Å svävare (Oh Hoverer) was composed on a commission from the artist Daniel Coulet and inspired by his fragile, high, and flora-like sculptures, especially two tall "tree sculptures" made of fiber: one, light and down-to-earth, like a huge mushroom with a massive, bent stem; the other, dark, slender, high, and "watching from a far", both installed at the subway station Mirail, in Toulouse.
The work, written for soprano, mezzo, baritone, viola, and cello, is in seven parts, which together form an upwards-striving bow, tense from the height and the fall from this height.
The texts, certain parts of which have been combined, consist of poems from different historical time periods: Wir sehen dich by Paul Celan, Llama de amor viva by Juan de la Cruz, Liebes-Lied by Rainer Maria Rilke, Entlich by Susanne Marten and Taktavla by Katarina Frostenson out of which the title Å svävare is taken:

" o Hoverer, the fall is an embrace"

Madeleine Isaksson (Translation : George Kentros)