{"id":963,"date":"2013-04-20T14:35:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T12:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=963"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:58:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:58:25","slug":"helen-sjoholm-impresses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2011\/helen-sjoholm-impresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Sj\u00f6holm impresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norrbottens-Kuriren 111001<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: BOEL SKARIN<\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm can handle all genres and has a fascinating power in her voice, Kuriren critic Boel Skarin notes after Friday evening’s concert at Kulturens Hus (House of Culture).<\/p>\n

Main Hall of Kulturens Hus in Lule\u00e5 is sold out to the very last seat when Lulea Chamber Choir, conducted by Monica Wasberg, begins tonight’s concert with the Irish folk song The Bog Down in the Valley, and then continue with the much calmer Havet l\u00e5ter p\u00e5 ett s\u00e4rskilt s\u00e4tt (Sea sounds in a special way) by Barbro Lindgren, maybe most associated with children’s books.<\/p>\n

Barbro Lindgren has also given rise to the next song L\u00e4ngst inne i mitt huvud (Deep inside my head). Here, Helen Sj\u00f6holm and her usual accompanist, pianist Martin \u00d6stergren, enter the stage and backed by the choir go ahead with Cornelis\u2019 En stund p\u00e5 jorden (A moment on earth).<\/p>\n

Sj\u00f6holm has a charisma that reaches into the concert hall’s every nook and she guides her audience through all the genres in the most obvious and humorous way like only she can. Her light-hearted and happy small talk between songs creates natural inputs in the songs and she finds it a bit harsh that even the last time she sang with Lulea Chamber Choir, she was knocked up.<\/p>\n

Some of Olle Adolphson’s brilliant compositions follow, including Signerat Karlsson, evig v\u00e5r (Signed Karlsson, unending spring) which Helen performs in a duet with Martin \u00d6stergren. It\u00b4s followed by the everyday romantic Siv och Gunne. The two following songs are sung by the choir, but Helen and Martin never leave the stage, but sit down behind the grand piano.<\/p>\n

Tomas Andersson Wiij has written Swedish lyrics to a number of Billy Joel songs, which last year became an album and from that album Helen sings Kvinnan f\u00f6r dig (She’s Always A Woman), showing hereby that it really doesn\u00b4t matter what she performs. All music is her own, whether it\u00b4s an old \u201dsnapsvisa\u201d (dram song) or the slightly newer Come give me love by the G\u00e4rdestad brothers.<\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm can handle all genres and has a fascinating power in her voice. Her natural way of singing, of course, refined and educated, in combination with her theatrical presence, makes the concert to an optimal listening experience. There simply seems to be no weak spots in her voice.<\/p>\n

Sj\u00f6holm, \u00d6stergren and Lulea Chamber Choir are a highly successful combination and the melodious choir gives a nice and good-sounding setting to the soloist.<\/p>\n

However, there are moments when the song selection seems a little bit too traditional, but when Helen, laughing, exclaims: “We\u2019re just doing the old songs!”, you realize that quality is timeless, and instead enjoy a moment of a very nice interpretation of Horgal\u00e5ten.<\/p>\n

Then I have to leave Kulturens Hus because of going to press reasons.<\/p>\n

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FACTS  <\/strong>
\nWe\u00b4ll meet again!
\nMain Hall, House of Culture.
\nFriday 30\/9-11 at 19:00.
\nCast: Helen Sj\u00f6holm, Lule\u00e5 Chamber Choir under the direction of Monica Wasberg.
\nMusicians: Martin Ostergren.<\/p>\n

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