Icarus - a suite for cello ensemble and voice (2022)

Music and lyrics: Filippa Westerberg

I. Sundial

II. Feathers and wax

III. Insanity

IV. For dust I am

V. Peace

Celloensemble:

Queralt Adam Colom

Monica Tønning

Ksymena Ślusarczyk

Anna Hjort

Jonas Rongsted Kristiansen

Konsta Kärkkäinen

Solo cello and voice: Filippa Westerberg

Sound and video from a performance at SDMK, Odense

5th of December 2022

“Ett motstånd mot det tomma”

Trumpet, voice: Rasmus Mikkelsen

Cello, voice: Filippa Westerberg

Poem: Ella Hillbäck (1915-1979)

“Din hud har sagt att jag är till.

Jag lever, har en kropp vid min.

Ett motstånd mot det tomma.

Här vid din sida blev jag till.

Du samlade det splittrade.

För du är till --- jag känner dig:

en annan hud än min.

Jag famlar i förvåning

mot denna hud och muskelvägg:

En naken gräns av människa.

Av samma ensamhet som min . . .

“Sound and video from a performance at SDMK, Odense

8th of May 2023

An exploring project - sound and movement

In the fall of 2021 dancer Oliver Poulin and musician Filippa Westerberg met three times to explore sound and movement together through improvisation.

They recorded the process and tried out different boundaries and impulses.

This experiment ended with 15 minutes on stage at the Contemporary Creative Artist “concert” in December 2021. Here they showcased the product of their collaboration with an audience to experience it with them.

Dancer: Oliver Poulin

Cellist: Filippa Westerberg

Sound and video from a performance at SDMK, Esbjerg

7th of December 2021

Voice and cello - Filippa Westerberg

Recorded by Anneli Åström, Sundsgården 2016

"Invitation" by Bronisław Kaper

lyrics by Paul Francis Webster