Taking over the baton from Abbé Vogler
This was one of my most exceptional commissions so far. I was asked to compose new music for the Medal Awarding Ceremony for The Royal Orders of Knighthood (Kungl. Majt:s Orden), taking place 31/5 a the Royal Castle, Stockholm. Obviously, this was a very honorable mission and an exciting task; to take over the baton from Abbé Vogler who composed the previous ceremony music – which has been played for centuries. Until now.
The piece is written for various wind orchestras, and was premiered by Arméns Musikkår, conducted by Felix Bagge. Last time I made music among royalties was as […]
Ikaros´fall premiered
Well done Oscar´s Vocal Ensemble! Humble composer (me) attended the world premiere of my latest choir piece Ikaro´s fall, after a poem by Ebba Lindqvist. Grateful to Sällskapet Ebba Lindqvists vänner (Ebba Lindqvist Society) for the rights to use this beautiful words. Vehicles was the theme of this concert with Oscar´s Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Pär Olofsson. Also music by Whitacre, Vaughan-Williams, Mäntyjärvi – fantastic pieces all over! Thank you for this. Looking forward to the recording:)
Thank you Stockholm!
THANK YOU ALL – we had a wonderful time in Stockholm with SYSTEMET. Two completely sold out nights at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern 19-20/4, after the already fantastic response in Gothenburg in January. Now, we are working on getting the piece on stage again, there seems to be a need for it:)
The piece was specially composed an designed for Man must sing – a dedicated and skilled opera company who bring the contemporary opera art a bit forward, always commissioning new pieces. This time I am happy to play in the orchestra:)
Final concert of Ligita Sneibe´s solo organ tour
Ligita Sneibe – what a success in Gothenburg Concert hall 13/4! My short fanfare In time in such a magnificent company! A one-hour organ solo programme that simply blew us away! So happy to have had Ligita as my supervisor when I composed the piece for the festival Organ Space in Stockholm 2023. And now I hear the result. Wow! Surrounded by fantastic music by latvian colleague Indra Rise, among others.
Thank you Ligita!
Zenit interview
In connection with the premiere of my latest chamber opera SYSTEMET (libr. Naima Chahboun) I had a nice talk with reporter Britt Nordberg, from culture magazine Zenit.
Read (in Swedish), about my musical life, compositions, thoughts
Pållan´s musical menu – PAO Trio show
THANK YOU Västerås 27/3 . PAO trio had a lovely time, giving two performances with the most wonderful audiences, in Teaterbistron.
We already met the audiences in Kil, Göteborg, Borås and Kalv and now Västerås – so who is next?
Book us! There will be a lot of fun, a lot of seriousness. Like life. The show is a result of my aim to document a bunch of old songs, beside the two albums ”Pållans låtar – till slut, från början” (released March) and ”Mera Pållans låtar” (release December). I formed a piano trio with Arvid Jullander (cb), Ossian Ward (dr) and […]
