FESTIVAL CLUB SATURDAY!
For three years Maja Heurling and Ola Sandström worked on setting Signe Aurell's poetry to music. And the story of the American immigrant Signe is completely different from that of Karl-Oskar and Kristina.
In 1913, Signe Aurell left Sweden to seek her fortune in the United States. She worked as a laundress and political writer, but she also became a civil rights activist and was a contemporary of the protest singer Joe Hill, who was convicted of murder in 1915.
Signe wrote poetry and published her metrically perfect and linguistically glowing poetry collection "Irrbloss" in Swedish in 1919. Her previously unknown poems are about homesickness and the struggle for a brighter future. 100 years later, they have now been given a musical setting where folk music meets song and where the tones lift every meaningful word.
It's surprising that Signe Aurell hasn't attracted more attention in Sweden, but now is the time. And the compositions are absolutely delightful. It is infinitely beautiful and at the same time both brittle and strong. Do not miss it!
The show is performed in Swedish.
Photo: Christopher Anderzon
PRESS BRIEFING:
"Absolutely wonderful songs! The fact that these poems reach us at such a great distance in time makes me completely exhausted." - Göran Greider
"Down to earth and magnificent." - Sydsvenskan
"Ask the refugee who crosses your path and you're likely to hear similar descriptions of longing for the known paths." - Lira Music Magazine
Eng:
For three years, Maja Heurling and Ola Sandström worked to set the poetry of American immigrant Signe Aurell to music. And the story about Signe is completely different from the one about Karl-Oskar and Kristina.
In 1913, Signe Aurell left Sweden on her own to seek fortune in the United States. She came to work as a laundress and political writer, but she also became a civil rights activist and was a contemporary with the protest singer Joe Hill who was convicted of murder in 1915.
Signe wrote poetry and published her metrically perfect and linguistically glowing collection of poems "Irrbloss" in Swedish in 1919. Her hitherto unknown poems deal with homesickness and the struggle for a brighter future. 100 years later, they have now received a musical setting where folk music meets wisdom and where the compositions lift every meaningful word.
It is surprising that Signe Aurell has not received more attention in Sweden, but now is the time. And the soundtracks are absolutely lovely. It is infinitely beautiful and at the same time both brittle and strong. Do not miss!
Performance in Swedish.
