All music below are composed or arranged by me and are free to download.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Sonata No. 2 for soprano saxophone & guitar
(Dedicated to Anders Paulsson & Jacob Kellermann)
Listen to my Sonata No. 2 on Konserthuset Play. The Sonata starts at 43 minutes and 10 seconds.
Three movements: 1. Escurcione 2. Desiderio 3. Energicamente
https://www.konserthuset.se/play/ett-skepp-kommer-lastat/
SHEET MUSIC
Sonata No. 2 for soprano saxophone & guitar
Soprano Saxophone & Guitar
Soprano Saxophone only
Affettuoso was premiered 3 December 2022 in Sofia kyrka in Stockholm by the soprano saxophone player Anders Paulsson. The piece is included in his project Solitary Poems.
MIXED CHOIR
Boye, Karin / Om detta livet är det enda LISTEN
Lyrics by one of Sweden’s greatest poets, Karin Boye (1900 – 1941). The text is about how short life is and that you have to take care of every moment.
Boye, Karin / Sommardag LISTEN
Meditative depiction of nature when time stand still on a summer’s day.
A person looks to the sky and admire the swallows flying skills.
Lilla Kören & Pelle Olofson perform my Dowland Suite live in Uppenbarelsekyrkan LISTEN
Dowland, John / Come Away, Come Sweet Love LISTEN
The renaissance composer John Dowland (1562/63 – 1626), is one of my favorits. I just love his music for solo lute and his lute songs. I’ve taken the lyrics from four of Dowland’s lute songs and written new music.
Dowland, John / Come, Heavy Sleep LISTEN
Dowland, John / Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled LISTEN
Dowland, John / Wilt Thou, Unkind, Thus Reave Me LISTEN
Fletcher, Phineas / Drop, Drop, Slow Tears LISTEN
Many composers has put music to the lyrics Drop, Drop, Slow Tears. This is my version.
Shakespeare Suite
Premiered by Lilla kören & Pelle Olofson 22 October 2022, Sofia kyrka
Shakespeare, William / 1. Sonnet 97, How like a winter hath my absence been LISTEN (Live from Sofia kyrka)
Shakespeare, William / 2. Sonnet 47, Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took LISTEN (Live from Sofia kyrka)
Shakespeare, William / 3. Sonnet 98, From you have I been absent in the spring LISTEN (Live from Sofia kyrka)
Shakespeare, William / 4. Sonnet 75, So are you to my thoughts as food to life LISTEN (Live from Sofia kyrka)
Stagnelius, E J / Näcken LISTEN
Näcken is a mysterious creature who plays violin naked by the creek.
Swedish Folk Tune / Eklundapolskan LISTEN
Fast Swedish polska with a lot of energy.
Swedish Folk Tune / Polska från Medelpad LISTEN
This polska was made famous through the Swedish jazz pianist
Jan Johansson’s recording Jazz på svenska.
Swedish Folk Tune / Vi sålde våra hemman LISTEN
Sad lyrics about people who left Sweden between 1851 och 1910 to seek a better life in North America.
Södergran, Edith / Ett liv LISTEN
Edith Södergran (1892 – 1923) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet.
Ett liv (One life) is mysterious and hard to grasp, but that makes the text even more interesting.
Södergran, Edith / Nocturne LISTEN
Sensitive lyrics about moonlight evening in nature.
MALE CHOIR
Carl Michael Bellman (1740 – 1795) is one of the greatest in the Swedish song tradition.
Bellman, C M / Bort allt vad oro gör LISTEN
Premiered by Stockholms Studentsångare (Stockholm Academic Male Chorus) & Pelle Olofson
Bellman, C M / Glimmande nymf LISTEN
Glimmande nymf is one of Bellman’s most intimate songs.
Bellman, C M / Käraste bröder, systrar och vänner LISTEN
Premiered by Stockholms Studentsångare (Stockholm Academic Male Chorus) & Pelle Olofson
Dear brothers, sisters and friends. Tune the fiddle and play, it’s partytime!
Bellman, C M / Lilla Charles, sov sött i frid LISTEN
This song is about Bellman’s little son who died at a very young age.
Bellman, C M / Är jag född, så vill jag leva LISTEN
Cheerful song. Sing, dance and enjoy as long as you live!
Children’s Song / Bockarna Bruse LISTEN
The little, the middle and the big goat meets a dangerous hobgoblin when they try to pass a bridge.
Children’s Song / Elva Dromedarer LISTEN
Eleven dromedaries are on their way to the town to get some treats.
Children’s Song / Imse Vimse Spindel LISTEN
Itsy Bitsy Spider with a jazzy groove.
Linnros, Oskar / Psalm för skolgårdar LISTEN
Psalm for Schoolyards, very beautiful ballad by the Swedish singer/songwriter Oskar Linnros. Arrangement for male choir and alto soloist.
THOMAS PERSSON - Composer 