Musica Vitae

New Swedish Orchestral Music for Strings

On this CD the Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra from Växjö presents new Swedish orchestral music for strings. The orchestra, formed in 1980, numbers the Expressen newspaper’s Spelmannen Music prize among its awards, and has made a name for itself as one of the foremost chamber orchestras in Sweden.

Daniel Börtz wrote his Variations and Intermezzi for string orchestra expressly with Musica Vitae in mind. This is a composition in five movements, based thematically on the ritual interval of mourning, the falling minor second.

Anders Hillborg’s Celestial Mechanics for 17 solo strings and percussion is based on microtonal harmony, partly achieved by tuning each instrument individually.

Tetrachordon for 15 solo strings by Thomas Liljeholm is named after the four-tone scale of classical Greek music theory and builds on the cell, consisting of B, C, E flat and E, presented at the beginning of the piece.

Anders Hultqvist wrote The Winter Garden for Musica Vitae in 1993. The musical “gestures” in this piece are inspired by, and derived from, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The title alludes to this kind of garden often being a place where all four seasons exist simultaneously.

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    • Variations and Intermezzi for String Orchestra Music: Daniel Börtz
      • 1.
        Come una aria ...
        4'54
      • 2.
        Moderato
        3'24
      • 3.
        Adagio espressivo
        2'43
      • 4.
        Prestissimo come
        1'22
      • 5.
        Largo e molto ...
        3'43
    • 6.
      Tetrachordon för 15 solo strings Music: Thomas Liljeroth
      13'55
    • 7.
      Celestial Mechanics Music: Anders Hillborg
      21'22
    • 8.
      The Winter Garden Music: Anders Hultqvist
      11'59
  • Total playtime 63'40

Compact Disc // CAP 21519 // Classical // Releasedate: 1 January, 1997