Flyg! (2023)

for String Quartet

Duration

10 minutes

Premiere

2023-07-19, Ribbingsberg, Simrishamn

Monbijou Quartet

Program note

Dedicated to my grandmother Märta (1930-2023)

March 16 2023 my grandmother Märta let go of life.
She was 92 years old and loved life.
She was hospitalised the last weeks of her life and we visited her every day. In the penultimate week, she clung to life. She wanted to keep living.
On the night of her death, when no relatives were at her side,
she seized the opportunity and let go.

The piece is based on a traditional folk song.

Flyg över land och sjö, flyg väst om skogarne! Där drill tranorne, där flyger svalorna.
Där är det vackert mindsommar väder.

- Traditional lullaby from Dalarna, Sweden.

Painting by my father Lars-Eric Blomberg.

"It has been so much fun to play Hanna Blomberg's string quartet Flyg! Both singable and groovy, but above all, very beautiful without feeling old-fashioned in any way!"

"She tells a clear story and, through her knowledge of the instrument, can convey this using a variety of techniques and tones."

- Monbijou Quartet