As we already informed you about it, Per Gessle and Tommie Haglund wrote music together. Tommie Haglund represents classical music, he has composed chamber music, works for orchestra and for choir. For the song the guys cooperated on, Per has written the lyrics and Tommie has composed the music. The title is Making Something Out Of Nothing and it’s about getting older and looking back on your life and the choices you made.
The song will premiere at the Tommie Haglund Festival in April. The event will consist of 7 concerts (2 orchestra concerts, 5 chamber music concerts) and 3 panel discussions. The concerts are filled with music by Tommie Haglund together with music by composers who have influenced Tommie. Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra from Colombia performs the concerts together with Swedish and international soloists. The festival takes place between 22nd and 24th April 2022 in Halmstad and 28th April in Falkenberg.
Making Something Out Of Nothing premieres on 24th April at the concert Nordiskt ljus starting at 16:00 pm CET at Kulturhuset Najaden in Halmstad, but before that at 15:00 pm CET there will be a conversation between Per Gessle and Tommie Haglund who will discuss how music from different genres speaks to us and why music has an important role in our lives. The panel discussion will be led by Ella Petersson.
Making Something Out Of Nothing was recorded on 1st September 2021 with Emmi Christensson soprano (she will sing it live in April) and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Joachim Gustafsson (music director of Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra). The song will be released on vinyl with Emmi singing on side A and an instrumental version on side B. It’s out for the festival.
All info about tickets and the festival itself you will find HERE. Direct link to the event related to Per Gessle & Tommi Haglund’s discussion and the song premiere on Ticketmaster’s website is HERE.
Photo by Lars Nordin