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eCsTaSy: Uptown 4:440:00/4:44
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Solar Winds: Joy 8:340:00/8:34
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0:00/9:33
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0:00/2:08
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RB TRIAD: GODOT 6:100:00/6:10
COMPOSER AT LARGE
Consecutively with playing the guitar and developing a language of improvisation, Björkenheim has maintained a keen interest in composing. The score to Stravinsky's "Le Sacré du Printemps", aquired while studying at Berklee, acted as a major catalyst to further studies in composition and orchestration. His first commission to write a suite for big band in 1982 was the beginning of a career composing for big band, symphony orchestra, string quintet, electric guitar orchestra, and small jazz ensembles. Click on the image below to go to a page with a list of main compositions, where you can also take a look at the scores themselves.
MAIN COMPOSITIONS
Orchestral works:
Whales (1992)
Ballando (1994)
Situations (2003)
Afterwards (2008)
Doom Mood (2011)
Big band:
Other Places (1982)
Some (1984)
Primal Mind (1991)
The Sky is Ruby (2000)
Donkey Hot (2011)
Miscellaneous:
Apocalypso for guitar orchestra (1995)
Quintessence for string quintet (2004)
Links for 5 soloists & perc. (2016)
Never but Always (2018)