Solitary Poems for Soprano Saxophone Anders Paulsson

• Fredrik Hogberg (b. 1971): Orphan Elephant:
• 1 Hogberg: Orphan Elephant 02:39
• Steve Dobrogosz (b. 1956): The Gracenotes:
• 2 Dobrogosz: The Gracenotes 02:38
• Victoria Borisova-Ollas (b. 1969): Daybreak on Skeppsholmen:
• 3 Borisova-Ollas: Daybreak on Skeppsholmen 03:05
• Andrea Tarrodi (b. 1981): of days gone by:
• 4 Tarrodi: of days gone by 03:35
• Johan Hammerth (b. 1953): Lontano:
• 5 Hammerth: Lontano 05:04
• Anders Hillborg (b. 1954): Shared Solitude 1:
• 6 Hillborg: Shared Solitude 1 03:21
• Thomas Simaku (b. 1958): Soliloquy VI:
• 7 Simaku: Soliloquy VI 07:58
• Anders Hillborg: Shared Solitude 2:
• 8 Hillborg: Shared Solitude 2 01:30
• Anna-Lena Laurin (b. 1962): Dawn:
• 9 Laurin: Dawn 03:35
• Paula af Malmborg Ward (b. 1962): Growing, coming, filling up:
• 10 Ward: Growing, coming, filling up 04:11
• Bo Hansson (1943 - 2010): Memories:
• 11 Hansson: Memories 04:20
• John Corigliano (b. 1938): And the People Stayed Home:
• 12 Corigliano: And the People Stayed Home 02:39
• Stella Sung (b. 1959): Soliloquy:
• 13 Sung: Soliloquy 03:15
• Ad Wammes (b. 1953): Inspired by Nile Rodgers:
• 14 Wammes: Inspired by Nile Rodgers 01:40
• Ann-Sofi Soderqvist (b. 1956): Solitude:
• 15 Soderqvist: Solitude 03:38
• Bjørn Kruse (b. 1946): amber soliloquy:
• 16 Kruse: amber soliloquy 02:53
• Svante Henryson (b. 1963): Crux:
• 17 Henryson: Crux 03:28
• Anders Nilsson (b. 1954): Splendid Isolation:
• 18 Nilsson: Splendid Isolation 03:43
• Thomas Lindahl (b. 1953): Nattuggla:
• 19 Lindahl: Nattuggla 02:37
• Marie Samuelsson (b. 1956): Piece to Anders from Marie:
• 20 Samuelsson: Piece to Anders from Marie 03:30
• Jorgen Dafgard (b. 1964): Iridescence:
• 21 Dafgard: Iridescence 03:45
• Kjell Perder (b. 1954): How Dare You?:
• 22 Perder: How Dare You? 03:23
• Britta Byström (b. 1977): Later the Same Day:
• 23 Byström: Later the Same Day 08:44
• Total Runtime 01:25:11

Info for Solitary Poems for Soprano Saxophone

The project ‘Solitary Poems for Soprano Saxophone’ is a creative response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequent obliteration of livelihoods for freelance musicians. The 23 world premières presented on this album were all composed specifically for Anders Paulsson so that he and they could keep growing artistically during the pandemic when all concerts and touring came to a standstill, and simultaneously to support the creation of new music for soprano saxophone. Some pieces turned out to be extremely virtuosic while others were more contemplative and lyrical. While the vast majority of the pieces are for solo soprano saxophone, some feature a second instrument, including one that is a dialogue between Paulsson and himself.

Composers from across the world have been given free rein to express musically what the pandemic has meant to them, whether it’s a reflection on solitude or on the imposed standstill, a hope for a better tomorrow, a concern for crucial environmental issues or a sense of wonder at nature. All the pieces also reveal the extraordinary potential of the soprano saxophone as a classical soloist instrument.

Anders Paulsson, saxophone

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