Jansson, Sacred Choral Works 2017

Mårten Jansson

SACRED CHORAL WORKS

Now with new publications 2016 / 2017

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de sancto pelagio et sancto theodolo

two poems

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De sancto Pelagio et sancto Theodolo SATB and Organ, Latin BA 8523

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This piece is a transcription of a composition originally conceived for choir and large orchestra. The texts, which stem from the liturgical chants “Cantionale� by Thomas Kress, serve as a medieval sacred counterpart to the texts of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana�. The composition tries to capture the same archaic feel as “Carmina Burana� but with a more solemn sacral atmosphere.

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Two Poems SATB, Swedish/English BA 8524

NEW 2017

The two poems “Triptykâ€? (Triptych) and “MĂśrkblĂĽ tillitâ€?

(Dark Blue Trust) are written by hospital chaplain/author Kerstin Dillmar. In “MĂśrkblĂĽ tillitâ€? the key message to trust that we will be received after passing away in sleep is effectively expressed by the music. “Triptykâ€? on the other hand describes a journey within a person in three stages depicted by music which starts with a dark-searching tonality and then describes the simple beauty of trust through to a joyful expectation of hope ending with a strong conviction.

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missa brevis

ingenting utanfĂśr nothing beyond

in E flat minor / es-Moll SATB

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Missa brevis in E-flat minor NEW 2016 SATB, Latin BA 8521 This work for mixed choir a cappella has been composed in the tradition of the short Mass (without Credo) and can be easily managed by most choirs. Thanks to its conciseness, it is suitable for use in church services, while its delightful harmonic layout and consciously simple melodies (with clear allusions to folk music) also make it perfect for concert performance.

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NEW 2016 Ingenting utanfĂśr Nothing Beyond SSMezAA, Swedish/English BA 8522 “Ingenting utanfĂśr / Nothing Beyondâ€? is a collaboration between MĂĽrten Jansson and the Swedish poet Einar Askestad. This a cappella choral work deals with sorrow and loss. After a forceful, harmonically ambiguous section and a clear break in the music, the piece ends with a comforting decrescendo of reconciliation. It was commissioned by the Uppsala female choir “La Cappellaâ€? and is dedicated to its choral director Tony Margeta.

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NEW 2016 Missa Popularis SSA (TB ad lib.), String quartet (Double bass ad lib.), Latin Score BA 7420 Vocal score BA 7420-90 Parts in slipcover BA 7420-22

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As the name suggests, the “Missa Popularis� has its musical roots in folk music. This becomes clear in the very first bars of the Kyrie, where the violin plays a melody in the style of a Swedish folk tune above a bass ostinato. The musical charm of the Mass derives from the combination of choir [SSA(TB)] and string quartet. The choral parts enable performances by female choir or mixed choir. In the latter case the string quartet is reinforced by a double bass.

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ou not

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maria (iv) SATB

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Fear Thou Not SSMezAA, English BA 7411 The Choirmaster’s Burial SSATBB, Latin SSA/English TBB BA 7413 Maria (IV) SATB, Swedish/English BA 7412

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cantate domino

i never saw a moor

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Cantate Domino SSAATTBB, Latin BA 7414 I Never Saw a Moor SSMezMezAA, English BA 7415 Cantate Domino TTBB, Latin BA 7416

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cant dom

BA 741

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tate mino

in the light of god

god rest ye merry, gentlemen

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In the Light of God SMezATB, Swedish/English BA 7417

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es ist ein ros entsprungen lo, how a rose e’er blooming

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Arrangement SATB, English BA 7419

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Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Arrangement SSAATTBB, German/English/Swedish BA 7418

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Mårten Jansson (*1965), elected member of the Föreningen svenska tonsättare (the Society of Swedish Composers), graduated from the Kungliga Musikhögskolan (Royal College of Music), Stockholm with a MFA degree in Music Education, Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Voice. For more than ten years he was the music director and conductor of “Carmen”, one of the most prominent women's vocal ensembles in Sweden.

Working with this choir gave Jansson the impetus to write many of his early compositions for female choir.

“The knowledge that what I wrote at night would be tested the next evening was a driving force that not so many other composers were lucky to have”.

Jansson currently teaches choral conducting as well as music theory and gives vocal tuition at the Bolandgymnasiet and Musikskolan in his home town of Uppsala.

He has established himself as a composer of sacred choral works. Since 2014 many of his compositions have been published by Bärenreiter and have been well-received within the international choral scene.

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“My music is my own and I have never tried to be original. That has always been my motto and I have only tried to use music to express all the feelings which life has to offer. This has led people to describe my music as ‘so sad that it sounds like birds who have lost their wings’ but also as ‘the happiest classical music that we have ever heard’.

My compositions are almost all sacred. They express not only my own faith but also my appreciation and respect for the timeless texts that have been used for centuries and centuries.”

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