Ryelandt: Mass / Peterson-Berger: 8 Choral Songs

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Dan-Olof Stenlund
Malmö Kammarkör
Joseph Ryelandt
Johan August Söderman
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

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Composer's Artistic Vision

August Söderman's music is Swedish in spirit and Romantic in style, influenced by Schumann, Wagner, and Liszt, but he never directly borrowed melodies from folk music.

Composer Biography

August Söderman, a Swedish composer, was considered one of the most important figures in 19th-century Swedish music, despite dying at only 44 years old.

Composition History

Ryelandt's Missa 6 vocibus premiered on Whit Sunday, June 9, 1935, in St. Rombaut, with the organ discreetly doubling the voices to aid the singers.

Composition History

The text for Peterson-Berger's 'On Fjeldesti' was taken from Bjornson's 'A Happy Lad,' but Peterson-Berger quoted it from memory and made some errors, also intentionally omitting the original Christian conclusion.

Composition History

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger's Eight Choral Songs were originally written for a small circle of friends who enjoyed hiking, with the composer himself singing tenor in the group.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Joseph Ryelandt, the composer of the Missa 6 vocibus, combined 16th and 17th-century vocal polyphony with 19th-century Romantic traditions, exemplified by Wagner and Bruckner.

Composition History

Joseph Ryelandt's Missa 6 vocibus was commissioned by Canon Van Nuffel at a banquet celebrating the consecration of Ryelandt's nephew as Assistant Bishop of Malines.