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Present activities
2010
• March 20th is the world première of the choral piece Bring Heaven to Earth, commissioned to celebrate Massachusetts choir Musica Sacra's 50th anniversary. Read more.
• In January NEA EDITION publishes new choral pieces by Sandström. Can be checked out at www.neaedition.com
2009
• Like 2007 Sandström's choir piece Es ist ein Ros entsprungen is performed and broadcasted live from Kings College Chapel in Cambridge, UK during the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. It was first broadcast in 1928 and is now broadcast to millions of people around the world. Read more.
• December 19th the choir Allmänna sången is presenting its fare well commission, Sandström's O Magnum Mysterium, to the conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin at their Christmas Gala in Uppsala. The new piece as well as Sandstrom's older piece Gloria is well received. Read more.
• Dec. 4th Sandström will be present at the Tenerife premiere of Motorbike Odyssey, performed by Christian Lindberg and Tenerife Symphony Orchestra under Lü Jia. Read more.
• November 27-28 Sandstrom's new piece Ecos de Eternidad, a double trombone concerto for Ricardo Casero and Christian Lindberg is global premiered in Cáceres 27th and Badajoz 28th. The piece is commissioned by The Extremadura Orchestra for Cácere's Capitol of Culture 2016. Read more.
• Lux Aeterna, a commission for the vocal group Bolin quartet is world premiered October 31th at The Chapel of the Holy Cross in Stockholm.
• June 13 the cantata Skapelsemorgon, with text by Bo Setterlind has its world premiere at the House of Arts in Lulea by Katarina Giotas, Olle Persson, Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble and North Botnia Chamber Orchestra under Petter Sundkvist. Read more.
• On April 30 a CD is released on H.M. The King's initiative. The CD-ROM, which is conducted by Gustaf Sjökvist contains Swedish music in three pieces: God in disguise by Lars-Erik Larsson, with text by Hjalmar Gullberg, Concert piece for piano and orchestra by the Ludvig Norman, and Prayer to the Sun by Jan Sandström, with text by Karin Boye. Read more.
• In March Sandström starts composing a work for Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and Kroumata, Stockholm. Lyrics by Eva-Stina Byggmästar.
• March 19 the Flute Concerto is world premiered in Falun by Magnus Båge and Dalasinfoniettan under Bjarte Engeset. The second performance is held in Örebro April 29th by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Read review.
• In March Sandström completes Ecos de Eternidad, a double trombone concerto for Ricardo Casero and Christian Lindberg. The piece is commissioned by The Extremadura Orchestra of Spain. Mr. Lindberg will be both conducting and playing.
2008
• In December Sandström is completing a cantata for Katarina Giotas, Olle Persson, Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble and North Botnia Chamber Orchestra. The piece will have its global premiere conducted by Petter Sundkvist June 13 at the House of Art, Luleå. The piece is commissioned by the Masonic Lodge of Luleå to celebrate its 100th birth day.
• For Swedish music – With the times. At the request of H.M. The King, a concert of Swedish music is arranged to take place in the Hall of State on Tuesday 25 November. The concert includes God in disguise op. 24 by Lars-Erik Larsson, text by Hjalmar Gullberg, and H. M.'s birthday present cantata Prayer to the Sun for chorus, soloists and orchestra, by Jan Sandström, text by Karin Boye. The music is performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Court Singers Hillevi Martinpelto and Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, opera singer Jeanette Köhn, and Gustaf Sjökvist's Chamber Choir. Read more.
• Nov. 1st Sandström's Requiem, with lyrics by Christine Falkenland is world premiered at Hedvig Eleonora Church, Stockholm. Soloists are Karolina Blixt, mezzosopran and Michael Weinius, tenor. S:t Matteus Symphony Orchestra together with the choirs of Hedvig Eleonora and S:t Matteus are conducted by Sonny Jansson. The following day the piece has its second performance at S:t Matteus Church, Stockholm.
• Oct. 18th Sandström's Vid en strand, på en ö, i ett hav with lyrics by Kjell Peder Johanson, has its global premiere by the Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble and accordeonist Timo Kinnunen at Studio Acusticum, Piteå.
• In August Sandström completes his Flute Concerto for Magnus Båge. The concerto is a commission by Dalasinfoniettan, joined by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Symphony orchestra of NorrlandsOperan and will be world premiered in March 2009.
• In May Christian Lindberg records four of Sandström's orchestral works for BIS during his his return visit conducting the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. The pieces are Indri, Era, Suite from A Manor Saga and Ocean Child.
