FIRST TIME SEEING Du måste finnas Helen Sjöholm Reaction (Kristina från Duvemala) Sweden

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[@Cathy290862]

I saw this musical live. This is after Kristina lost her child in a miscarriage. She almost lost her life and were told not to bear any more children. The musical was so good and when she sang out her despair that her faith in God must exist who is she without her faith. You could really feel here pain.

[@Monscent]

And much more than that - they were poor, left their country, travelled across an ocean, countless setbacks, heartbreak, lost a child...

[@patricksamsara6541]

I really envy ppl who can express themselves artistically. I can neither sing, write, or play music, and everytime something bad happens to me I feel like a mute. And ppl around me doesn't understand the pain I go through. It's like you're trapped in a vaccum.

[@joltbreak8274]

I've been an actor in the musical and even though it was 10 years ago I still remember all the songs and sing them.

[@lillanlofgren7424]

they said they have not heard many Swedish songs ...I promise you in US the most popular songs are written by Swed

[@NasaBalli]

I NEVER get tired of listen to this amazing and wonderful and powerful performance. I ALWAYS get goosbumbs and cry. EVERY time.

[@happyhawaii0711]

One of the best performances i have ever seen in my life. And i a so glad that i had the chance to watch Kristina in Stockholm with all these wonderful performers. Helen is amazing. And Björn & Benny are my musical heroes.

[@lenaengell8528]

Same here. Thank you. The best performance ever!

[@ge_mig_nat_som_kanns]

It’s a musical about famine times in Sweden. Many people emigrated to America (Minnesota) with hopes for a better life. Kristina gave in and agreed to move after she lost a child. She is homesick and sad and when the doctor says she can never become pregnant again (she can no longer be with her husband) bc then she may die she breaks down in doubt for the first time in her life. She feels abandoned by God and alone in the world.

[@Loki19810310]

Good summary. Its so painful to read the books. Everything is literally hell on earth... Remember little 4 year old Anna that was hungry :(

[@Marcusianery]

@@Loki19810310 That age in Sweden is so forgotten today. But people need to remember Sweden only really been "modern" and "rich" since the 50's or so.

[@anetteeek9810]

And the musical is written and composed by Björn and Benny from ABBA. Thats why he is in the film.

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

Ah yes, they did a great job with it. I've seen Helen and Peter, are there any other memorable performances?

[@frankly-he1kf]

Peter sings gold turns into sand...powerful stuff.

[@frankly-he1kf]

Oh...josh groban does lovely version of "gold turns into sand"...

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

Thank you!

[@mndiec]

You can see Benny too at 4:29 sitting right there next to Björn

[@Flokarl1]

Goodness Gracious!!!! What a song! What a performer!!!!!!!!!

[@QuickZ_]

Helen Sjöholm, making grown men (including me) cry since the 90s.. Love it. I think not enough people experienced her yet.. So thanks for sharing it abroad.

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

Thanks for watching and commenting! This performance stayed with me, it's very deep and emotional, she goes into it with heart and soul

[@QuickZ_]

@@TeacherPaulReacts Indeed! I wish she was utilized more. Such a waste to have her mostly on the really small stages.. She belongs infront of 10s of thousands...

[@jonnyberggren4598]

+1 on that.

[@ohmegah00]

Thank you for doing these swedish reactions. Very grateful. Greetings from Sweden

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

Thank you for commenting! Send me some suggestions, I'd love to see them 👏

[@ohmegah00]

@@TeacherPaulReacts I have just sent In 2 request from my ohmegah email in your requestform. With links.

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

This song is from a musical called "Kristina från Duvemåla" (Kristina from Duvemåla), which is based on a quartett of books by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg about a group of Swedes who emigrate to the United States in the mid 1800s.

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

Peter Joback sings in this musical as well, right?

[@sophiepahlsson2279]

@@TeacherPaulReacts yes

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

Are there any other singers I should know about?

[@QuickZ_]

​@@TeacherPaulReacts I think you know about the 4 that has "god" like tier singing. Tommy Körberg, Helen Sjöholm, Peter Jöback and Jussi Björling. The rest of the Swedish singers cant be compared sadly.... yet! Even though we have some top class singers only known nationally like Carola Häggkvist for example. But we are starving for a new star to shine through that gives us pure epic experiences.. Or that Helen Sjöholm is given the big stage again some day.. A bit sad how little shes been utilized. Not enough good musicals being written perhaps :p

[@jespergran7628]

@@TeacherPaulReacts i really like anders ekborg in this musical, really liked if u did a reaction to his song kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIi0Z4uca9qdes0 not as talented as helen,peter but i think it sounds great.

