Anders Hillborg: ..lontana in sonno..: Mezzo-Soprano: Score

for solo voice and orchestra-An intense reflection on romantic passion and loss Anders Hillborg s lontano in sonno for Voice (Mezzosoprano/Soprano) and orchestra sets sonnets by Petrarch. Originally written for Anne Sofie von Otter this 15-minute work unfolds slowly the Voice floating over a gleaming unearthly soundscape lit from within by glass Harmonica. Hillborg has never shied away from the heavenly and the dazzling and once again has developed a singular musical space... The text (taken from Petrarch s Sonnets) revolves around the conflict between pleasant memory and the painfulabsence A blisteringly beautiful work! - Dagens Nyheter (Martin Nyström) 20 December 2003.