Compositions

Some of the compositions listed below are available as sheet music from Otto. Please contact Otto to discuss buying them.

Sweden´s performing rights society Stim.se has most of Otto´s compositions available in its archive.

Compositions for voice

• 10 poems by William H. Davies for voice and piano (2000)
  1. The Muse; 2. The Rain; 3. Sweet Music; 4. The One Real Gem; 5. The Visitor; 6. The Milkmaid's Call; 7. Jenny; 8. A Great Time; 9. A Mother To Her Sick Child; 10. Come, Thou Sweet Wonder
• 14 poems by Pär Lagerkvist set for voice and piano (2000)
  1. Nu löser solen; 2. Som ett blommande mandelträd; 3.Jag bär mitt hjärta; 4. Det kanske var en dag; 5. Engång blir allting stilla; 6. Liktåget; 7. Där vandrar; 8. Hur än min väg; 9. Bittra drycker; 10. Jag vet att bortom; 11. När Du ler; 12. Mitt träd; 13. Intet är förgäves; 14. Många vägar. Available on CD
• Himlens skönhet, poem by H.Laxness set for voice, flute/vln/vla and piano (1999)
• Abschied 3 songs for voice and piano (1997)
  1. Auf deine Lider (Gottfried Benn); 2. Wie lange noch (Gottfried Benn); 3. Geträumtes Glück (Heinrich Heine).
• Djupt till vila på en stjärna,
  poem by Cheryl Jonsson set for voice and piano
• Att åldras
  text by Otto Freudenthal set for voice and piano
  Att åldras
  orchestral version for voice and strings
  Att åldras
  version for SATB and a capella/ or with organ
• Den vilar på sin valda plats
  text by Otto Freudenthal set for voice and piano (1993)
• Vi går vidare
  text by Otto Freudenthal set for voice and piano (1993)
• Stenar utmed vägen
  text by Otto Freudenthal set for voice and piano
• Lullaby "Tears from the sky..."
  text by Otto Freudenthal set for voice and piano
• The Sun and the Moon
  text by Otto Freudenthal set for voice, viola/mandolin and piano. Available on CD.
• Corris Winter
  poem by Otto Freudenthal set for voice, clarinet/viola and piano (1993). Available on CD.
• Jorden är så skön
  text by Otto Freudenthal set for SATB a capella
• Lungt och stilla
  text av Otto Freudenthal set for SATB a capella
• Stenar utmed vägen
  text by Otto Freudenthal set for SATB a capella
• Stenar utmed vägen
  set for SATB and piano
• Stenar utmed vägen
  set for voice and piano
• Lindar livets dans
  text by Cheryl Jonsson set for voice and piano (1993)
• Lindar livets dans
  text by Cheryl Jonsson set for SATB and piano
• Två folkliga sånger (1992) set for voice and piano
  1. Vintervisa (Gustaf Fröding); 2. Flickan går i mörkan skog (Cheryl Jonsson).
• Två folkliga sånger (1992) set for voice and string quartet
• Septembermond song cycle for voice and piano (1991)
  Japanese Hai-ku poems translated into German by Manfred Kaufmann
• Pacem set for SATB and organ (1992)
• Amen set for SATB and organ (1992)
• "Durch Winter geht", song cycle for bariton, flute and piano (1993)
  text by Otto Freudenthal
• A dream of gently smiling song for bariton and piano (1998)
  English text by R. Otten
• 2 songs from Dalarnearr. for voice, mandolin and viola (1991)
• Variations on "Twinkle Twinkle" for soprano and mandolin (1992)
• Wir wandelten song cycle (1991) for voice and piano
  7 songs. Available on CD.
• "This Love" for voice and string octet (1991)
  texts by Cheryl Jonsson; 1. Entrada; 2. This love; 3. Lento'; 4. Should one of us remember; 5. Lento; 6. Pounding longing; 7. Allegro molto; 8. Prayer; 9. Intermezzo; 10. Lento; 11. On high; 12. Narayama.
• "This Love", 4 songs for soprano and string quartet (1991)
  texts by Cheryl Jonsson; 1. This love; 2. Should one of us remember; 3. Pounding longing 4. Prayer.
• The Keening
  
(text: Uel Deane) for soprano, percussion and piano (1985): Available on CD
• Fantasia a 4 for voice, mandolin, cello and percussion (1988)
  Available on cassette
• "Till Dig - Idag" two songs for alto and piano (1983)
• Psalm 58 av David, for SATB a capella or choir with piano
• Vor mir Dein Gesicht, for voice and piano (Freudenthal)
• Nietzsche Songs for voice and piano
  1. Der Einsamste 2. Die Sonne Sinkt 3. Venedig
• En Löskerkarl, for voice and piano (Karlfeldt)
• Bertil Malmberg Songs, for voice and piano
  1. En fågel bar min kärlek; 2. En roströd månes skimmer; 3.Hjärtat och havet 1 - 4; 4. Ord mot det tomma; 5. Sensommar; 6. Ser jag in i mig själv
• Geliebte Anja, chamber opera for two voices and piano (2001)
• Pärsö, two songs for voice, French horn and piano
• Morgonvind for vioce and piano (2000)
• Two Wordsworth Songs, for voice and piano:
  1. Sweet is the love
  2. I heard a thousand...
• Pärsö, 2 songs by Lord Byron for voice, french horn and piano
• Notturno 1 & 2, for voice and piano (2000) (Ola Hansson)
• Bara för en stund, for voice and piano (1997) (Sven Lyra)
• Three Shelley Songs, for voice and piano
  1. Music, when soft voices die
  2. To Beauty
  3. Yet look on me

