Stockholmwith Fabian Fredriksson, electric guitar; Sharon Bezaly, flute; Margareta Nilsson, harp; Nils-Erik Sparf, violin; Ellen Nisbeth, viola; Marie McLeod, cello

Leonard Bernstein: A Simple Song, from MassAaron Copland: I`ve heard an organ talk sometimesCharles Ives: SerenityGustav Mahler: EssungendreiEngel; UrlichtRichard Strauss: Traumdurchdie Dammerung; MorgenArvoPart: My Heart`s in the HighlandsMaurice Durufle: Pie Jesu from RequiemOlivier Messiaen: Trois melodiesFrancis Poulenc: Priezpour paixFrank Martin: Agnus Dei from RequiemArvoPart: Essang vorlangenJahrenFranz Liszt: Ave Maria III (Sposalizio)Richard Rodgers: Climb ev`rymountain from The Sound of Music

A brief glance at the list of contents is enough to reveal who the singer is –only Anne Sofievon Ottercould have come up with a programme as varied and wide-ranging. And only von Otter could hold it together seamlessly by finding the resonances between these very different pieces, and bringing them out with a rare ability of embracing different singing styles and expressive registers: to paraphrase Bernsteinin his A Simple Song, Anne Sofievon Otter never fails to ‘sing like she likes to sing`.

From Lisztto Partand from Mahler`s Resurrection Symphonyto Richard Rodgers` Sound of Music, von Otter is supported by her long-time accompanist Bengt Forsberg, here at the organ instead of his usual piano. At various points in the programme they are joined by a number of musical friends, in the organ loft of St James`s Church in central Stockholm –the very church where the young von Otter began her singing career as a chorister and, together with Forsberg, gave one of her very first public concerts.