Dansa

Featuring

Cecilia Zilliacus
Lena Willemark
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Crüger
Jacob Regnart
Svante Henryson

Sven-David Sandström

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Interpretation

Lena Willemark, the vocalist on this album, combines chorale quotations into a single vocal part and sings complete verses from chorales, drawing on the strong tradition of chorale singing in Swedish folk music.

Composer Biography

Svante Henryson, composer of the Sonata for Solo Violin, has a diverse musical background, including classical music as a double bass player, heavy metal on electric bass, and as a cellist, arranger, and composer in genre-crossing collaborations.

Compositional Technique

Svante Henryson's Sonata for Solo Violin, written for Cecilia Zilliacus, features a musical flow reminiscent of Bach's solo works, explosive sections akin to headbanging rockers or Bartók, and a wistful Siciliano that evokes the Scottish Highlands.

Performer Biography

Cecilia Zilliacus, the violinist on this album, is active as a soloist and chamber musician, a member of the string trio ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen, and has received multiple Swedish Grammis awards.

Performer Biography

Lena Willemark, the vocalist on this album, is a 'National Folk Musician of Sweden' (riksspelman) and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, known for her work across various genres.

Compositional Technique

Sven-David Sandström's "Dansa" incorporates improvisatory passages and allows Lena Willemark, a folk musician, to imprint her style on the music, even asking her to switch to the fiddle in one movement.

Composition History

The work "Dansa" by Sven-David Sandström for voice and violin was commissioned by Cecilia Zilliacus and Lena Willemark to expand their repertoire, with Lena suggesting the text by Danish-born poet Maria Wine.