{"id":4403,"date":"2013-08-01T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T12:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=4403"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:22:28","slug":"bao-a-unique-and-unbeatable-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2013\/bao-a-unique-and-unbeatable-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"BAO – a unique and unbeatable experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nyheterna<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d6stran \/ Nyheterna 130722<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: TOMMY GRANLUND
\nPhoto: HENRIK HALLBERG<\/p>\n

Benny Andersson Orchestra at Sk\u00e4lby G\u00e5rd \/ The Swedish music elite delivered<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kalmar. The long concert with Benny Andersson Orchestra is quite unlike anything else there is to hear. At least when it comes to Swedish live music.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The orchestra consists of 14 people, mostly violin and wind instruments plus accordion, piano and sometimes bass and drums. In addition presumably the two best singers we have in this country, Tommy K\u00f6rberg and Helen Sj\u00f6holm.<\/p>\n

A musical circus<\/strong>
\nWhat\u2019s offered is a complete concert that is about everything imaginable and then some for four hours. Benny’s own fantastic songs that are in a world of their own. That are a bit of pop and a little evergreen in one. Mix it up with some classical music, folk songs and a lot of other things. There\u2019s schottis, hambo, polka and polskor. You still don\u2019t have the whole picture.
\nIt might as well be said immediately. It is an absolutely amazing concert experience that cannot be compared to anything else. And just as well to immediately say that it\u2019s fantastic.
\nA musical circus and a width that is constantly growing even more. The dance floor that they bring and build up at each concert looks very large but it\u2019s packed and extremely filled most of the time. The two opening waltzes are enough to fill the dance floor and it goes on like that.<\/p>\n

Inexhaustible song treasure<\/strong>
\nK\u00f6rberg and Sj\u00f6holm sing quite a lot and there are some new songs that are not on record. Primarily it\u2019s the nice Det f\u00f6ll en sten fr\u00e5n mitt hj\u00e4rta with Helen Sj\u00f6holm at the microphone that makes a solid impression. A really great pop song. K\u00f6rberg at the front of Bonde s\u00f6ker fru which becomes a swinging boogie-woogie is among the highlights, so many that it is impossible to mention them all.
\nSome ABBA songs, Helen sings a fast Kisses of fire with wonderful substance in the orchestra. Why did it have to be me with rocking rock boogie swing that initially led me to believe that it was something else they started playing. When Orsa Spelm\u00e4n perform B\u00e4lter-Svens Paradpolkett it\u2019s something that can possibly be described as impetuous and wild, fast hard rock or punk polka.
\nOf course they play the big hits of their own, such as V\u00e5r sista dans, En dag i s\u00e4nder. The evening’s most surprising song choice is that Benny\u2019s background in Hep Stars is shown with Cadillac. The unique Du \u00e4r min man is phenomenal.
\nIf K\u00f6rberg is a phenomenal singer Helen Sj\u00f6holm is a unique kind and she sings the songs like no one else could. When she kind of growls with an almost unmarked voice in exactly the right places in the lyrics it gives the song an extra dimension.<\/p>\n

Original arrangement<\/strong>
\nSomething as headstrong as Benny Andersson Orchestra is difficult to find. And it is not only in the width and versatility or in the two amazing voices. It\u2019s most of all the original arrangement. It sounds unlikely and transformative. In every song, every moment, every detail. Moreover, it\u2019s amazingly great sound all the time. Clean, clear, distinct and powerful everywhere on the venue. Both at both sides of the stage, way out at the edges and furthest away opposite the stage. It\u2019s unlikely perfect concert sound.
\nBenny Andersson Orchestra is undeniably an experience very hard to beat. It may well have been the year’s biggest concert experience when it’s time to summarize.<\/p>\n

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