SOFIE LIVEBRANT

Sofie sings Emily Brontë poems on her forth coming album in December- Weep The Time Away – first single release will be in August – Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee!

no122 “Shall Earth no more inspire thee” av Emily Jane Brontë (1837)
 

 Shall Earth no more inspire thee,
 Thou lonely dreamer now?
 Since passion may not fire thee
 Shall Nature cease to bow?
 

 Thy mind is ever moving
 In regions dark to thee;
 Recall its useless roving - 
 Come back and dwell with me - 
 

 I know my mountain breezes
 Enchant and sotthe thee still - 
 I know my sunshine pleases
 Despite thy wayward will - 
 

 When day with evening blending
 Sinks from the summer sky,
 I’ve seen thy spirit bending
 In fond idolatry - 

 I’ve watched thee every hour - 
 Iknow my mighty sway - 
 I know my magic power
 To drive thy griefs away - 
 

 Few hearts to mortals given
 On earth so wildly pine
 Yet none would ask a Heaven
 More like this Earth than thine - 
 

 Then let my winds caress thee-
 Thy comrade let me be - 
 Since nought beside can bless thee
 Return and dwell with me - 
 

click link – to the DOCUMENTARY TEASER

Please press this link to enjoy the concert with Sofie singing Emily Brontë poems, together with the writer Josefin de Gregorio at Betlehemskyrkan in Gothenburg 21 mars 2021.

Jag har under under Corona-pandemin spelat in tonsättningar av en av de mest egensinniga, engelska 1800-tals författarna: Emily Jane Brontë. Release under 2021. Producent Johan Lindström med gästande musiker; Hal Parfitt-Murray, Dan Berglund, Konrad Agnas, sångare ur Ensemble Basiani m fl Tack Kulturrådet!

“The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees are bending, Their bare boughs weighed with snow, And the storm is fast descending, and yet I cannot go. Clouds beyond clouds above me, Wastes beyond wastes below; But nothing drear can move me- I will not, cannot go” Emily Brontë Nov 1837

Caption by Kenth Wångklev, from Emily Brontë-concert in Katharina Church October 2020!

Lena Willemark/Lisa Rydberg/Sofie Livebrant med kör!

24 nov Linköping Missionskyrkan

1 dec Eric Ericssonhallen, Stockholm 16:00 & 19:00

14 dec Mejeriet (triokonsert), Lund

15 dec Undersåkers kyrka, Undersåker 16.30 & 19:00

It was the most inspiring experience to travel to Georgia together with the filmmakers Peter Wiren & John Ronnerblad. We met “The State Ensemble of Georgian Folk Singing – Basiani”, as I suspect is one of the best choirs in the world. We sang and did a lovely collaboration-concert in Tbilisi. Also our trip went to the beautiful Kakheti region in eastern Georgia and we visited the singing “Quedeli Community” for disabled grown-ups. All meetings were filled with love, music and Georgian folksong and the most delicious food course, Khinkali! The project was made possible by Konstnärsnämnden – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.