The Swedish Radio Choir

Visions and Non Thoughts

The Swedish Radio Choir comprises 32 professional singers. Since Eric Ericson took over in the 1950s, it has become one of the world’s most outstanding choirs – a universal tool of voices capable of delivering the sweetest a cappella tones or of performing an oratorio with enormous power and elasticity. The collective leaves room for each individual form of expression, creating a sound that is unique in the world of choral music.

Being one of the world’s foremost choirs entails collaborating with the very cream of choirmasters and musicians. On this recording they join with Swedish choirmaster marvel Ragnar Bohlin, leader of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus since 2007, and world-leading trombonist Christian Lindberg – featured here as both soloist and composer.

Together they perform In Time of Pestilence, the evocative choral work by American composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Ned Rorem; Visions and Non Thoughts and Vid sista udden by Christian Lindberg for trombone, recitator and mixed choir; Fallandet by Thomas Jennefelt; Lighten mine eyes by Bo Hansson; and muo:aa:yiy::oum, Anders Hillborg’s phonetic study in sound. This is the premiere recording on CD of these compositions by Lindberg, Jennefelt and Hansson.

The Swedish Radio Choir, Ragnar Bohlin and Christian Lindberg have all previously appeared on different Caprice recordings, but this is the first time that they have been brought together on one and the same disc.

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    • In Time of Pestilence Music: Ned Rorem Text: Thomas Nashe
      • 1.
        Adieu, farewell earth's bliss
        2'05
      • 2.
        Rich men, trust not in wealth
        1'01
      • 3.
        Beauty is but a flower
        2'18
      • 4.
        Strength stoops unto the grave
        1'39
      • 5.
        Wit with his wantonness
        0'47
      • 6.
        Haste therefore each degree
        2'15
    • 7.
      Visions and Non Thoughts Music: Christian Lindberg
      15'42
    • 8.
      Fallandet Music: Thomas Jennefelt
      4'39
    • 9.
      Vid sista udden Music: Christian Lindberg Text: August Strindberg
      6'33
    • 10.
      Lighten mine eyes Music: Bo Hansson Text: Psalm 13
      5'21
    • 11.
      muo:aa:yiy::oum Music: Anders Hillborg
      12'00
  • Total playtime 54'15

Compact Disc // CAP 21816 // Contemporary/Choir // Releasedate: 10 March, 2010