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1. Such is life [5:45]
Edward Lear/François Sarhan
2. Kärlekens ögon [1:05]
Nils Ferlin/Lars Gullin/Gunnar Eriksson
3. Grön sang [1:24]
Erik Knudsen/Per Nørgård
4. Din mun var vallmo [5:55]
Lotta Olsson/Kristian Bredin
5. Overstået angst [1:36]
Halfdan Rasmussen/Per Nørgård
6. Quartetto: étude sentimentale [5:36]
Paul Verlaine, Fredrik Österling/Fredrik Österling
7. Lykkestrejf [0:53]
Thorkild Bjørnvig/Per Nørgård
8. Det är något bortom bergen [1:05]
Dan Andersson/Sven-Eric Johansson
9. Tyst är det rum [3:39]
Pär Lagerkvist/Fredrik Österling
10. Det är vackrast när det skymmer [1:43]
Pär Lagerkvist/Sven-Eric Johansson
11. Orpheus [2:28]
William Shakespeare/Lars Johan Werle
12. Oh, Nuncle [8:43]
William Shakespeare/François Sarhan
13. Quodlibet över tre svenska folkvisor [3:19]
Trad. Arr. Matts Johansson
14. Dansen i rosende lund [6:08]
Trad./Gunnar Idenstam
15. From Windsor Forest [11:29]
Alexander Pope/Rashid Kallimulin
Total time: 62:29
VOX – the voice
The voice - that most revealing feature.
Four voices – the inner drama within a family,
revealed.
The daily lives of the members of VOX is not
known to me: four people who live their separate
lives with joys, sorrows and disappointments. But I
have seen them on stage, most recently in the church
in Lysekil. Once again, the miracle: the experiences
of four individuals fusing into one. For a brief
moment the chaos is brought to order. Every composition,
the small vibrato on a note, the minute delay
of a dissonance, the change in their posture and the
patterns they form in church, the transformation of
their faces, like a landscape in ever-changing light –
everything speaks of one thing: life is full of meaning.
Few ensembles in the country are better qualified
than Vox to convey this feeling with authority – four highly
professional singers with a solid background
in Swedish musical and cultural traditions,
all possessing many years of training and experience
with regard to various kinds of music, who have a
day job that allows them to let their own and
others’ imagination flow freely – on the taxpayers’
expense. And not to worry, it’s all legitimate, the
authorities will not interfere.
Perhaps the vocal quartet is a model for the ideal
democratic society. How about dividing our entire
society into quartets for a while?
Gunnar Eriksson Choirmaster,
professor at the School of Music, Göteborg University
Musicians/Soloists
Ulrika Åhlén Axberg - Soprano
Katharina Lundborg - Alto
Tore Sunesson - Tenor
Matts Johansson - Baritone/Bass
Gunnar Idenstam - Grand Piano
Louise Agnani - Cello