[@hampusa3205]

probably the most genuin reaction video ive ever seen, 4/2/2023, keep up ur love for musik! love from sweden!

[@lenaengell8528]

This performance is AMAZING!

[@deaodaggi]

Yes!!! Show him Jöback too!

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

Will do!

[@gilmorekickan]

This is one of my favorites. Such power and grace in her singing. She actually sang this in english with an orchestra. You should check it out ❤️

[@mathsjesperson8432]

I saw this musical by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (the two men in ABBA) live three times. 15 years ago I and Björn and Benny were the main speakers at a conference about the great author Vilhelm Moberg. I spoke about Moberg's works for the theatre, and Björn and Benny spoke about how and why they created the musical "Kristina från Duvemåla" based on Moberg's novels about "The Emigrants". Benny told us that he was putting a lamb steak into the oven, when at this very moment he got the idea that they should make a musical based on "The Emigrants". He immediately phoned Björn and told him this. Björn was a bit hesitant in the beginning, because "The Emigrants" is a series of 4 very voluminous novels, and how should they be able to comprehend this into a musical of about 3 hours.

[@tradgardenpalandet5581]

Abba Björn & Benny did not only present the show, they wrote the music to this musical!

[@KillerQueen_87]

First time seeing this particlar video, but I remember when KZbin all of the sudden went crazy for Helen Sjöholm, and I loved it, because she's been my biggest idol since I was like 12 ^^

[@birgittaollars6333]

There's a new film (2021) of the story. It's about Swedish US immigrants in late 1800. It's called "The Emigrants" and the main actors are Gustaf Skarsgård and Sofia Helin. There's an older film of the story from 1971 also called "The Emigrants" with Max von Sydow and Liv Ullman.

[@matildaappelqvist]

It's from a musical called "Kristina från Duvemåla" of "Kristina from Duvemåla" (in english). And this is the part where the head character Kristina aka Helen Sjöholm begins to doubt God for the first time in her life. The musical is based on Vilhelm Moberg's "The Emigrants" book series from the late 1940's. If you haven't read them you really should. They are amazing and so is Helen Sjöholm. She've done so much more than just musicals. She's been acting in a few movies and series, she's been in a dance band (Benny Andersson's Band) and she've been giving the people of Sweden and the world the best of her voice in all kinds of songs and lyrics. She is a queen when it comes to acting and singing. She is the best thing that could ever happened to the world of preforming arts.

[@tinarussell2966]

The musical Kristina från Duvemåla was written and composed by Björn and Benny (the ABBA guys).

[@antonspeed4940]

This is actually written for her voice, belive it or not! Never been to any live concerts with her. I was just checking on tickets for her spring performances, sadly no tickets left where I live close to Stockholm, when I saw this Reacting video. Extra emotional when taking part of your reactions at the same time. I really should go to bed, almost morning, but have to listen a few more songs. Good links in the comments and the movies recommended is also powerful, suprised by the quality of the new version of the - in Sweden - huge classic one. Now seeing you have music that many probably never will hear, so... subscribed! Sure to find some wonderful stuff from your channel. Thankyou and welcome to Sweden

[@michaelaronngard2859]

This song comes from a movie about a farmer that moves to usa about 1700 or 1800, this song comes after the main person lost her child in birth bed and her husband gets insured after a accident with a stone block. They have builed up and lives in us when this happen

[@DerekMckean]

