MIKAEL KARLSSON

WORKS

DANCE - ORCHESTRA SCORE DANCE - CHAMBER SCORE

Rasa (2020) The Heart (2020) Full symphony orchestra and electronics String Quartet and tuba 2,2,2,2 4,2,3,1 strings 1 timp. 1 perc. 30 min Partial click track. Choreographer: Mari Carrasco 120 min Regionteater Väst Orchestrated by Michael P. Atkinson Premiere recording: Sirius Quartet with cellist Andrew Yee Choreographer: Daniel Proietto Ballet Vlaanderen Play (2018) Premiere: CASCO Phil Saxophone quartet, string quintet, piano, perc, gospel singer, electronics Internally Black (2018) Partial click track Chamber Orchestra 90 minutes 2,2,2,2 2,2,0,0 1perc. Choreographer Alexander Ekman 20 min Paris Opera Ballet Orchestrated by Michael P. Atkinson and Mikael Karlsson Premiere: singer Callie Day Choreographer Mari Carrasco Norrdans Rooms (2017) Premiere: Nordic Chamber Orchestra Five grand pianos 24 minutes Blanc (2016) Choreographer Alexander Ekman Full symphony orchestra, solo pianist Norwegian National Ballet 2,2,2,2 4,2,3,1 2 perc. Premiere: Sigstein Folgerø, Thomas Knudsen, Charles Rinaudo, 25 minutes Zelina Sannum, Yoko Toda Orchestrated by Michael P. Atkinson and Mikael Karlsson Choreographer Daniel Proietto Midsummer Night’s Dream (2015) Vienna State Opera Ballet String quartet, piano, perc. Soprano (pop/jazz), electronics. Premiere: Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Fayçal Karoui Partial click track 90 minutes Player (2016) Choreographer Alexander Ekman Full symphony orchestra, solo pianist 3,3,3,3 4,3,3,1 2 perc. Pno Premiere: Dahlkvist Quartet, Niklas Brommare, Henrik Måwe, 16 minutes Anna von Hausswolff Orchestrated by Michael P. Atkinson and Mikael Karlsson Choreographer Daniel Proietto Osiel Guineo, Whitney Jensen Premiere: Oslo Opera Orchestra, Terje Boye Hansen

A (2014) Full symphony orchestra, soprano 2,2,2,2. 4,2,3,1 strings, 3 perc, pno, solo vln, solo trp, soprano 90 minutes, with quotations from Tchaikovsky’s. Swan Lake Orchestrated by Michael P. Atkinson and Mikael Karlsson Choreographer Alexander Ekman Norwegian National Ballet Premiere: Oslo Opera Orchestra, Per Kristian Skalstad DANCE – ELECTRONIC SCORE OPERA

Crypto (2020) The Echo Drift (2018) Electronic playback Chamber Opera Libretto by Royce Vavrek Mezzo soprano and male voice 40 minutes Cl, Bsn, Bari/tenor/alto sax, vln, vc, cb, harp, pno Choreographer Guillaume Coté Amplified ensemble in 6 channel sound, live surround processing, Guillaume Cote, Greta Hodgkinson, Matt Foley, Drew Jacoby 6 channel playback audio Recording features clarinetist Joshua Rubin Partial click track Libretto: Elle Kunnos de Voss, Kathryn Walat Escapist (2019) Premiered at the 2018 PROTOTYPE Festival, NYC with Blythe Multichannel electronic playback Gaissert, John Kelly, director Mallory Catlett 90 minutes Choreographer: Alexander Ekman Melancholia (scheduled premiere 2023) Royal Swedish Ballet Grand Opera after film by Lars von Trier Recording features German National Youth Orchestra, Johannes Singers, choir and full symphony orchestra, surround electronics Klumpp Libretto by Royce Vavrek Paper Plane (2017) Electronic playback Fanny and Alexander (scheduled premiere 2024) 40 minutes Grand Opera after film by Ingmar Bergman Choreographer Mari Carrasco Singers, choir and full symphony orchestra, surround electronics Riksteatern Libretto by Royce Vavrek Recording features clarinetist Joshua Rubin Opera La Monnaie, Belgium

Cow (2016) Multichannel electronic playback CHAMBER 90 minutes Choreographer Alexander Ekman Arbores (2020) Dresden Semperoper Ballet Song cycle for mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra Recording features German National Youth Orchestra, Johannes Libretto by Royce Vavrek Klumpp 20 minutes Premiere: Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish Chamber Orchestra Black Forest (2016) Electronic playback Bungalow (2020) 40 minutes Song. Mezzo soprano, string quintet, electronics Choreographer Mari Carrasco 14 minutes Norrdans Text by Rob Stephenson Recording features cellists Clarice Jensen, Paul Wiancko, Premiere recording: Blythe Gaissert, Sybarite Five Hamilton Berry Rooms (2017) Tulle (2012) Five grand pianos Multichannel electronic playback 24 minutes 25 minutes Premiere: Sigstein Folgerø, Thomas Knudsen, Charles Rinaudo, Choreographer Alexander Ekman Zelina Sannum, Yoko Toda Royal Swedish Ballet Recording features flutist Claire Chase, voice of historian Jennifer Theta (2017) Homans, voices of dancers String Quartet in four movements 20 minutes Premiere: Dahlkvist Quartet

