Orkan

Scoring/subtitle:
A cycle of pieces to Obstfelder's poems
Year of composition:
2001
Instrumentation:
song, cello, piano, actor, electronics,
Duration:
1 hrs
Audio:

Når den første tåre smelter

De sier at øynene mine er blitt større enn før

Roser!

Hva er det dere vil meg, fordømte roser

Details:

A music-dramatic piece on Norwegian poet Sigbjørn Obstfelder. The music was developed from the piece for voice and cello "Stans ditt spill" (1993) and finally presented in Harstad in 1999, then re-developed into the version that is recorded on the CD Orkan.

ORKAN includes these pieces:

Stans dit Spil (also named "Obstfelders natt") (voice + piano)
Isens Rose (Salme) (voice + piano)
Orkan (voice + piano)
Obstfelder-variations 1-9 (cello and piano)
Sommer (voice + piano)
Nocturne (voice + piano)
Preludium & Epilog (cello solo)

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