Mårten Jansson

The text that will be celebrated in 2025 is central to most mass compositions. It was first published at the Council of Nicaea in 325 - 1700 years ago. The final form of the Nicene Creed is the only c...

The text that will be celebrated in 2025 is central to most mass compositions. It was first published at the Council of Nicaea in 325 - 1700 years ago. The final form of the Nicene Creed is the only c...

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...

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...

The setting of the well-known psalm Sing unto the Lord a new song (Psalm 96, 1-3) uses strong dynamics and an alternation of flowing, block-like chords with faster polyphonic passages to interpret the...

I Never Saw a Moor (Nach einem Text von Emily Dickinson): Die Komposition bringt das unerschütterliche Vertrauen auf Gott zum Ausdruck und damit die zentrale Aussage des Gedichts von Emily Dickinson....

I Never Saw a Moor (Based on a text by Emily Dickinson): The composition expresses the unshakeable trust in God and thus the central message of Emily Dickinson's poem. The music describes feelings of...

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 Swedish royal family commissioned this work for the feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The text was written by the Swedish poet Einar Askestad (premiere on March 17, 2013). The music de...

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...

The Choirmaster's Burial is an onomatopoeic retelling of Thomas Hardy's classic poem about an old tenor who mourns the death of his choirmaster. Women and men are divided into two choirs. While the me...

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...

The setting of the well-known psalm Sing unto the Lord a new song (Psalm 96, 1-3) uses strong dynamics and an alternation of flowing, block-like chords with faster polyphonic passages to interpret the...

De sancto Pelagio et sancto Theodolo is a transcription of a work for choir and large orchestra. It was commissioned by the Knabenkantorei Basel. The texts come from the Cantionale chants of the last...

'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...

Stillae was commissioned by the Dortmund Choir Academy's youth concert choir, which won first prize in the 2018 Mårten Jansson Choir Competition. The text is by the American poet Charles Anthony Silve...

Fear Thou Not entstand als Auftragswerk für das preisgekrönte schwedische Frauen-Vokalensemble Les Jolies. Das Stück beschreibt, wie man durch die zugleich mahnende und tröstende Stimme Gottes vom Zwe...

Fear Thou Not was commissioned by the award-winning Swedish female vocal ensemble Les Jolies. The piece describes how one can move from doubt to faith through the voice of God, which is both admonishi...