the CD Urgency of now (Footprint Records) will be released with the choir Vocal Art Ensemble of Sweden and the conductor Jan Yngwe

with a melody that then grows into polyphony and with text

See also Körlek

cold and barren regions

Viktor Rydberg's classic Christmas poem in the composer's unmistakably lyrical tone

Var inte rädd för mörkret/Oh do not fear the darkness 19 sön e tref the CD Urgency of nowDon't be afraid of the dark was commissioned and premiered by St. Gran's Chamber Choir for a concert project with the theme "Don't be afraid, Maria" For the same concert, Mathias also wrote music to text from Mendelssohn's oratorio Elia, see GE 12930. Mathias is a well known jazz pianist, but also composes music for choir, in a style that combines jazz sounds with classical choral music.