Mand S

What happens when a sexual connection overwhelms all your senses? A woman puts everything on the line in pursuit of a passionate affair with a man she hardly knows.

The album "as if a river were singing…" brings together the most recent orchestral compositions of three younger generation Estonian composers, borrowing its title from the album's opening piece, Alisson Kruusmaa's eponymous work. The artists who collaborated on this album regard it as a kind of musical riverbed, with many different streams flowing into it – each with its own journey, its own song. The connecting bridge is the Pärnu City Orchestra and their chief conductor Kaspar Mänd, who commissioned all the recorded works. The pieces were premiered at the Pärnu Concert Hall, the home hall of the orchestra, between 2020 and 2021, and are heard here in their world-premiere recordings.

Mand

Have you ever looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize the person staring back at you?
Or felt as if you weren’t being yourself around even your closest friends?
Or attempted to fit a ‘role’ in your life because you felt you had to?
If so, you’re not alone. Many of us have wrestled with our true selves versus the people society makes us feel we should be.
But do you have to stay stuck in society’s standards? Or is there a path to true freedom that honors you for your individuality?
Live By Your Own Rules is a program for creating an authentic relationship with yourself: so you gain the power to not only know and embrace who you are - but also live your truth every day, and in every way.

Mand Af En Tid is the second solo album that Mike Tramp has recorded in Danish.