King Lily of the Valley

which was set to music by Ewa Kristeberg

Songs to texts by Barbro Lindgren for mixed choir with guitar and/or piano with bass ad lib

sadness and regret-time to consider the comments that where made in haste

and where Karin Liungman's words gain their weight and meaning through Georg Riedel's congenial music

When I Close My Eyes I Dream of Peace - full version SAATBB King Lily of the ValleyWhen I close my eyes, I dream of peace consists of two parts. In the first part we hear a united choir in a Swedish folk troll, to see in the second part the choir split into six groups that sing in different languages, melodies inspired by the respective musical traditions. Karin Rehnqvist calls this work a peace project, and leaves it open to use additional language and perform the work in part or in its entirety. See also edition for the short