Compositions for piano

• Étude for piano (2006)
• Suite for viola and piano (1997)
• Étude for piano (1992), Available on CD
• Suite for piano (1990)
  1. Prelude; 2. Air; 3. Toccata. Available on CD
• Six bagatelles for piano (1980), available on CD
• Seven bagatelles for piano (1980), available on CD
• Piano music (1976) album
• Piano music (1976) album
• Maud van Thienen, Suite for piano
• Piano Pieces for 4 hands

Compositions for and with viola

• Allegro, Intermezzo e Fine for viola and piano (1975), available on CD
• Duo for 2 violas (1977), available on CD
• Duet for soprano saxophone and viola (1978)
• Duet for violin and viola (1977)
• Birthday music for violin and viola (1976)
• In memoriam Robert Hyde for viola and piano (1973)
• 12 Veränderungen einer Zwölftonreihe for oboe/violin and viola (1977)
• Hüngerle Trio for viola, cello and piano (1980)
• Manasse Variations for flute/violin, clarinet/viola and piano (1979)
• Ashendon Bucks for clarinet, viola and piano (1978)
• Trio for 2 violas and cello (1973)
• Trio for 2 violas and piano (1977)
• Trio for 2 violins and viola (1977)
• Trio im alten Stil for 3 violas (1977), available on CD
• Phantasy for 2 violas and cello (1977)
• Traumlandschaft for 4 violas (1991), available on CD
• Quartet for violin, 2 violas and piano (1977)
  1. Allegro; 2. Vivace; 3. Andante; 4. Allegro.
• Adagio molto for violin, viola and piano (1976)
• The Sun and the Moon for voice, viola and piano (1997); text by Otto Freudenthal. Available on CD
• 2 movements for bassoon, bas clarinet, 2 violas and piano (1980)
• Bäckfall-Suite for violin and viola (1975)
• Kelia - ballet music for violin, viola, cello and piano (1983-84)
• Episode for solo viola (1993)
• Sextet for Violas (2007)
• Octet for Violas (2007)
• Ueldeane@home, for viola and piano (2007)
• Fantasy, for viola and piano (2004)
• Suite, for viola and piano (1997)
• Penelope, for viola, cello and bass (2006)

Compositions for solo instruments

• Music for viola solo (1976)
  1. Nostalgia; 2. Invention; 3. Andante; 4. Vivace
• Episode for solo viola (1993)
• Moln, (clouds), for solo flute (2000)
• Klarynx for solo clarinet
• Étude for cello solo (1995)
• Two movements for cello solo (1991)
  1. Lento; 2. Vivo-presto-lento.
• Sonatina for percussion
• Sonatina for solo french horn
• Three episodes for mandolin solo (1993) available on CD and from German publisher Edition 49, publisher of Otto´s compositions for mandolin and for plucked string orchestra
• Cadenza, for mandolin. Vivaldi concerto in D
• Cadenza, for mandolin. Fasch concerto in D
• Maud van Thienen, for harpsichord in two movements
• Two preludes for organ (1993)
• For Harriet, harp solo (2002)
• Two interludes for organ (2004)
• Fragment, for solo flute (2009)

Compositions for violin

• In memoriam for violin solo (1973), available on CD
• Duo for violin and viola (1977)
• Birthday music for violin and viola (1976)
• Meditation for violin and piano (1979)
• Der Zappelmann for violin and piano (1975)
• Trio for 2 violins and viola (1977)
• Kelia - ballet music for violin, viola, cello and piano (1983-84)
• 12 Veränderungen einer Zwölftonreihe for violin and viola (1977)
• Suite for violin and piano (1997)
  1. Drängend; 2. Con moto; 3. Allegro molto; 4. Leggiero ma cantabile.
• Liten trio for violin, viola and cello (1978)
  1. Allegretto; 2. Lento; 3. Presto.
• Prelude for violin and piano (1997)
• Intermezzo for violin and piano

