"Winter has come" (2002)
Sop. sax solo + fl, ob, cl, bsn/ hn, tpt, trbn/ 2 perc/ vl1, vl2, vla, vlc, cb/ Dur. ca. 18 min.
Skrevet til og uropført af Torben Snekkestad og Ensemble Ernst 31/10/2003 Park Teatret, Oslo
EWH
Skrevet til og uropført af Torben Snekkestad og Ensemble Ernst 31/10/2003 Park Teatret, Oslo
EWH
Winter has come - Concerto for Soprano Sax. and Sinfonietta in three movements
Skrevet på opfordring af og i samarbejde med Torben Snekkestad
Klik på satstitlerne for samples af uropførelsesturneen (Mariendal Kirke 02/11/03)
Programnote
- Titlen "Winter Has Come" er resultatet af mit ønske om en titel, der i lige grad afspejlede voldsomme snelandskaber med isbjerge, kulde og storm, og en indre fortvivlelse og frustration. For mig afspejler titlen dette. [Og samtidig afspejler den også tidens klima i Danmarks nye "kulturpolitik" (anno 2002)]. Endelig er titlen en let omskrivning Mr. Freezes slutreplik i filmen "Batman og Robin".
Musikkens karakter er Torben i vid udstrækning ansvarlig for.
Han var nemlig uforsigtig nok til at vise mig tre ekstravagante teknikker, som jeg da godt kunne bruge ind imellem. Og naturligvis er der nu ikke andet end disse teknikker. Første sats arbejder med glissandi i det høje register. Anden sats med kvarttonemelodik og en særlig luftfuld spillemåde, der giver sopransaxofonen klanglig slægtskab med den Japanske Sakuhachi. Tredje sats baserer sig på en komprimeret enharmonisk trille. Sådan kan det gå.
SHN 2002
"Winter has come" (2002)
Sop. sax solo + fl, ob, cl, bsn/ hn, tpt, trbn/ 2 perc/ vl1, vl2, vla, vlc, cb/ Dur. ca. 18 min.
Written for and premiered by Torben Snekkestad og Ensemble Ernst 31/10/2003 Park Teatret, Oslo
EWH
Written for and premiered by Torben Snekkestad og Ensemble Ernst 31/10/2003 Park Teatret, Oslo
EWH
"Winter has come - Concerto for Soprano Sax and Sinfonietta"
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Programnote
The title is chosen to reflect as well massive landscapes of ice, coldness and storming weather as an inner despair. It's almost a qoutation - it's a paraphrase of Mr. Freeze's last words in "Batman and Robin".
The character of the music is the result of Torbens thougtless way of showing me the possibilities of the instruments. He showed me some speciel effects, that I might use carefully from time to time.
He should have known better than showing a composer such things. The piece of course ended up being based sololy on these fragile techniques.
He showed me three different kinds: Extreme glissandoes (=first movement), a airfilled way of blowing making the saxophone sounding somewhat like a Japanese Sakuhachi (= second movement), and finally he show me the condenced doubletrill (=third movement).
SHN 2002
Toggle the movements for samples
The title is chosen to reflect as well massive landscapes of ice, coldness and storming weather as an inner despair. It's almost a qoutation - it's a paraphrase of Mr. Freeze's last words in "Batman and Robin".
The character of the music is the result of Torbens thougtless way of showing me the possibilities of the instruments. He showed me some speciel effects, that I might use carefully from time to time.
He should have known better than showing a composer such things. The piece of course ended up being based sololy on these fragile techniques.
He showed me three different kinds: Extreme glissandoes (=first movement), a airfilled way of blowing making the saxophone sounding somewhat like a Japanese Sakuhachi (= second movement), and finally he show me the condenced doubletrill (=third movement).
SHN 2002
