Christine Reles

War and Peace was commissioned 2021 by The Royal Swedish Navy Band and conductor Alexander Hanson to mark the celebration of The Svea Life Guards' 500th anniversary. I. "Fanfares and Battle" opens in...

When Jerker Johansson in the 80's started to compose he was for a while obsessed with writing music in odd time signatures, more specifically 7/8. He was asked during the fall of 2020 by Leif Karlsson...

Castle Suite in three movements by Jerker Johansson was completed in 1999 and originates back to a wedding which the composer attended at Kalmar Castle. This renaissance stronghold is one of Sweden’s...

The inspiration to this piece comes from the composer's impression of the beautiful Bohuslän coast, more precise the island of Hälsö in the Gothenburg archipelago. Here the Nordic light appears in a p...

The author of Kosterflickornas visa 'Song of the Koster Girls' is Evert Taube (1890-1976). It is one of the 200 popular and beloved songs he wrote and which have made him one of Sweden's 'national poe...

Few composers have had such an impact on Swedish music life as Tor Aulin (1866-1914). He studied violin and music theory in Stockholm 1877-83, and in Berlin 1884-86. In 1887 he founded the Aulin Quart...

Few composers have had such an impact on Swedish music life as Tor Aulin (1866-1914). He studied violin and music theory in Stockholm 1877-83, and in Berlin 1884-86. In 1887 he founded the Aulin Quart...

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942), Swedish composer, beloved most of all for his collections of small piano pieces, Frösöblomster 1-3 (Flowers from Frösö). Peterson-Berger himself, primarily treasur...

The first theme played by the solo clarinet was written by Jerker Johansson the summer 1997, when he was composing in Swedish folk music style for an intended radio programme in which his father shoul...

In Charge was commissioned by the Home Guard Band of Eksjö to honour Thomas Samuelsson, whose efforts with the orchestra have been of great significance. He was a driving person within Swedish militar...

Jerker Johansson has lived in Gothenburg, on the Swedish West Coast, since 1984, and is deeply interested in the history of the country. Gothia is the most southern part of Sweden, and Gothenburg, whi...

When Jerker Johansson in the 80's started to compose he was for a while obsessed with writing music in odd time signatures, more specifically 7/8. He was asked during the fall of 2020 by Leif Karlsson...

The first theme was written the summer 1997 when Jerker Johansson was composing in Swedish folk music style for an intended radio programme in which his father should participate reading poems in loca...

Reach for the Sky was composed by Jerker Johansson at the time he was serving as principal conductor for The Royal Swedish Air Force Band. The march, written in a classical British style, was premiere...

Fortis et Liber (Strong and Free) was composed in 2012 on commission from the Swedish Armed Forces and dedicated to The Special Operations Task Group. Jerker has written three marches in the past; Wes...

In Charge was commissioned by the Home Guard Band of Eksjö to honour Thomas Samuelsson, whose efforts with the orchestra have been of great significance. He was a driving person within Swedish militar...

ALBERT LÖFGREN (1872-1930) is one of the great names in the annals of Swedish military music. He came from a poor peasant family and went the same way as his two older brothers. Only ten years old he...