The concepts of Romanticism and Late Romanticism steer our thoughts towards musical epochs, but the selection on this CD is based on a word art that encompasses romantic notions and experiences such as sorrow, joy, love, anxiety, despair, expectation, and longing that have existed in all times.

This CD features, for the first time, recorded works by the young composer Alvin Vikman’s five-movement piece The Japanese Seasons, Agneta Sköld’s Där blåklinten slog en bro, and a bouquet of songs by composers active from the mid-1800s, Laura Netzell and Valborg Aulin.

For over two hundred years, the interest in choral singing has inspired choral compositions of many different kinds. It has laid the foundation for the utilisation of words and tones for the human voice, which has fostered cohesion, community, and musical innovation. Therefore, the compositions of Ludvig Norman, Jörgen Jersild, and Alvin Vikman show a continuity in humanity’s need for words and tones to collaborate, regardless of the epoch, giving us new insights and experiences of what it means to be human.