Compositions for flute

• Bagatelles for flute and piano
• To-i-yama for flute and piano (1997)
• Trio Lirico for flute, violin and guitar (1995)
  1. Lirico; 2. Molto allegro; 3. Allegro molto.
• Lamento for flute, violin and piano
• Due Intermezzi for flute, viola and guitar (1980)
• Siciliano for flute and piano (1987 - 1993)
• Siciliano for flute and wind instruments (1987)
• Moln, (clouds), for solo flute (2000)
• Sakura-variations for flute and piano (2007)
• Suite for solo flute (2009) to Robert Manasse
• Air, for flute and piano (2007)

Chamber music compositions

• Sciciliano e Danza Vivo for mandolin and piano (1999) [click to listen]
• Divertimento piccolo for trumpet and piano (1994)
  1. Sonore; 2. Vivo; 3. Largo; 4. Presto.
• Suite for viola d´amore and piano
  1. Im Nonnengarten; 2. Lento espressivo; 3. Nächtlicher Tanz.
• Four trombones for trombone quartet (1998)
• Episode for 4 french horns and trombone (1993)
• Four Piano pieces for 4 hands (1998)
• Serenade for string quartet (1993): 5 movements
• Liten dialog for french horn and trombone (1983)
• Quartet for violin, 2 violas and piano (1977)
• String quartet in C (1990)
• String quartet in E (1990)
• Three fragments for four french horns (1984)
• Fantasia a 4 for mandolin, cello, percussion and voice (1988), available on CD
• Röda näckrosor ballet music for flute, clarinet/bas clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1982-83)
• Till Olof Palme "Ljus och värme efterlyses" for speaker, percussion and piano; text by Eva Rajan
• Two Preludes for organ (1993)
• Det slutna rummet music for any nine instruments or voices (1982)
• Intermezzo, for brass quintet and organ (1989)
• Notturno und Reigen for quinton, viola d´amore and piano (1997)
• Symfonisk sats for oboe, bassoon, trombone, tuba and piano (1999)
• Music for soprano sax and viola (1978)
• As the days go by, for flute or violin or piano
• För Två Gambor, 1. Växelspel; 2. Pavan; 3. Kurant
• Largo for flute, clarinet, violin and piano (2003)
• Lullaby for Becky, cello and piano (2001)
• Divertimento Pastorale, flute, violin, viola and piano (2001), available on CD
• Allegro for mandolin and harp (2002)
• Fantasy for viola and piano (2003)
• Sudden Fire, for mandolin and piano (2003), available from German publisher Edition 49, publisher of Otto´s compositions for mandolin and for plucked string orchestra
• Salamander, for mandolin and piano (2003), available from Edition 49, publisher of Otto´s compositions for mandolin and for plucked string orchestra
• Penelope, trio for viola, cello and basso (2005)
• Nostalgarth, for cello and piano (2005)
• 7 Bagatelles, for string quartet (2005)
• Ueldeane@home, for cello and piano (2006)
• Penelope, for viola, cello and bass (2006)
• Fantasy, for clarinet and piano (2003)
• Prelude, for violin and piano (2006)

Compositions for plucked string orchestra. Available from German publisher Edition 49, publisher of Otto´s compositions for mandolin and for plucked string orchestra

• Teknonik (1999) flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, piano, percussion and plucked string
• Intermezzi (1994) for plucked string orchestra
• Polska for plucked string orchestra. Available on CD
• Divertimento Pastorale (2001)
• Capriccio for piano and plucked string orchestra (2003). Recorded
• Gamla Linköping, suite for plucked string orchestra. Recorded
• Mall Aurora (1993)
• Building (2008)


• Arrangements for plucked string orchestra:
• Skriabin: Prelude opus 9 nr.1
• Couperin: Le Tic Toc choc
• Trad. Kristallen den fina. Available on CD
• Beethoven: Presto opus 10 nr.2
• Saint-Saens: Une flute invisible andante espressivo

Orchestral works

• Beatles in Bäckfall for string orchestra (1981)
• Gabrieli in Bäckfall for string orchestra (1980)
• Concert piece for trombone, percussion and string orchestra (1979), available on CD
• Fantasy for strings (1985), available on CD
• In Highgate cemetary for string orchestra (1981), available on CD
• Intermezzo for french horn and string orchestra (1982), available on CD
• Kelia Suite for symphony orchestra (1984)
• Concerto for viola and orchestra (1982)
• Suite for chamber orchestra (1981)
• En BankoMat kantat for SATB, choir and orchestra: text by Lars-Ola Johansson
• Sången till vår stad cantata for tenor, choir and orchestra (1986); text by Lars-Ola Johansson. Recorded
• Höst (autumn) orchestral prelude (1993-4), available on CD
• Intermezzo for string orchestra
• Minne från Ashendon for string orchestra (1989), available on CD
• Avant nous le deluge for alto and chamber orchestra; text by Horst Bieneck
• Sinfonia per archi (1989); four movements
• Teknonik for chamber orchestra (1999)

Theatre, Film And Electronic Music

• Slaget vid Stångebro electronic music for a play (1998)
• Blodbadet for voices and mediaeval instruments (2000)
• Hadar electronic composition - Cubase score