NIGUN BY JACOB MÜHLRAD
Time is the title of a record on which the Swedish Radio Choir performs four choral pieces by Jacob Mühlrad, Nigun being one of them. Mühlrad himself has described Nigun as an abstraction of a Jewish religious service, where the music depicts a push-and-pull between the wordless and the text-based. The result is an ethereally beautiful piece that invites both reflection and elation. Over the past few years, Jacob Mühlrad’s collaboration with Berwaldhallen and the Swedish Radio Choir has been productive. Three pieces have been created so far – Nigun, Kaddish and Time. The concert at which the Radio Choir sang Nigun was recorded at the Engelbrekt Church on the 26th of September, 2016, with Peter Dijkstra as the conductor.
Radiokören
Peter Dijkstra conductor
Jenny Ohlson soprano
Fredrik Mattson tenor