Two Chorales from Dalecarlia for organ, Op. 17 (1994)

Composer: Kurt Wiklander.
Kurt Wiklander playing on the Marcussen organ in Ytterby church - Sweden.

The Two Chorales from Dalecarlia for organ, Op.17 (1994), are based on two ancient folk-melodies from Malung and Mora in Dalecardia.
No. 1, Kom helge Ande till mig in (Come upon Me Holy Sprit) is originally a richly ornamented second half of the melody is developed in canon form. The piece begins and ends in a meditative mood, which is not descriptive but is inspired by the the northern lights and the cold of midwinter which I experienced at my grandmother´s house bt a remote, beautiful lake in the Swedish province of Värmland.
In No.2, I denna ljuva sommartid (In This Lovely Summertime), spontaneous, naïve-sounding trills and motifs that might be associated with birdsong characterize mmy own orginal thematic material before the melody appears in the tenor.

Photos by Patricia Mellin
(Landscapes, views from Kurt Wiklanders House)