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UPCOMING EVENTS AND WORK IN PROGRESS 2023
Ice Memory
The hidden music of glacieres
Camerata Nordica
Ice Memory is an international sound art and music project about the climatological memory of glacial ice. Together with artist and curator Eline Kersten (The Netherlands), glaciologist and artist Lindsey Nicholson (Austria) I will explore how historic climate data from drillings of glacial ice can be transformed into music and sonic landscapes.
In Ice Memory I will work both with electronics and the string orchestra Camerata Nordica
Ice memory will be prepared for performances/exhibits in three countries: Sweden, the Netherlands and Austria. The premiere is planned to be held in Kalmar (SWE) in 2024.
WITH SUPPORT FROM:
Helge Ax:on Johnsons stiftelse
Film premiere:
J.A.G.S. The Öland Pharaoh
Reqiuem
Per Nyström and Vokalharmonin
Summer 2023
Torngård, Öland
A concert film from Segerstad's church 28 august 2022. Cellist Per Nyström and the choir Vokalharmonin under the direction of professor Fredrik Malmberg. Vokalharmonin consists of singers from two of Sweden's most renowned choirs: Radio Choir and Eric Ericson's Chamber Choir.
"In this requiem for solo cello and mixed choir, we celebrate the extraordinary life and work of the farmer and folk artist Johan August Gustafsson (J.A.G.S) from Segerstad Parish, Öland. It´s a piece about a man who, despite the ridicule of those around him, dreamed big and beyond the horizons of the village norms."
WITH SUPPORT FROM:
Statens Musikverk, Mörbylånga municipality, Cementa Sweden AB, Ölands Bank and Cke Lavér.
ORGANIZER:
Musik på Allvar in collaboration with J.A.G.S museum and Kalmar läns hembygdsförbund
PODCAST:
Kalmar County Museum
Click on the image for program- booklet (SV)
2022
J.A.G.S. The Öland Pharaoh
Requiem
Per Nyström and Vokalharmonin
28 augusti kl. 18.00
Segerstads church, Öland
A L V
Per Nyström, cello
3 september 6.00 PM
Vänersborg Chamber Music Festival
Vänersborg church
https://k-v.se/konserter/festivalkonsert
Arr: Kammarmusikens vänner
2021
Kalmar castle february 26
G A N Erik Wickström, piano
Zephyrin Rey-Bellet, cello
GAN is a chamber piece inspired by the imagery of Swedish painter and modernist pioneer Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (GAN). Eventually the piece will be the backbone of a dance performance about facing change. GAN (1884-1965) depicted the dawn of the modern industrial age. Influenced by the dynamic art scenes of Berlin and Paris in the 1910s and 20s he created a personal blend of the modernist styles, with erotic symbolism as a salient feature. His ruptured paintings of urbanity, new technology and athletic men capture a time full of hope and promises of freedom. Today their slightly disturbing dystopic gloom comes to the fore. The images resonate with our own troubled times of transition and uncertainty. On february 26 pianist Erik Wickström and cellist Zéphyrin Rey-Bellet, artistic director of the renowned string orchestra Camerata Nordica, meet in a filmed work in progress presentation of GAN with musical excerpts at Kalmar Castle (see Calendar below). Arranger: Länsmusiken, Camerata Nordica and Byteatern, Kalmar läns teater.
With support from:
Helge Ax:on Johnsons stiftelse
County Council of Kalmar County
Länsmusiken, Kalmar
Kalmar municipality
Filmregion Sydost
A L V is a solo piece for Swedish cellist Per Nyström. The piece is inspired by stories from the deserted village of Dröstorp on Öland's Great Alvar. Per is co-founder and artistic director of Old Ox Chamber Orchestra. He has a background in internationally acclaimed orchestras such as Camerata Nordica and the Yggdrasil Quartet, which he also co-founded. See calendar below.
