Compositions

This is a selection of Becker's compositions including year of composition as well as year of first performance.

 

As a composer Becker is self-taught and has been composing since his early twenties. Becker’s catalogue contains more than 70 compositions. Becker’s music is on YouTube (compositions marked with an asterisk; please click on the title for link to YouTube) and there is a recording on CD of the Arietta opus 43 (2004) by an American pianist. Becker is a member of STIM, the performing rights organization in Sweden.

 

The following is a brief, non-exhaustive list:


Orchestral Music
 

Svenska Lottakårens Jubileumsmarsch  opus 6a (March for the Swedish Women’s Voluntary Defence Organization, 1994, orchestrated 2024; premiere 2024)*

 

Svenska Lottakårens Jubileumsmarsch  opus 6a (another recording, by the Royal Swedish Army Band)*


Arietta  opus 43a, for oboe and string orchestra (2004, orchestrated 2017; premiere 2018)

 

Arietta  opus 72a, for oboe and string orchestra (2025, orchestrated 2025)


Suite  opus 56, for chamber orchestra (2017; premiere 2018)


Fanfare pour une nouvelle époque  opus 62, for brass instruments and three timpani (2020)

 

 

Chamber Music
 

Esquisse d'automne  opus 26a, for cello and piano (1998)

 

Sonatina semplice  opus 57, for flute and oboe (2018; premiere 2018)


Polyptyque - Cinq aphorismes  opus 58, for solo cello (2018)


Elegia  opus 61, for cello and piano (2020)

 

El camino que me llega a ti  (rhumba), opus 69, for violin, alto saxophone, trumpet, double bass, piano and percussion (2022)


Elegia  opus 70, for cello and piano (2023)

 


Solo Piano Music
 

Petite valse française  opus 2 no. 3 (1993)*


Petite valse rêvée  opus 13 (1997)

 

Souvenir de mon enfance  opus 14 (1997)*

 

Once in a Blue Moon  opus 23 (1998)*

 

Esquisse d'automne  opus 26 (1998)*


Nocturne  opus 27 (1998)*


Lied ohne Worte  opus 28 (1999)*


Petite valse mélancolique  opus 33 (2001)*


Petite valse nostalgique  opus 38 (2002)*


Arietta  opus 43 (2004; premiere 2012)*

 

Spring Breaks Through Again  opus 47 (2006)*


A Christmas Waltz  opus 63 (2020; premiere 2021)*

 

Arietta  opus 72 (2025)*

 

 

Vocal Music
 

Ave Maria  opus 25, for soprano, cello and organ (1998; premiere 2018)


Ecce lignum Crucis  opus 68, for mixed choir and B-flat clarinet obbligato (2022)


Dreams of Love on Christmas Eve  (lyrics by Paul Becker), opus 7, for voice and piano (1994)


Vi människor  (poem by Verner von Heidenstam), opus 16, for baritone and piano (1997)


Years of Yearning  (lyrics by Paul Becker), opus 19, for voice and piano (1997)


Ett hjärta i sand  (lyrics by Sofie Nilsson), opus 36, for voice and piano (2002)


Running with Wolves  (lyrics by Stefan Lejonbalk), opus 64, for voice and piano (2021; premiere 2022)

 

 

Miscellaneous
 

Twelve tangos

 

Bajo una noche estrellada  opus 24, for violin and piano (1998)

 

Estás en mi corazón  opus 30, for piano (2000)*

 

Un suspiro de amor  opus 40, for piano (2003)

 

Amada por la gente  opus 48, for piano (2006)

 

Sueños de recuerdos perdidos  opus 52, for alto saxophone and piano (2014)

 

Ya los años se van pasando  opus 37a, for piano trio and snare drum (2015)

Un cuento de hadas del amor  opus 53, for piano trio and snare drum (2015)

 

¿Adónde vas muchachita linda?  opus 54, for piano trio and snare drum (2016)

Un día volveré a ti  opus 55, for piano trio and snare drum (2017)

Siempre estádo a tu lado  opus 60, for piano trio and snare drum (2019)

Eres todo en mi vida  opus 66, for piano trio and snare drum (2022)

Nunca te voy a olvidar  opus 67, for piano trio and snare drum (2022)