Jeff Beal: The Salvage Men Eric Ericson Chamber Choir & Fredrik Malmberg

• Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981): Reincarnations, Op. 16:
• 1 Barber: Reincarnations, Op. 16: I. Mary Hynes 02:21
• 2 Barber: Reincarnations, Op. 16: II. Anthony O'Daly 03:19
• 3 Barber: Reincarnations, Op. 16: III. The Coolin 03:50
• Jeff Beal (b. 1963): The Salvage Men:
• 4 Beal: The Salvage Men: A Very Long Moment 05:52
• 5 Beal: The Salvage Men: Spiderweb 04:38
• 6 Beal: The Salvage Men: Virga 04:56
• 7 Beal: The Salvage Men: Age 03:59
• 8 Beal: The Salvage Men: Salvage 05:41
• Daniel Nelson (b. 1965): The New Colossus:
• 9 Nelson: The New Colossus 05:47
• Eric Whitacre (b. 1970): A Boy and a Girl:
• 10 Whitacre: A Boy and a Girl 04:32
• Three Songs of Faith:
• 11 Whitacre: Three Songs of Faith: I. i will wade out 02:35
• 12 Whitacre: Three Songs of Faith: II. hope, faith, life, love 03:38
• 13 Whitacre: Three Songs of Faith: III. i thank You God for most this amazing day 06:15
• Total Runtime 57:23

Info for Jeff Beal: The Salvage Men

Der Eric Ericson Chamber Choir und sein Chefdirigent Fredrik Malmberg, die für ihre Vielseitigkeit und ihr großes Interesse an neuer Musik gelobt werden, präsentieren ein Programm, das A-cappella-Werken in einem modernen und doch zugänglichen Stil amerikanischer oder in Amerika geborener Komponisten gewidmet ist. Das Album beginnt mit einem Triptychon, das auf Adaptionen alter gälischer Gedichte basiert, Reincarnations von Samuel Barber, der für seine opulente, postromantische Sprache bekannt ist, wie sie in seinem berühmten Adagio for Strings zum Ausdruck kommt. Jeff Beal, einer der produktivsten und angesehensten Komponisten Hollywoods, schrieb The Salvage Men, basierend auf Texten von Oscar Wilde und der zeitgenössischen, mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichneten Dichterin Kay Ryan. Dieser Zyklus bietet laut Beal »eine völlig frische, zeitgenössische Sicht auf die Themen Transformation und unsere gewählte Reaktion auf Schmerz«. Daniel Nelsons The New Colossus, basierend auf einem von der Freiheitsstatue inspirierten Text der Schriftstellerin Emma Lazarus aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, zielt darauf ab, die Erhabenheit und Schönheit, die der Idee der Inklusion innewohnt, musikalisch zu vermitteln. Abschließend zwei Werke von Eric Whitacre, einem Komponisten, dessen Werke bei Vokalensembles in ganz Amerika beliebt geworden sind: A Boy and a Girl, ein feinfühliges Stück basierend auf einem Gedicht von Octavio Paz, und Three Songs of Faith nach Texten von E. E. Cummings, ein Zyklus, der Whitacres persönlichen Glauben und seine Reflexionen über das Geistige und das Unbekannte darstellt.

Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Fredrik Malmberg, Leitung

Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
was founded in 1945 by then 27-year-old Eric Ericson, and has since taken a central position in the Swedish and international music scene. Eric Ericson and his choir’s great interest in always finding new music and exploring new areas makes the ensemble’s repertoire very wide to this day: from early music to the latest and newly composed. For generations of Swedish and international composers, the choir has been an ideal ensemble with its typical “Nordic” sound and consistent virtuosity.

To uphold the legacy of Eric Ericson means preserving and developing that unique timbre, deepening the chamber musical attitude and searching out new repertoire. After Eric Ericson passed away in 2013, Fredrik Malmberg was engaged as chief conductor, working alongside Swedish and international guest conductors.

In Eric Ericson Chamber Choir you find Sweden’s foremost ensemble singers who, beyond their own solo singing careers and other important musical endeavours, have chosen to take part in this vital ensemble work.

On the world stage, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir is among the very foremost professional ensembles, and through the years it has been awarded many distinctions. The choir makes several tours abroad each year, but also works educationally with amateur choirs around Sweden.

In its long history, the choir has made numerous recordings, available in the catalogues of many record companies. Highlights of the international work include collaborations with the Swedish Radio Choir and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, James Levine and Riccardo Muti, as well as the many recordings and concerts with Nicolas Harnoncourt and the Concentus Musicus Wien.

Since 2003, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir has a close collaboration with the the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stockholm Concert Hall. Within the framework of the state budget for culture, the choir has a guaranteed annual support that offers a basic security underneath its freelance work.

Eric Ericson Chamber Choir is a member of TENSO – the European network for professional chamber choirs.

Fredrik Malmberg
His activities include both run as orchestral repertoire, and he has collaborated with ensembles such as DR Vokalensemblet, Swedish Radio Choir, Concerto Copenhagen, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Mariinskyteaterns.

Fredrik Malmberg is also sought after pianist and organist, including with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of conductors such as Daniel Harding and Claudio Abbado.

Fredrik Malmberg has received numerous prizes and awards for his musical work, and in 2012 listed the leading Swedish music magazine Opus him among those who made the most of renewing the tradition-filled art music in Sweden.

In 2012–2024, Fredrik Malmberg held the position of Music Director of the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir. He is Professor of Choral Conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and church musician at Oscar’s parish in Stockholm.

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