About the longing for peace in the light of the star

Jan Yngwe writes: "When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022

Arrangement for mixed choir and piano by John Rutter

The Forza Quartet

Melodic version of this famous spring text with personal harmony

Lament Åsa About the longing for peaceLament was commissioned by the Norrland Opera Symphony Orchestra as a pendang to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. A recitative in the cello part, from the beginning of the fourth movement, forms the basis of the entire piece. "I have brought out the lyrical side of Beethoven, perhaps not his most typical characteristic, because I thought that all the struggle and fireworks that often describe his music felt a bit irrelevant in this context. I have