Jan-Olof Eriksson supplied me with a copy of the composer’s manuscript and has thereafter been a sounding board for me during my work on the new edition

Arrangemang av John Rutter för blandad kör

It is a lightning fast instrument with a very lyrical singable tone

The need for dignified songs bordering on the profane has been met

Svinborstnatt Fernando Jan-Olof Eriksson supplied me withIn "Svinborstnatt" (Hog Bristle Night), the poet Elsa Grave describes how the sow, with her double chin, snores in a sty filled with a stale odor. This evocative text has been set to music by Alvin Vikman and is dedicated to the Stockholm Music Gymnasium Chamber Choir and Sofia gren.