Gunnel Wåhlstrand
Britta Byström: Ink-Wash on Paper, 2025
A piece inspired by seven paintings by Gunnel Wåhlstrand
For eight musicians
For eight musicians
Edition of 250
€ 35.00
Recognized as a rising star on the contemporary music scene, composer Britta Byström was born in Sundsvall, Sweden 1977 and began her musical career as a trumpet player. She started...
Recognized as a rising star on the contemporary music scene, composer Britta Byström was born in Sundsvall, Sweden 1977 and began her musical career as a trumpet player. She started composing while still in her teens and studied composition at the Royal University of Music in Stockholm with Pär Lindgren and Bent Sørensen. In an age when most composers can only dream of hearing orchestras perform their works, Byström distinguished herself as a master of orchestral textures even during her student days. Byström’s work can be heard with major orchestras, soloists and concert halls like BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gürzenich Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Swed- ish Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Philharmonic, Royal Albert Hall, NDR Elbphilharmonie, John Storgårds, Janine Jansen and Malin Broman.
The inspiration for ‘Ink-Wash on Paper” came about following a concert where artist Gunnel Wåhlstrand heard one of Byström’s other art-inspired works. It was decided on the spot that artist and composer should collaborate. Wåhl- strand specializes in the demanding technique of ink wash, creating overwhelming large-scale images photo-realistic images of nature on the west coast of Sweden. The clarity of detail, the quality of light and the reflections in these greyscale works are truly hypnotic and are beautifully complimented by Byström’s soft-focus sonics.
This is graceful and elegant music but also somewhat bizarre; rarely rising above a mezzo-forte. As English critic Lynn René Bayley (Art Music Lounge) wrote, “Byström’s world seems to consist of gentle gestures that somehow add up to a listening experience that is transformative. Nothing is quite as it appears to be at first glance/listen, yet she sucks you into her sound world and says, “Why don’t you stay for a cup of galactic star tea?”
Limited editon: 250 copies
CAT. NO 9.70870 - UPC: 730099787017
1: LÅNGEDRAG ... 4.31
2: LOOKING AT PAINTINGS ... 4.15
3: THE MEADOW ... 2.39
4: WALK ... 3.20
5: THE END OF JULY ... 4.00
6: SHALLOW WATERS ... 4.13
7: ROSE ... 5.28
TOTAL ... 28.26
8: BY THE WINDOW ... 12.04
Producer, edit, mix and master: Jens U. Braun
Front Cover art: Johan Löfgren
Liner Notes: Tor Billgren
Translation: Jenna Hultén
Executive producer: Lars Hannibal
Photos from the recording: Louise Wiklund
Booklet: CEZBP/OUR Recordings
Recorded: February 18-19, 2023, Gothenburg Concert Hall (Ink Wash on Paper) and April 30, 2023, Västerås Concert Hall (By the Window) with generous support from BarEva Foundation (Liechtenstein)
Released with support from: Koda Kultur
Recording format: 96/24 - Selection of Neumann microphones, RME microphone Pre-Amp and AD converter
Magix Sequoia DAW for Editing, Mixing and Mastering
The inspiration for ‘Ink-Wash on Paper” came about following a concert where artist Gunnel Wåhlstrand heard one of Byström’s other art-inspired works. It was decided on the spot that artist and composer should collaborate. Wåhl- strand specializes in the demanding technique of ink wash, creating overwhelming large-scale images photo-realistic images of nature on the west coast of Sweden. The clarity of detail, the quality of light and the reflections in these greyscale works are truly hypnotic and are beautifully complimented by Byström’s soft-focus sonics.
This is graceful and elegant music but also somewhat bizarre; rarely rising above a mezzo-forte. As English critic Lynn René Bayley (Art Music Lounge) wrote, “Byström’s world seems to consist of gentle gestures that somehow add up to a listening experience that is transformative. Nothing is quite as it appears to be at first glance/listen, yet she sucks you into her sound world and says, “Why don’t you stay for a cup of galactic star tea?”
Limited editon: 250 copies
CAT. NO 9.70870 - UPC: 730099787017
1: LÅNGEDRAG ... 4.31
2: LOOKING AT PAINTINGS ... 4.15
3: THE MEADOW ... 2.39
4: WALK ... 3.20
5: THE END OF JULY ... 4.00
6: SHALLOW WATERS ... 4.13
7: ROSE ... 5.28
TOTAL ... 28.26
8: BY THE WINDOW ... 12.04
Producer, edit, mix and master: Jens U. Braun
Front Cover art: Johan Löfgren
Liner Notes: Tor Billgren
Translation: Jenna Hultén
Executive producer: Lars Hannibal
Photos from the recording: Louise Wiklund
Booklet: CEZBP/OUR Recordings
Recorded: February 18-19, 2023, Gothenburg Concert Hall (Ink Wash on Paper) and April 30, 2023, Västerås Concert Hall (By the Window) with generous support from BarEva Foundation (Liechtenstein)
Released with support from: Koda Kultur
Recording format: 96/24 - Selection of Neumann microphones, RME microphone Pre-Amp and AD converter
Magix Sequoia DAW for Editing, Mixing and Mastering
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