Projects
Duo Forsberg-Forsström
Bengt Forsberg, piano, Maria Forsström, voice
Winterreise, Franz Schubert
Sung in original German. With optional visuals throughout.
Schuberts Vinterresa
Semi-dramatic performance of the Schubert Winterreise in my own translation into Swedish. With optional visuals throughout the concert.
Portraits of Her
Perspectives of Women in Music
Songs by C. Schumann, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, R. Clarke, G. Holst, C. Gounod and R. Schumann’s FrauenLiebe- und Leben. Piano pieces by French female composers. With optional visuals throughout the concert.
L’Heure Bleue
An all French program with music by Chausson, Chaminade, Débussy, Fauré, Hahn, Ravel and others.
Duo Hirvonen-Forsström
Maria Forsström, voice, Matti Hirvonen, piano
Der Doppelgänger
A recital-ritual. This concert depicts the night from dusk to dawn inhabited with spirits, ghosts and souls at unrest. Candles on stage and semi-staged drama. First performed at the Oxford Lieder Festival 2019. Stockholm 2024.
Songs by C. Edström, J. Brahms, G. Fauré, G. Finzi, H. Wolf, F. Mendelssohn, C. Sinding, C. Loewe, F. Schubert; piano pieces from Visions Fugitifs by Prokofiev
Sibelius and Mahler
Remembering Sibelius and Mahler’s meeting in London 1907.
Music: Songs by Sibelius in Swedish and Finnish, piano pieces by Sibelius, Kindertotenlieder by Mahler
Stenhammar and his legacy
A program with mesmerizing music by W. Peterson-Berger, W. Stenhammar and T. Rangström
Den mörka blomman – The Dark Flower
Swedish Art Song at its best from the 19th-20th century.
Trio Berg-Forsström-Landgren
Daniel Berg, Maria Forsström, Johannes Landgren
We feature newly commissioned music, our own works, improvisations and arrangements for marimba/vibraphone, organ/piano and voice. We explore new horizons and new soundscapes.
Kaleidoscope Collective
Hans Davidsson, Maria Forsström, Gabriel Davidsson, Natalie Ogonek
Our collective explores cooperation of organ music, singing, dance. Concept programs tailor-made for larger venues. These programs are preferably presented together with lighting design and/or visuals.
“From Darkness to Light” – Gothenburg Concert Hall, February 2024; next performance at the Gothenburg Organ Festival in October 2025.
Music by J.S. Bach, M. Eklund, M. Herchenroeder, G.F. Händel, G. Mahler, F. Mendelssohn
Opera
Bizet – Carmen
Donizetti – Maffio Orsini – Lucrezia Borgia
Handel – Giulio Cesare
Korngold – Brigitta – Die Tote Stadt
Mozart – Dorabella – Così fan tutte
Mozart – Marcellina – Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart – Contessa – Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart – Idamante – Idomeneo
Purcell – Sorceress, Dido – Dido and Aeneas
Verdi – Amneris – Aida
Wagner – Erda – Das Rheingold
Wagner – Flosshilde – Das Rheingold
Orchestral works
Bach – St. John Passion
Bach – St. Matthew Passion
Bach – Christmas Oratorio
Bach – Magnificat
Bach – B-minor Mass, A, SII
Berg – Vier Lieder op 2
Berio – Folk Songs
Brahms – Alto Rhapsody
Brahms – Vier ernste Gesänge
Britten – Phaedra
Duruflé – Requiem
Dvorak – Stabat Mater
Elgar – Sea Pictures
Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius
Haydn – Nelson Mass
Haydn – Stabat Mater
Handel – The Messiah
Handel – Dixit Dominus
Handel – Esther
Mahler – Das Klagende Lied
Mahler – Kindertotenlieder
Mahler – Rückertlieder Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde
Mahler – Symphony No 2
Mahler – Symphony No 3
Mahler – Symphony No 8
Mahler – Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Mendelssohn – Elijah Mendelssohn – Lobgesang
Mozart – Grosse Messe c-moll, sopran II
Mozart – Requiem
Pergolesi – Stabat mater
Rachmaninov – Vigilia
Ravel – Schéhérazade
Schönberg – Gurrelieder – Die Waldtaube
Sibelius – Kullervo
Sibelius – The Rapids-Rider’s Brides op 33
Stenhammar – Snöfrid, Sången
Stravinsky – Les Noces
Vivaldi – Cantata Cessate, omai cessate
Verdi – Requiem
Wagner – Wesendonck-Lieder
Zemlinsky – Maeterlinck-Lieder