CHAMBER MUSIC
SOLVEJ'S STRANGE LOVE SONG (2019)
for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Clarinet, Piano, Vibraphone and Drums
Solvej's Strange Love Song (2019)
para violín, viola, violonchelo, clarinete, piano, vibráfono y batería
Instrumentation: 0.0.1.0 - 0.0.0.0 - 1.1.0 - 1.0.1.1.0
Duration 4’
Scored for Finnmark Project
Solvej's Strange Love Song is the result of the immersion in the world of sounds that was presented to me in the completion of the BSO of the play Denmark (Dinamarca). At that time and through the Finnmark Project's proposal in search of a continuous, basic, elegant but, at the same time, distant and melancholic melodic line, a return to the classic ‘song without words’, far from the paraphernalia that arose from romanticism. The inclusion of the drums as a trans-genre sound element highlighted the beauty of the rhythmic melodic formula of this fragment immersed in nostalgia and memory.
Premiere programed on Juny 6, 2020 in Valencia, Sala Amodí, Chamber Music Cycle of the Palau de la Musica of Valencia. Finnmark Project + Joan Cerveró, composer, player & conductor.
SIMILAR STONES (2018)
for Violin, Violoncello and Stones
Similar Stones (2018)
para violín, violonchelo y piedras
Instrumentation: vln, vlc and thre stone players
Duration 4’ 15”
Scored for Finnmark Project
The original theme comes from the Shuei ballet, from which the idea of a continuous melody supported by a rhythmic pulse not far from expressiveness has been taken, like stones that are embraced by the current of a different river each time. Everything changes and everything remains.
Commissioned by Bombas Gens Centre d’Art for the exhibition ‘Anna-Eva Bergman. From North to South, Rhythms’ [14.11.2018 | 05.05.2019]
Premiere on December 7, 2018 in Bombas Gens Centre d’Art, Valencia. Finnmark Project, Joan Cerveró, Conductor.
VELKOMNE MED ÆRA (2018)
for Voice, Flute, Clarinet , Piano, Harp (opt.), Violin and Violoncello
Bienvenido (2018)
para voz, flauta, clarinete, piano, arpa (opc.), violín y violonchelo
Duration 12’
Scored for Finnmark Project
Velkomne med æra (Be welcome with honour) is a folk tune from western Norway compiled by musicologist and choir director Geirr Tveitt, who collected folk tunes extensively in Hardanger, noting down around a thousand melodies. These later provided material for his popular instrumental work “A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger”, from which Velkomne med æra is taken.
Norsk tekst: Vé no velkomne med æra,
hèr ská me sitjande vèra.
Sitja i Guds fred, våre grannar tre.
Text in english: [Welcome, welcome with my respect.
Let's sit here together.
With the grace of God, and in peace.
Let's sit here, neighbor, the three of us.]
Commissioned by Bombas Gens Centre d’Art for the exhibition ‘Anna-Eva Bergman. From North to South, Rhythms’ [14.11.2018 | 05.05.2019]
Premiere on December 7, 2018 in Bombas Gens Centre d’Art, Valencia. Finnmark Project, Joan Cerveró, Conductor.
FINNMARK (2018)
for Violoncello and Piano
Finnmark (2018)
para violonchelo y piano
Duration 6’
Scored for Finnmark Project
Finnmark, written for piano and cello, wich original theme comes from my ballet Shuei proposes a modal melodic development in calm dialogue between the two soloists, a slow flow through suggestive and simple melodic lines but never far from the expressiveness required. The landscape of the Norwegian region of Finnmark, the country's northernmost territory, a border where the sea and infinity meet, a border of the unknown, translated into the images of the warm and contained paintings, with hardly any horizon, of the artist Ana Eva Bergman, are the inspiration for this calm, meditative piece that goes nowhere, standing on the edge, without direction, without destination, which it seeks and, fortunately, also awaits.
Commissioned by Bombas Gens Centre d’Art for the exhibition ‘Anna-Eva Bergman. From North to South, Rhythms’ [14.11.2018 | 05.05.2019]
Premiere on December 7, 2018 in Bombas Gens Centre d’Art, Valencia. Finnmark Project, with Laura Gómez, Violoncello and Carlos Apellániz, Piano, as soloists.