Helen also performed a concert version of Kristina at Carnegie Hall. It's called Kristina (at Carnegie Hall). It's English version is named "You have to Be There." It was workshopped on New York I'm 2006 with an American cast. It had plans to open on Broadway a few years later but fell into legal trouble over the book (script). Instead, a concert non costumed version was performed in 2009 with Helen as Kristina. It never made it to Broadway. But even most versions of Kristina have Bern "in concert versions." This means no script for dislogue or just a few words and is is sung through. No sets. Just a microphone. Some in concert versions may have costumes but are minimal. Kristina as well as Chess have found that they've done better as concerts rather than being fully staged. While local productions of Chess may have done full productions, the most recent English spoken recording was a in concert version with Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, and Adam Pascal. I know London West End has done full staged version ms since then, but Broadway hasn't done any fully staged versions of chess for a long time-- just regional theaters. The problem is I'm not sure if this musical could find a home, even if they did put a Broadway production on. It would have been a hit in the days when Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, Phantom of the Opera or even Sunset Boulevard. However, with Broadway turning more pop and even hip hop due to Hamilton, Kristina probably would not do well compared to these newer musicals, especially the Disney musicals or in the likes of Beetlejuice, or Mrs Doubtfire. It's kind of funny that some people think Les Miserables is an opera. It is only an opera in the sense that it is dung through. If you were to compare On My Own to a song from an opera, you'd probably begin to hear how On My Own is more pop than opera. Yes, there are s couple belts. However, just because someone belts at the end of a song, it doesn't necessarily make it opera. Actually the other name for a musical is light opera. Now, when most people think of musicals in America, people generally don't think of light opera. They think of contemporary music film the 1930s and 1940s tk the pop or power pop rock ballads of the 1980s or Let it Go from Frozen or Defying Gravity from Wicked. However, the meaning behind the word musical is light opera. So that's why I say if you were to compare Les Miserables to Fallstaff, Les Miserables would seem more like an operetta like The Pirates of Penzance Songs like Do you Hear The People Sing or On My Own have note roots in pop than opera. The only reason why people think Les Miserables is an Opera is because of the strong voices and belting. Heck, if anyone thinks Little People is opera, we need help. I can see how might think of it as an operetta but not opera. Even Red and Black is more big bandy, than opera. Stars may sound opera but the role of Javert just has very strong voice that resonates, yet not an opera voice.

[@hannaskoog7897]

So wonderful You going You see her!!!! ♥️ love from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

❤❤❤

[@toreedstrom1172]

This is from the Minnesota Concerto....

[@jez76]

If you don’t have time to read Wilhelm Mobergs books, watch the epic film The Emigrants by Jan Troell and the follow up The New Land, about the swedes emigrating to America during the mid 19th centry famine. Max von Sydow as Karl Oskar, and Liv Ullman as Kristina. Kristina of course being the Kristina from Duvemåla, the musical you’ve just watched, with music written by Bjorn and Benny, tge two B’s in ABBA.

[@coconutfleetsleeper5717]

Its been a while since i heard this, I was working backstage a couple of times when this show was running on the "Göteborgs Operan" it was a educational part of school where you get to try out different jobs as teen. It was kind of fun actually...

[@chrisp2071]

Nice reaction Paul and David! In case you don't know the background, the song is about her doubting her faith in God. Persuaded to leave her native country, life as an immigrant in America is a struggle, she is homesick for Sweden and has lost a child and she's asking if God even exists, and if her faith has been in vain. There is a version by Helen in English if you're interested called "You Have to be There" : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWXZiHeYaqupmJY. I'd also recommend her version of "Someone Else's Story" - again by ABBA's Benny & Bjorn (and Tim Rice) from their musical Chess: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6q9pWyZZ7mcptU

[@sirjohnmara]

Great reaction guys, thanks. Good translation text in english.

[@Pr1ck4chu]

You have both Björn and Benny from ABBA in 4.35 :) Helen Sjöholm played a battered wife in a mobie some years later. She sang an even greater song(in my opinion) in thar movie: "Gabriellas song". I think you guys would like it.

[@danielb6766]

She also does the Swedish voice for the animated movie - Anastasia

[@elisabethlundstrom6981]

Yes its from a musikal written by Björn and Benny from Abba Listen to Peter Jöback also And dont miss our star Tommy Körberg

[@MO-vn7kc]

This is a Bjorn and Beeny musical about immigration to America from Sweden . This is the premiere in Minnesota where many Swedish immigrants moved.

[@mattias5157]

She speaks to God, that way she finds her lost faith again. This is from a book series from the 50s, "The Emigrants" by Vilhelm Moberg. Except from childbook writer Astrid Lindgren I think he´s generally considered our greatest novel writer. The series is nominally about a few people who emigrated from Sweden to Minnesota in the 1850´s, but behind it´s a deep study in different approaches to life and how they play out for each of the individuals. Had it been written in English you would all know about it. So this is a song about faith, a song that knows everything about faith. Yet Björn Ulvaeus who wrote the lyrics is a declared atheist, while the writer of the original story ended his own life swimming out into a lake. God works in mysterious way indeed!

[@Mirakelbrorsan]

She performed an english version as well :)

[@MO-vn7kc]

Also check out " När guldet blev till sand " another song from same musical and concert. With a male singer

[@Nettisofia3478]

Peter Jöback 😊

[@carinalundstrom7566]

Show him Guldet blev till sand with Peter Jöback! Then we have Tommy Körberg with Anthem and much much more...

[@TheMrlovegoodtimes]

Abba members was there you can see in the video.

