Das Schwedische Königshaus gab dieses Werk in Auftrag für das Fest der Verkündigung der Jungfrau Maria. Der Text stammt vom schwedischen Dichter Einar Askestad (Uraufführung am 17. März 2013). Die Mus...
The Choirmaster's Burial erzählt lautmalerisch das klassische Gedicht Thomas Hardy's über einen alten Tenor nach, der den Tod seines Chorleiters beklagt. Frauen und Männer sind in zwei Chöre aufgeteil...
Die Vertonung des bekannten Psalms Singet dem Herr ein neues Lied (Ps. 96,1-3) nutzt zur Ausdeutung des Textes starke Dynamik und einem Wechsel von fließenden, blockhaften Akkorden mit schnelleren pol...
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...
'De sancto Pelagio et sancto Theodolo' is a transcription of a composition originally conceived for choir and large orchestra. The texts, which stem from the liturgical chants 'Cantionale' by Thomas K...
'An Elemental Elegy' was commissioned by the internationally acclaimed ensemble Voces8 for their 15th anniversary recording project 'After Silence'. The CD was released in July 2020. Mårten Jansson sa...
From Mårten Jansson's Requiem Novum, this work for unaccompanied SATB voices offers a moment of peace and reflection. This is a study of excellence in part-writing with its beautiful melody rising abo...
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...
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...
