Sven-Eric Johanson

Sven Eric Emanuel Johanson (10 december 1919 - 29 september 1997) was a Swedish composer and organist.

Sven-Eric Johanson
Born(1919-12-10)10 December 1919
Västervik
Died27 September 1997(1997-09-27) (aged 77)
Gothenburg

Biography
Sven-Eric Johanson

Sven-Eric Johanson was born to Hjalmar and Beda Johanson in Västervik in 1919.[1] The parents were both officers in the Salvation Army, but in 1926 Hjalmar became a pastor in Missionsförbundet instead. He began his formal music studies in 1938 at the Ingesund College of Music and was accepted to the Royal College of Music, Stockholm in 1939.

During his time as a student in Stockholm, Johanson studied composition with Melcher Melchers and organ with Otto Olsson and Alf Linder. In 1944 Johansson became the director of music at Uppsala Missionskyrka. In the 1940s Johanson studied Ernst Krenek's book on the twelve-tone technique and employed it in his 1949 Sinfonia ostinata.[2]

In 1952 he became the organist at Hagens kapell (today Älvsborgs kyrka) in Gothenborg, a position he held until 1977.

He was a founding member of The Monday Group. In 1971 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.[3]

He is buried on the Stampen cemetery in Gothenburg.[4]

Works

Johanson wrote twelve symphonies and several operas. He composed a number of concertos, som for unusual instruments like balalaika and nyckelharpa. He was a prolific composer of choir music.

He has written a hymn in the 1986 Swedish Hymnal, no. 214a, Lär mig att bedja av hjärtat.

Selected works

Works for orchestra and chamber ensemble
  • Sinfonia ostinata, symphony no. 1, 1949/54
  • Sinfonia elegiaca, symphony no. 2B, 1654-1955
  • Symfoni no. 3, 1956
  • Konsert för balalajka och stråkorkester, 1961
  • Variationer över en värmländsk orrlåt, 1963
  • Elementsymfonin (Etemenanki), symphony no. 5, 1965–68
  • Concerto Gotenburghese, piano concerto, 1970
  • Konsert för nyckelharpa och stråkorkester, 1971
  • Sinfonietta pastorella, symphony no. 6, 1972
  • Spelmanssymfoni för stråkorkester, symphony no. 7, 1974
  • En Frödingsymfoni för solister, kör och orkester, symphony no. 8, 1983–84
  • Sinfonia d'estate, symphony no. 9, 1987
  • Symphonie Chez nous, symphony no. 10, 1990
  • Sinfonia d'autunno, symphony no. 11, 1991
  • Sinfonia da camera, symphony no. 12, 1992

Operas
  • Petronella, "opera bluffa", 1942
  • Tjuvens pekfinger, opera buffa, 1966
  • Rivalerna, chamber opera, 1967
  • Sagan om ringen, opera, 1972, never performed
  • Reliken, opera, 1975
  • Skandal, Ers majestät, opera, 1978
  • Dinize, opera, 1993-94, never performed

Choral works
  • Psaltare och lyra (Snabbt jagar stormen våra år), (text Erik Axel Karlfeldt), 1953
  • Symfoni nr 2A (Duinoelegi nr 7, text Rainer Maria Rilke), 1954
  • Fyra visor om årstiderna; Sommar-ro (Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht), Hösten (Jacob Wallenberg), Vintervisa (Anna Maria Lenngren), Vårvisa (Olof von Dalin), 1957
  • Sånger i förvandlingens natt, symfoni nr 4 (text Östen Sjöstrand), 1958
  • Fancies (text Shakespeare) för blandad kör och piano, 1974

Selected recordings
Title of RecordingRecorded works by JohansonPerformersRecord labelRelease year
Det brinner en eld - Burning BrightChoral worksRilkeensemblen, Gunnar Eriksson conductorFootprint Records2010
Telling What is Told - Shakespeare SongsFanciesThe Norwegian Soloists' ChoirSimax2006
Tankarnas gröna trädDet är något bortom bergenGöteborgs Kammarkör, Harald Svensson piano, Gunnar Eriksson conductorFootprint Record2003
Sven-Eric JohansonFancies; Tvinnat Silke; Tio Epigram; Pianosonata No.2; Variationer över en Korsfararsång från 1100-talet; Sonata för Soloflöjt; Sinfonia da Camera - Symphony No.12Skaraborg's Vocal Quartet, Lars Hägglund piano, Henrik Löwenmark piano, Wind Quartet Arion, Bo Nyberg flute, Western Sweden Music's Chamber Ensemble, Petter Sundkvist conductorProprius1995
Sven-Eric Johanson - Chez nousSymphony Chez Nous - Symphony No. 10; Trio For Clarinet, Cello And Piano; String Quartet No. 7Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist conductor, Saga QuartetPhono Suecia1994
Viska du vindGenesaret, Herde, Vit natt, Som sådden förnimmerGöteborgs Kammarkör, Gunnar Eriksson conductorProprius1994
Nalle Puh - Two Symphonic TalesNalle Puh - en symfonisk sagaGothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Lars Benstorp conductor, Stefan Ljungqvist narratorBIS1992
Henrik Cervin orgel, Gustavi DomkyrkaToccataHenrik Cervin organOpus31983
Johanson på skivaChoral worksGöteborgs Kammarkör, Gunnar ErikssonProprius1973
Ung kyrkomusikAgnus deiUngdomskör ur RKU och Sveriges Kyrkosångsförbund, Karl-Erik Welin organ, Torsten Nilsson conductorHis Master's Voice1969
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gollark: Quickly, how do I empty pipes in Factorio?
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References
  1. Bergfors, P-G (1994). Mitt hjärtas melodi. En bok om Sven-Eric Johanson. Bo Ejeby förlag. p. 11. ISBN 9188316092.
  2. Bergendal, Göran. 33 svenska komponister. Lindblads. p. 113. ISBN 9132403747.
  3. Kungl. Musikaliska akademien. Årsskrift 1997. p. 41. ISBN 918903807X.
  4. "Johanson, Sven Eric". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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