The Favorite Game

Songs of Leonard Cohen
Program Note

The Favorite Game (Älsklingsleken) is the first novel by Leonard Cohen (1963). During a certain time of my youth I read all that I could find by Cohen, the novels, poems and a collection of songs called Songs of Leonard Cohen. There were all the magic songs from his first two albums. His own guitar playing was written in tablature. I had never seen that kind of notation before, but it was easy to understand and soon I learned to play Cohen's original guitar parts.

That's why this duo is composed using tablature. It's another way of thinking and working, very close to the instrument. Some of the broken chords are quoted but now they sound different since the guitars are tuned different. 

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Audio URL
Year
2018-19
Durata
4:30
Instruments
Guitar duo
Commission
Kulturrådet
First Performance
The Gothenburg Combo, Kalvfestivalen, 2018-08-11,
Other Performances

The Gothenburg Combo, Gunnebo Kammarmusikfestival, 2019-05-23