With Hope Anders Hagberg

• 1 Elasticity of Trees 04:23
• 2 Elegy 06:30
• 3 Ruins 06:38
• 4 Welcome for Allie 05:05
• 5 Circle no2 04:36
• 6 With Hope 04:57
• 7 Arctic Call 04:39
• 8 Evening Hymn from Gammelsvenskby 04:05
• 9 Sisters for Lo & Ebba 04:12
• 10 Woods in Blue 05:17
• 11 O Magnum Mysterium 04:04
• Total Runtime 54:26

Info zu With Hope

"With Hope "is Hagberg’s second album with his Nordic ensemble, following the acclaimed North (2020), which garnered glowing reviews across Europe. With his new release, Anders Hagberg continues to shape a musical world all his own – one that invites listeners to acknowledge the present, honor the past, and look to the future with openness, creativity, and empathy.

"It’s easy to imagine landscapes in these sounds—deep caverns in the bass flute, birds rising in the higher lines, frozen distances in the percussion and electronics. What lingers isn’t a single theme or solo, but the atmosphere they shape together—quiet, patient, and deeply textured. “For me, this music is a response to the challenges we face,” Hagberg reflects. “It’s filled with sadness, but also hope. Hope that I find in listening and creating together, in small acts of resistance and resilience. Music allows us to see the beauty that still exists in these uncertain times.” (Tim Larsen, jazzviews.net)

Anders Hagberg, flutes (concert, alto, bass, doublebass), soprano saxophone, natusi, singing bowl
Johannes Lundberg, double bass, vocals, Oberheim, FX
Joona Toivanen, piano, prepared piano, synthesizer, Key Bird, FX
Helge Andreas Norbakken, percussion, drums

Anders Hagberg
Critically acclaimed and innovative virtuoso Anders Hagberg is a unique soloist on a variety of flutes and soprano saxophone. His musical synthesis, combines the improvised freedom of jazz with an archaic Scandinavian lyricism and influences from his longtime collaborations with Oriental musicians. Creative, and with instrumental mastery, these elements are merged into a profound and personal expression.

Improvisation and boundary crossing collaborations are the hallmarks of Anders, and his projects often includes artists from various genres and cultures as well as other art forms such as dance and visual arts

He has been touring worldwide with his own groups and as a soloist with Yggdrasil, Mynta and New Jungle Orchestra as well as musicians like Marilyn Mazur, John Tchicai, Anders Jormin, Vikku Vinayakram, Shankar Mahadevan to name a few. His international collaborations include artists from India, Middle East, Japan, Brazil, West Africa and the United States.

He has composed music for films and dance performances and made many albums in his own name, which have received grammy nominations and prizes. He also works as a Senior Lecturer in improvisation at the University of Gothenburg, Academy of Music & Drama.

With the Connecting Worlds, Anders has created a serie of concerts and a platform for new collaborations between artists from Europe and the Orient.

Booklet für With Hope