2007
• On Christmas Eve Sandström's widespread choir piece Es ist ein Ros entsprungen is broadcasedt live from Kings College Chapel in Cambridge, UK during the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The service, where The Kings College Choir sings carols old and new and leads the congregation in traditional Christmas hymns, for many people all over the world marks the beginning of Christmas. Director of Music was Stephen Cleobury.
• In December Sandström complets his Requiem, commissioned by The Church of Sweden Choral Association. The piece will be premiered on All Saint's Day 2008.
• In October recording company Swedish Society releases an album much longed-for; From Darkness to Light, written by Sandström 1991, The piece is composed around the poetic tribute by Folke Isaksson to Albertus Pictor's magnificent altarpiece at the mediaeval church at Gammelstad. The poems, at the premiere read by the author Isaksson himself, are on this recording declaimed by Sven Wollter. Singer is the same as the premiere in 1992; Peter Mattei, as well as conductor and orchestra; Petter Sundkvist and the North Bothnia Chamber Orchestra. Well reputed music magazine OPUS writes that the CD is " probably the most important and most personal CD of the decade" and "in time will be found in every home".
• 20-22 October the newly set version of the second trombone concerto Don Quixote, now for trombone and choir, has its world premiere. The piece, Coros del la Mancha, is dedicated to Christian Lindberg and the Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble. Sundsvall Oct. 20, Luleå Oct. 21 and Piteå Oct. 22.
• Trondheim Symphony Orchestra's commission for Ole Edward Antonsen, Sandström's third trumpet concerto, has its global premiére October 11th in Trondheim under Eivind Aadland.
• Christian Lindberg plays Motorbike and L Mozart with a newly founded Spanish orchestra 3-6 October 2007. Lindberg and Sandström is invited to open this newly created, highly interesting The Extremadura Orchestra's season. Lindberg brings his favourite combination to this orchestra: Leopold Mozart Concerto from 1756 followed by the Lindberg/Sandström mega hit A Motorbike Odyssey.
• Sandström's cantata for Carl von Linné's birthday is premiéred May 23 2007 in Aula Magna, Uppsala. The cantata, Cantus Adoratorum, commissioned by Uppsala University is performed by the Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala and the Royal Academic Orchestra under Stefan Parkman.
• The 8th of May at Cologne Triennial Lindberg again gets standing ovations for A Motorbike Odyssey with the Cologne Philharmonic conducted by Markus Stenz. Christian Lindberg performs three performances of A Motorbike Odyssey. The audience are at its feet, and the critics are praising Lindberg.
• Motorbike fever exists in Budapest and in Cologne in beginning of May. The Motorbike Odyssey still continue its triumphal procession after 18 years. May 5th the piece is premiered in Budapest April 5th by Christian Lindberg and Hungarian S O under Andras Ligety. Standing ovations meet Mr. Lindberg's performance. Lindberg and Sandström has yet another unlimited success with the 642nd performance of A Motorbike Odyssey. In Budapest Lindberg and Sandström also receives a special prize from the Scandinavian-Hungarian cultural office. After the concert, it took Mr Lindberg 45 minutes (this was his first concert in Hungary!) to shake the hands of all the fans waiting at the stage door.
• Sandström's new piece for Orphei Drängar, Vuojnha Biegga, is world premiéred in Uppsala, Sweden April 21st.
2006
• Sandström's new opera, Good Night Madame! has its world premiére September 21th. The opera - about the Swedish national poet Carl Michael Bellman - a collaboration between Sandström and Kjell Peder Johanson was commissioned by the Piteå Chamber Opera. The tour through nine towns is very well received by critics and public. Watch slide show from photographer Anders Alm's site. Sandström's opera before this one K. Description of a Struggle at the Gothenburg Opera last fall was also well received. Read more.
• The new orchestra piece Tango de los Hönsens is world premiered September 22nd at the Usedomer Festival in Germany. The piece, commissioned by the festival, is performed by the Nordic Chamber Orchestra under the conductor Christian Lindberg.
• Christian Lindberg is playing Sandström Motorbike Concerto at the Last Night of the Proms including live on TV BBC2.
• Sandström was asked by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music to compose a birthday present cantata to H.M. The King's 60th birthday concert takes place at the Hall of State the 30th of April 2006. The piece Prayer to the Sun, with lyrics by Karin Boye, is premiered by Anne Sofie von Otter, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, The Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir and The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the conductor Gustaf Sjökvist. Read more. During the parlament supé Nov. 21 the piece is once again performed, now by Hillevi Martinpelto. Read more.
