich, wo über einem Ostinato im Bass die Violine...

With "Magnificat+", the Swedish composer Mårten Jansson adds a new addition to Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat in D major BWV 243. It consists of four movements that are inserted in Bach's Magnific...

With "Magnificat+", the Swedish composer Mårten Jansson adds a new addition to Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat in D major BWV 243. It consists of four movements that are inserted in Bach's Magnific...

Sanctus is a joyful and dynamic setting of the traditional Requiem text. Composer Mårten Jansson's beautiful and accessible vocal writing is strengthened here by the addition of organ accompaniment. F...

With "Magnificat+", the Swedish composer Mårten Jansson adds a new addition to Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat in D major BWV 243. It consists of four movements that are inserted in Bach's Magnific...

With "Magnificat+", the Swedish composer Mårten Jansson adds a new addition to Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat in D major BWV 243. It consists of four movements that are inserted in Bach's Magnific...

With "Magnificat+", the Swedish composer Mårten Jansson adds a new addition to Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat in D major BWV 243. It consists of four movements that are inserted in Bach's Magnific...

With "Magnificat+", the Swedish composer Mårten Jansson adds a new addition to Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat in D major BWV 243. It consists of four movements that are inserted in Bach's Magnific...

Ingenting utanför - Nothing Beyond' is another collaboration between Mårten Jansson and the Swedish poet Einar Askestad. This a cappella choral work deals with sorrow and loss. After a forceful, harmo...

Another collaboration between Mårten Jansson and the Swedish poet Einar Askestad is Ingenting utanför/Nothing Beyond. The a cappella work deals with the themes of grief and loss. After a powerful, lam...

I asked my friend, the poet Einar Askestad, if he could write a poem for me about love between father and son, brothers and God. I felt that these forms of love are seldom sung about. The poem moved m...

A friend, the Swedish poet Einar Askestad, wrote a poem at my request about the love between father and son, brothers and God. This form of love is rarely sung about. The poem moved me deeply and I tr...

The melody of the world-famous Christmas carol is embedded in a sound space full of bells in the male voices. The independence of these two levels is emphasized by the fact that they are sung in diffe...

This wonderful carol melody is sung by the altos and is accompanied by an ostinato 'motor' in the male voices. The soprano part moves independently and comments, so to speak, on themelodic happenings.