For mixed choir, percussion and timpani.
On Sunday, April 11, 2010, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Ragnar Bohlin, performed a new work by Fredrik Sixten: "Let there be" for choir and percussion.
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle Music Critic, writes in his review:
"...Sixten's "Let There Be," an eight-minute plea for universal brotherhood scored for chorus and percussion, opened the concert in a ripe and inviting account. The piece is saddled with a thin, sanctimonious text by poet Maria Küchen, but Sixten's music - stirring and broad-beamed without seeming pompous - carries the day.
Particularly impressive is the way the accompaniment, with timpani predominating, establishes a harmonic foundation above which the choral melodies curl and soar eloquently..."
Read the full review » Available recorded on the CD
Jubilate - CD
