” I’m finding that sincerity and trying to be as simple or direct as possible I’d like is often taken for sheer stupidity”
– Norma Jeane Baker (Marilyn Monroe)
Christofer Elgh’s “Sincerity” was composed directly for Alexandra Büchel and Norrbotten NEO based on Norma Jeane Baker’s poem of the same name.
“Christofer Elgh’s gripping and sometimes touching primal screaming reaction around Norma Jeane Baker, alias Marilyn Monroe. Against a background of fiery red light shaped into something that can bring to mind both roses and blood-flowing brain twists, based on Baker / Monroe’s disillusioned text about the difficulty of being sincere and true in a world of lies, her in many ways tragic fate. Musically, we move from a slow introduction with crisp bells, strings over percussion and buzzing blows straight into an air-conditioned nightmare of hot-pitched sounds and sudden silences, sharp as gunshots.”
– Anders Lundqvist, Norrbottenskuriren
Alexandra Büchel soprano
B Tommy Andersson conductor
Norrbotten Neo