Tire Bone (2017) Bass flute 7 minutes Premiere: Claire Chase

Nattvittje (2011) Amends (2018) String Quartet in seven movements Composed with Anna von Hausswolff 13 minutes Text by Anna von Hausswolff Premiere: Sirius Quartet Symphony orchestra, pipe organ, electronic playback, soprano Click track Day Comes Apart (2010) Premiere: Anna von Hausswolff, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Song cycle, mezzo soprano, piano Mikael Karlsson 20 minutes Text by Rob Stephenson The Spirit and the Cloud (2012) Premiere: Abby Fischer, Yegor Shevtsov Composed with Mariam Wallentin Text by Mariam Wallentin Seven Eight (2010) Song cycle for singer and chamber ensemble 4 Bb clarinets, 4 bass clarinets fl, cl, vla, vc, pno, perc, singer (alto) 14 minutes 5 songs, 30 minutes Premiere recording: Joshua Rubin Premiere: Mariam Wallentin, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Mikael Karlsson Desperate Contract (2008) Violin, piano Until We Bleed (2008) 8 minutes Composed with Andreas , Lykke Zachrisson Premiere recording: Fung Chern Hwei, Cory Smythe Text by Lykke Zachrisson Premiere recording: , Kleerup, cello: Jason Wingate In Case of Brahms (2005) Piano 11 minutes Premiere recording: Cory Smythe

Nasty Fucker (2004) Flutes and live electronics 12 minutes Premiere: Claire Chase POP SONGS

Trespassing (2019) Visual song cycle concert with SATB vocal ensemble Composed with Maria Arnqvist and Cecilia Österholm (of the duo Siri Karlsson) Texts by Arnqvist, Karlsson, Österholm Live video projections: Niklas Alexandersson 60 minutes 3 lead singers, 2 backup singers, Keyboards, key harp, alto sax, synths, vln, cb, trombone, drumset, SATB vocal ensemble Premiere: Orionteatern,

Courage (2018) Composed with Anna von Hausswolff Text by Anna von Hausswolff Symphony orchestra, pipe organ, electronic playback, soprano Click track Premiere: Anna von Hausswolff, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Mikael Karlsson

Phantasmata Domestica RECORDINGS Chamber works, feat. Black Sun Productions, Othon Mataragas, Lydia Lunch Rooms 2012 Chamber works for five pianos. 2020 Tyll Music from Alexander Ekman’s “Tyll”, feat. Mivos Quartet, Play flutist Claire Chase Music from Alexander Ekman’s “Play” at the Paris Opera and 2012 Ballet, feat. Callie Day 2018 Nattvittje String Quartet, feat. Sirius Quartet The Echo Drift 2011 Chamber Opera, feat. International Contemporary Ensemble, Blythe Gaissert, John Kelly Day Comes Apart 2018 Song cycle with text by Rob Stephenson, feat. mezzo sop. Abby Fischer, pianist Yegor Shevtsov Internally Black 2010 Music from Mari Carrasco’s “Svart Invärtes”, feat. Nordic Chamber Orchestra Seven Eight 2018 Chamber works, feat. clarinetist Joshua Rubin

Cow 2010 Music from Alexander Ekman’s “Cow” at the Semperoper, feat. German National Youth Orchestra Battlefield Bad Company II 2018 Video game soundtrack, symphony orchestra conducted by Alan Pierson, and string quintet Black Forest 2010 Music from Mari Carrasco’s “Black Forest” 2018 Life Class Chamber work for François Rousseau’s “Atelier”, conducted by Player Alan Pierson Music from Daniel Proietto’s “Player”, feat. Norwegian National 2009 Opera Orchestra 2018 Instead Pop EP includes “Until We Bleed”, feat. Lykke Li and Kleerup Paper Plane 2009 Music from Mari Carrasco’s “Paper Plane”, feat. clarinetist Joshua Rubin Privacy 2017 Chamber works, feat. flutist Claire Chase, clarinetist Joshua Rubin, pianist Cory Smythe A Swan Lake 2008 Music from Alexander Ekman’s “A Swan Lake”, feat. Norwegian National Opera Orchestra Dog 2016 Chamber works, electronic works in collaboration with Rob Stephenson, feat. cellist Jason Wingate Dithers 2008 Cello works, feat. cellist Clarice Jensen 2016 Battlefield Bad Company I Video game soundtrack, symphony orchestra conducted by Alan Midsummer Night’s Dream Pierson, and string quintet Songs from Alexander Ekman’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream”, 2008 feat. Anna von Hausswolff 2016

PUBLISHER / RECORD LABEL

Rough State Sound