WHAT HAPPENED?? Per and Ola is doing the Hungarian stuff… HAHAHAHA, Per must tell you what happened, because I have NO idea!! HAHAHAHA, Me, Fanny and Peter are just laughing our heads off…
Live From Växjö part 10
Jonas again: To me it’s just amazing how Ola can be sooo goofy and funny when he talks between, and the second he starts singing everyone listens like there’s nothing else in the world. A few moments when noone in Växjö Concert Hall thinks about their laundry, screaming kids or money trouble. 100 % focus. Magic…
They’re doing “Jungfru Maria” now.
Live From Växjö part 9
Jonas here.
So, I have just finished my part of the concert. Second part for me went very well, both the song from Duvemåla with Yvonne and Gabriellas sång with Fanny got great applause! So what do I do now? I sit off stage with a bottle of water, listening to Ola and Pers first song. They´re both performing like stars tonight!
Live From Växjö part 8
Second half is now rolling…Jonas and I was signing some CDs in intermission, a new Växjö edition with nice pictures.
Now Yvonne is singing from Kristina From Duvemåla. Yvonne was, if you donät know, the runner-up to Helen Sjöholm at the auditions.
Everything is filmed, Yipii. I will put stuff up later.
Live From Växjö part 7
Ahhh…I forgot to knäppa gylfen (someone, what is that in English?), so I did it on stage, which is filmed…hehe.
Arkeology was a blast to play this time, nooo problem. Now Ola is on stage singing Homecomer. We do it very strict before intermission, no talk, more like a strict classical concert. So Ola seems just a little bit nervous, haha.
The arr. for strings is so beautiful. As everything Jonas does…
Homecomer gets a little bit of Onedinlinjen like this. It’s super.
When Ola is done with his song, which is now, I have to play Bottleneck…
Last chords…
Live From Växjö part 6
Applause for Jonas, Iäm next to play Arkeology in 1 minute.
Ooops, time!
Live From Växjö part 5
Ah, first concert over, and now it’s only 9 minutes to the second one…but I think it will feel a lot more relaxed.
Some news: Ola decided NOT to sing Calleth, don’t know why, but there is no calleth tonight. Jonas was in such a hurry getting onstage before Bottleneck Barbiturate that I had to grab his arm real firmly and whisper “soloist first”!!! Then he laughed so much so he was falling down and I went in by myself, not seeing that he didn’t follow me.
I thought we had so many slow songs that I decided to play Trolltog by Grieg, which is a real fast, loud piece. I just did that on stage, unprepared. Then Ola said it was a hungariona rhapsody and he asked me to play it again, and he made up something, singing gagablabla and told the audience it was…Hungarian.
Both concerts are totally sold out, and the audience is quite older that Ola is used to, I think…
This picture I took some seconds ago…
Camera is up filled with new tape, and Jonas is right next to me, and is saying he will write to you guys when Ola and I finish the concert. Now THAT’s what I call a live blog!!!
Live From Växjö part 4
Intermission! Ah, I finally found myself onstage playing. So stressful. Actually, I was not nervous, just terribly stressed. 17.30 is not a normal hour to start, so everything got so tight with time.
I still have some Mozart balls from Helsingborg, this time I will eat them all myself. Ola took most of them last time, heh.
First part was very serious, but now we are supposed to have more fun. Weäll see how it goes.
The technician here promised me that he will give me soundfiles tonight, so I will put up some stuff on here after the second concert, OK? Also, Iäll film some from the second concert and put up too. So stay tuned…
Now I have to go to make the order for the songs Ola and I will do…and I actually have to practice a little too…
Live From Växjö part 3
Final rehearsals…everything is late, late, late…this pic is taken just a few seconds ago.
They are still fixing something with the “s”-es.
I’m supposed to take a shower, too. And dress. And find all my scores.
But this is how it ALWAYS is…damn.
Live From Växjö part 2
Hello everyone,
I should say that I dedicate the blog tonight to Per Bjurman, even though he is a Rag fan. But he is the inspiration for this kind of Live Blog. I wonät be as funny as him, but I will play better piano than him on the other hand.
Waiting for rehearsal with everyone, looks like this…
And now Jonas started rehearsing:
Emma, I would say the ministers were… stiff compared to a “normal” audience, but still the best bunch of European politicians I played for. American politicians are more skilled in showing appreciation. But Eskil, our minister is such a great guy, though. He came and hanked every musician, and it was from the heart, as Smålänningar does.
Marianne, thank you for the flowers!!! My goodness, I got every woman looking at me on the train, asking me to “forget” them on the train…
It was also very nice to see Majsan, and in sprinting form!
See you soon again.