[@Liskenstein]

for me its not only about god but the anger that her true love died and she can not accept that he is dead. for me it makes it more beautiful!

[@sandramartinsson9861]

You should listen to Gabriellas Song from the movie as it is in heaven. Also Helen Sjoholm.

[@LoneWolf731000]

I believe there's noone out there that have'nt heard Swedish music! Have you ever heard of "Max Martin"? If so, you've heard Swedish Music! A tip for this video, to get better experience, read the short background story.. 👍

[@fionametcalfe8072]

i got to see her sing this live in carnegie hall the swedish version is better but even the english version is amazingly powerful... try sparvoga from marie fredriksson

[@olsa76]

Have you seen that there is an English version of this song? "You have to be there".

[@bobbieparker2900]

We saw Helen in Kristina.

[@miminmintarsih9624]

Wooooow

[@jormalonnroth8254]

Yes she is,a real gem but not forget that what she do is ABBA in their prime Benny och and björn

[@miminmintarsih9624]

@@jormalonnroth8254 ,really.🙏

[@Tangentbordsblues]

Btw spotify is Swedish too 🤭

[@kingwacky184]

3:01 did he just say a very small band from Sweden called ABBA? They were just one of the biggest bands in the world in the 70s and even in to the 80s I believe. To say small band is a bloody insult!

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

sarcasm exists 🤗

[@antiHUMANDesigns]

The letter "å" sounds like the "o" vowel in "boring". The letter "ö" sounds like the "i" vowel in "bird".

[@louisejungner5095]

Have you seen the English version from her performance in New York?

[@aveide]

Some more from our Swedish pearl that is Helen Sjöholm: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4fcgIOLbdCfg7s (From a swedish movie) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hF68gqyLnNuta8U (A little bit more intimate. Sorry for no subtitiles, but I believe you know the song). Yes, she sang the swedish version. Thank you for the post. Knowing people having a passion for quality music and voices makes me happy.

[@aveide]

And of course you have already reacted to them both. Great stuff! :)

[@Pleple52]

He isn’t presenting the musical .He and Benny wrote the music and the lyrics to this musical.

[@Jompani42]

This is a recording from an actual show of the Kristina från Duvemåla musical. More "raw" emotions in the performance. Helen Sjöholm is so great, this role was the one she was made for! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2jYZGptjLeCqtE

[@aveide]

So sad I never got the opportunity to see that show. Think I need a time machine.

[@michaelaronngard2859]

You must hear hers "Gabriellas sång"

[@viktorskold9593]

If he’s the editor he must’ve heard the song already?

[@gustavlernhagen2387]

“Is she still alive?” Haha she’s 53 :P

[@pierrebengtsson5009]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3nWapahZsaUopo is another emotional act of Helen Sjöholm =)

[@patricksamsara6541]

Great performance, though the lyrics... In the end she made it through whether God existed or not and similarly ppl of other religions or no religion make it through. Each to his own I guess.

[@evafegolfina1603]

Ja, men oavsett vad man tror på idag så var ju kristendomen en stor del av Sverige förr i tiden när detta utspelar sig.

[@antiHUMANDesigns]

I don't think you understand the context of this song. This is based on a real person, real events in the mid 1800s, when they migrated from Sweden to the USA to escape a famine. Horrible, cruel things happened, many died, life was hard. She lost kids and the doctors told her she would die if she became pregnant again, so she can't lie with her husband anymore. Even though she was very religious, she was driven to the point where she had trouble accepting that God could be real when he is supposed to protect her but all these bad things happen. No, she did not find her faith through the song, she is desperately trying to hold on to the belief while her subconscious is telling her that maybe it was never true, that life simply is cruel and there's nothing to protect her from it. It's hard to imagine for us, living in the modern western world, how hard life was and how alone and isolated/disconnected people were, and completely uneducated.

[@darthcrowley5561]

Come on whit Al the ads!!!!!!

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

ads?

[@callelundberg6790]

The lady to the right should start a silent reaction channel

[@evalovisas]

Stunning voice! But somewhat disturbing lyrics. Its important to know that God is not the one to abandon anyone. It's us that abandon Him when we buy the lies of the devil. Our Father God always has a way out of every crisis, as a victor! But sometimes we yield to something else or we have lack in understanding how to persue the spiritual matters. The living Word of God says: "Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will NOT leave you or forsake you." (Deuteronomy 31:8) And.. "The thief (satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; but I (Jesus) have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the full." (John 10:10) And... "For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith." (1John 5:4) ❤❤❤❤

[@Marie-xe9kk]

Shes talking to god