SENAST NYTT!
In the newspaper Östgötacorrespondenten this review of Susannes new album was published this week, here is a translation
ReBoot/OmStart
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Susanne Rosenberg sings forth a folk song Swedish masterpiece.
She is a natural force in her prime, with graceful authority.
She delivers and entertains with complete routine.
She satisfies my appetite with the taste of a nutritious, old tradition, which with just one atmospheric breath out she places right in the present.
A few subtle bells and a discreet ocarina can also be heard. But the overall experience and enjoyment lie in her voice, which has a unique dimension of presence in all its simplicity.
She unashamedly and quite rightly calls her solo album ”New Directions in Swedish Folk Singing” with an earth-shattering ”Sun Call” to round it off.
and here is the original review in Swedish:
SUSANNE ROSENBERG
REBOOT/OMSTART
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Susanne Rosenberg sjunger fram ett folksångens svenska mästerverk.
Hon är en blommande naturkraft med mjuk auktoritet.
Hon levererar och underhåller med förkrossande rutin.
Hon mättar mig med lust ur en näringsrik, gammal tradition som hon med en enda känsloladdad utandning placerar mitt i nutiden.
Här hörs också några diskreta klockor och en försynt lergök. Men upplevelsen och njutningen är hennes röst med en unik dimension av närvaro i all sin enkelhet.
Helt oblygt och korrekt kallar hon sitt soloalbum för "svensk folksång på nya vägar" med en fullkomligt jordbävande "Solkulning" som avslut.
Lars Åbom
In this concert my starting point is the traditional folk songs and the traditional folk singing style that is the core of my expression as a singer. It has been so for over twentyfive years and I have used it in all kind of contexts, not only within traditional folk singing but also within other musical genres and in connection with other art forms, such as theatre and design.
After many years of exploring this singing style in new contexts, it feels like I have reached a point when I need to “reverse” into what originally got me to start with folk singing. I wanted to start with small means of expression, the individual interpretation. Solo. To tell a story with simple means. One voice. Some bells. An ocarina.
The voice is a wonderful instrument with regards to its flexibility. But one does not need to explore all possibilities all the time? My idea is that it might be possible, by starting in small variations, to calibrate your ears and senses to discover more subtle nuances, that are usually neglected in our very loud and noisy world.
Thus, in this concert I am trying to explore the very subtle means of variation and expression inherent in traditional folk singing and folk songs. To seek the greatness in the small variations: Welcome to join me in a journey into this musical world which I find so fascinating.
The concert is a 50 minutes longs suit without presentations or applause.
Listen to an intervju from Swedish Radio by the 22th of May (in Swedish) Susanne in "Mitt i Musiken"
Read about the work with the performance (in Swedish)
Artistic doctoral studies - concerts 14th and 19th of May 2008
Since autumn 2007 Susanne is, in a collaboration between Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, studying on artistic doctral studies. Each year there will be a examination concert. The concert "ReBoot/ OmStart" is described like this by Susanne (see at the side)