The group KRUS
was formed by Susanne to get the opportunity to sing and play all those wonderful old melismatic and ornamentet chorals that there are a lot of in the traditional Swedish music together with favorit musicians Eva Åström Rune (voice), Leo Svensson (cello) and Mats Olofsson (cello).
Leo, Eva, Susanne and Mats
The traditional chorals where often solistic but used to be sung in churches and at home together with other people so that a spontaneous polyfony appered. That created a beautiful, meditative and strong music - this music is the fundament for KRUS and the arrangements, mainly done by Susanne and Eva, of the group.
KRUS have toured in Sweden and on Irland, and concert tour with "Music i väst" in 2007 (Music at the West coast), when the group played in both churches and castles! On that tour we had the opportunity to meet another wonderful celloplayer - Magdalena Mårding who substitutet for Mats Olofsson.
A concert with KRUS?
KRUS like to perform in churches and small concert halls with good acustics where the sound of the four "voices" intertwine in a beautiful way. The concert program also includes an exciting narrative journey through four centuries of sacred singing, both about the music and the singers.