Stefan – Sida 34 – Stefan Klaverdal

First performance of oratory Levande Vatten (Living Water)

091011, 17:00, Lunds domkyrka (Cathedral in Lund), Lund, Sweden
091017, 17:00, St Johannes k:a, Malmö, Sweden
091018, 16:00, Bräkne-Hoby k:a, Bräkne-Hoby , Sweden

Levande Vatten (Living Water), first performance of the oratory commissioned by the Church of Sweden on the theme of baptism. Lyrics especially written to the piece by acclaimed writer and poet Christine Falkenland.
Performed by the mixed choir Kirsebergs Kammarsångare, girls choirs Körmitz and Karamellerna from Lund Cultural school and Karamellerna from Lunds domkyrka, percussion duo with Johan Westerberg and Christian Ekstedt with Alexander Einarsson conducting.
The commission was also awarded a grant from the Cultural board of the Swedish Church in 2008.

First performance of piece for recorders, carillon and electronics

090621, 20.00, Kompagnigränd, Malmö, Sweden

First performance of Aestival Solstice for two recorders, Carillon and electronics as a part of the concert ”Recorder Bells”. Performance by Annie Lönngren and Ida Höög (recorders) and Martin Hasselgren (carillon).

Insyn is screened at Synthèse festival in France

090531, 22.30, Théâtre Jaque Cour, Bourges, France

The dancefilm Insyn is screened during the festival Synthèse in Bourges, France. In 2008, the music in the film won the 36th International Competition for Electronic Music and Sonic Art / Bourges 2008 in the multimedia category.

New performance of ”eyes like a flame of fire”

090528, 20.00, Nya Tröls, Malmö

eyes lika flame of fire for soprano recorder and computer is performed again by Annie Lönngren at Klubb C-Y!

New piece premiered at Malmö Academy of Music

090524, 19.30, Rosenbergssalen, Malmö Academy of Music, Malmö

And when I turned is premiered by Ensemble for New Music and conductor Anna Rombach from Sibelus Academy. The piece is composed especially to the ensemble and is included on a CD to be released during summer 2009.

Performance of two pieces with percussion in Malmö

090517, 19.00, Classic Lounge at Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden
Johan Westerberg and Per Andreasson perform the piece a home for demons for percussion and computer at the Classic Lounge concert series in Malmö. The piece is written for the unusual very small percussion setup of drum sticks and a piece of wood.

Per Ivarsson (trumpet) and Johan Westerberg (percussion) will also perform the piece and then I saw at the same concert. The two pieces will also be recorded for a future CD release.

First performance of piece for recorder and computer

090507, 19.00, Rådhuset, Malmö
Annie Lönngren performs the new piece eyes like a flame of fire for recorder and computer for the first time. It is written especially to Annie for her graduation concert.

First performance of a work in progress-oratory

090412, 11.00, Kirsebergs kyrka, Malmö
In-progress-performance of selected pieces from the upcoming oratory ”Levande Vatten” (Living Water), that focus on baptism. Lyrics by the acclaimed writer Christine Falkenland. First performance of the whole oratory will be set in october. The oratory is a commission from the Swedish Church in Lunds Stift.

Double film screening (again!) in Stockholm

090414, 20.oo-01.oo, Bondens Bar, Bondegatan 1C, Stockholm

Insyn and Mänskligt Mönster are two dancefilms with choreography by Klara Elenius and music by Stefan Klaverdal. Both films have been awarded several international prizes, the music in both have won the mutimedia category of the Bourges international prize for electronic music (IMEB). The films have as of this date been screened in some 16 different countries!

Double film screening at Music Doc Gothenburg

090403, 1830, Mitt andra hem (Café), Göteborg: Insyn (Insight)
090404, 19.00, Hagabion (biograf), Göteborg: Mänskligt Mönster (Human Pattern)

Insyn and Mänskligt Mönster are two dancefilms with choreography by Klara Elenius and music by Stefan Klaverdal. Both films are shown at the film festival Music Doc in Gothenburg, Sweden. Both films have been awarded several international prizes, the music in both have won the mutimedia category of the Bourges international prize for electronic music (IMEB).