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        for horn and tape
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        for amplified saxophone and tape
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        for percussion and loudspeaker
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        for ensemble
      • Stimme aus der Ferne
        for ensemble
      • Swirls and Shades
        for eight saxophones
      • Trio
        for traditional Korean percussion, piano and violin
      • A swarm came in from the dark
        for violin and ensemble
      • Tinkles, clinks and heavenly metal
        for violin, Paetzold, objects and electronics
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        for ensemble
      • Reed, undulating
        for ensemble
      • Backdrifting
        for ensemble
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      • Whirli(gigue)
        for large symphony orchestra
      • Krusning Skiktning
        for piano and orchestra
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      • Thawing, undulating
        for saxophone, trombone and any six instruments
      • Musik för strängar
        for piano four hands
      • For Ashley
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Mycorrhizal network

for brass quintet

Mycorrhizal network (2024) is a piece for brass quintet, singing bowls and a small bluetooth loudspeaker. The starting point when composing this piece was pre-recorded and processed sounds of horns and gongs, vibrating a slightly distorted low F. Together with the musicians in Stockholm Chamber Brass, we explored how variations of this sound can be produced on the different instruments. Working on this, I got associations with mycorrhiza and how trees could possibly sound like when they communicate underground.
Mycorrhizal network was composed for and in collaboration with Stockholm Chamber Brass with funding from the Swedish Arts Council.

Score available at Svensk Musik.

  • Premiered by Stockholm Chamber Brass at Ny Fredag, Konserthuset Stockholm, October 2025. Other performances by Stockholm Chamber Brass include:
  • A night with... Glasgow, October 2025
  • A night with... Aberdeen, October 2025
  • A night with... Edinburgh, October 2025
  • Program note (Swedish and English)

Program note (Swedish and English)

Mycorrhizal network (2024)
för brasskvintett
≈ 10 min.

Mycorrhiza betyder svamprot, från grekiskans mykes (svamp) och rhiza (rot). Mycorrhizal network är symbiosen mellan svampmycel (trådar) och växters rötter, som innefattar ett utbyte av näring dem emellan. Men svamptrådarna förbinder också rötterna mellan växter, t.ex träd, och är otroligt nog ett sätt för träd att kommunicera! Bland annat kan ett starkare träd skicka extra näring till ett svagare, och ett angripet träd kan skicka varningssignaler till omgivande träd.
Utgångspunkten till Mycorrhizal network är ett förinspelat och bearbetat ljud av horn och gongar: ett vibrerande, något distat lågt F. Tillsammans med musikerna i Stockholm Chamber Brass utforskades hur variationer av detta ljud kan frambringas på de olika instrumenten.
Under arbetets gång fick jag associationer till mycorrhiza och hur träd skulle kunna låta när de kommunicerar under jord. Så småningom lämnar musiken underjorden, trumpeterna ansluter och ljuden vandrar uppåt mot trädtopparna, svävande och skimrande.
Mycorrhizal network komponerades för och i samarbete med Stockholm Chamber Brass med finansiering från Kulturrådet.

Mycorrhizal network (2024)
for brass quintet
≈ 10 min.

Mycorrhiza means fungal root, from the Greek mykes (fungi) and rhiza (root). A mycorrhizal network is a symbiosis between fungal mycelium (threads) and plant roots that involves an exchange of nutrients between them. However the fungal threads also act to connect the roots of multiple plants, e.g. trees, and incredibly serve as a way for trees to communicate with each other! Among other things, a stronger tree can send extra nutrients to a weaker one, and an infected tree can send warning signals to surrounding trees.

The starting point for Mycorrhizal network is pre-recorded and processed sounds of horns and gongs, vibrating a slightly distorted low F. Together with the musicians in Stockholm Chamber Brass, we explored how variations of this sound can be produced on the different instruments.
During the course of the work, I got associations with mycorrhiza and how trees could sound when they communicate underground. Gradually the music leaves the underworld, the trumpets join in and the sounds travel upwards towards the treetops, floating and shimmering.
Mycorrhizal network was composed for and in collaboration with Stockholm Chamber Brass with funding from the Swedish Arts Council.

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