Therese and Lars got married at Käringön, a small but beautiful island on the west coast (the best coast as we call it) 1,5h drive north of Göteborg.
This time we were reinforced with the double bass player Mikael Klaening, resulting in Dolce Quartet. A lower register instrument was actually very good for our sound, adding much more depth and orchestral quality.
Also, Mikael got the gig and needed more musicians with ready-made arranged pop/light-mingle-music in a classical setting. Voilà, Dolce per definition.
The day started very early, we had to do the complex logistics of getting cars to pick up the musicians, the electric piano and double bass in different parts of the city, and then drive up to the ferry that goes to Käringön. We had good margins so the stress and panic was at minimum. A lot of gear:
We arrived in time and could rehearse our two songs in the Church with two singers that we should perform together with. "Miracle" and "I'm yours now," two very Lovely Swedish songs we had arranged for this occation. It went very well, it felt really great and quite powerful - one singer played guitar as well so we were a total of five instruments and two voices! We also played Peterson-Berger's "Entrance in the summer meadow," a Swedish summer-classical classic, which suits us very well to play actually.
After the wedding we set up the electric piano at the porch and played one set of light background music for the toast before the dinner. The weather was beautiful and it felt really good!
Also, the runner-up in last year's Swedish TV chef competition Sveriges Mästerkock, "Carl" did the catering at this place. We were starstruck.
After the music, we packed up just in time to catch the 6 pm ferry from the island, and drive back to Göteborg. A full day's work but a great experience!
