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Jan Sandström (born 25 January 1954, Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County, Sweden) is a Swedish classical music composer. His compositions include the so-called ''Motorbike Concerto'' for trombone and orchestra and his choral setting of ''Es ist ein Ros entsprungen''. ==Career== Sandström grew up in Stockholm. He studied at the Luleå University of Technology's Piteå School of Music (1974–1976) and completed his music training at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, studying music theory (1978–1982) and composition with Gunnar Bucht, Brian Ferneyhough and Pär Lindgren (1980–1984).〔 He joined the faculty of the Piteå School of Music in the 1980s and was appointed professor of composition in 1989.〔 In 1988 to 1989 he composed his first concerto for trombone and large orchestra, which became famous as the ''Motorbike Concerto'', revised in 2002 to a ''Motorbike Odyssey''. In 1990 he composed ''Es ist ein Ros entsprungen'' (''Det är en ros utsprungen''), placing the familiar Praetorius setting in slow motion in an eight-part a cappella setting. In 1991 he completed ''Från Mörker till Ljus'' (From Darkness to Light) for reader, baritone and chamber orchestra, based on poems by Folke Isaksson, were inspired by an altarpiece from Antwerp in Gammelstad, with a focus on the Passion. The poems are partly spoken, partly sung, some accompanied by the orchestra, the thenth of 14 movements, ''Klarheten'' (Clarity), is purely orchestral. The work was recorded in 2002 with the singer of the premiere, Peter Mattei, speaker Sven Wollter and the Norrbotten Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Petter Sundkvist. In 2008 his ''Rekviem'' (Requiem) on a Swedish text by Christine Falkenland was first performed at Stockholm's Hedvig Eleonora Church. A review summarised: "99% Pärt, 1% Bach". In 2009 his ballet ''The Tale of a Manor'' was recorded on DVD by the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonas Dominique. In October 2013, a new choral work entitled ''Do what is fair'' was first performed in Uppsala Cathedral, as part of the Young Cathedral Voices festival. This new setting by Sandström of a text from Deuteronomy, for four choirs and four organs, was performed by choirs from Uppsala, Trondheim, Warsaw, Cologne, Llandaff, Riga and Solothurn.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 About Young Cathedral Voices 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Sandström (composer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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