Mylder (study score)

Kategori:	Orkester
Besetning:	Ensemble, Orkester
Komponist:	Knut Vaage

KNUT VAAGE: Mylder (Mulitude) was commissioned by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) for a concert to mark the 250th anniversary of the University Aula in Oslo. The commission included an extra challenge: KORK wanted to open the concert with a modern festival overture, and close it with a shorter version of the same material. The overture was, therefore, not only an opening, but also a framework for the anniversary concert. The smaller sibling exists as a separate piece named "Mylder 2".

When I started planning how to structure "Mylder", I was thinking of all the pieces that have been played in the University Aula during the last 250 years. I decided to use quotations from historical orchestral overtures. e fragments used in the score are cut partly from those overtures, and partly from my own works. It should be possible to recognise several of themes, but at the same time they are so short that we do not have to wonder too much where they come from. The quotations are treated very freely. In some of them, no original notes are left, only the structure. In others, an extra level has been composed on top of the original. Each fragment is handled differently for each texture throughout the score.

The music alternates between faster moving stretches and slower, kaleidoscopic sweeps, before it suddenly spins away on the musical material. In some places the patchwork opens into concise passages, but the main structure is a multitude, or perhaps a sort of reminiscence on orchestral tradition in a hectic revue. An association to a ?symphonic internet? could be made: a surface that seems familiar ? but with short time frames expressing the restlessness of our time, with almost everything happening at the same time.

KNUT VAAGE: Mylder: Conductor's score and orchestral material available on hire.

Knut Vaage (Komponist)

Knut Vaage, utdannet ved Griegakademiet i Bergen, er en mangfoldig komponist og pianist med hovedvekt på improvisasjon og samtidsmusikk

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KNUT VAAGE: Mylder (Mulitude) was commissioned by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) for a concert to mark the 250th anniversary of the University Aula in Oslo. The commission included an extra challenge: KORK wanted to open the concert with a modern festival overture, and close it with a shorter version of the same material. The overture was, therefore, not only an opening, but also a framework for the anniversary concert. The smaller sibling exists as a separate piece named "Mylder 2".

When I started planning how to structure "Mylder", I was thinking of all the pieces that have been played in the University Aula during the last 250 years. I decided to use quotations from historical orchestral overtures. e fragments used in the score are cut partly from those overtures, and partly from my own works. It should be possible to recognise several of themes, but at the same time they are so short that we do not have to wonder too much where they come from. The quotations are treated very freely. In some of them, no original notes are left, only the structure. In others, an extra level has been composed on top of the original. Each fragment is handled differently for each texture throughout the score.

The music alternates between faster moving stretches and slower, kaleidoscopic sweeps, before it suddenly spins away on the musical material. In some places the patchwork opens into concise passages, but the main structure is a multitude, or perhaps a sort of reminiscence on orchestral tradition in a hectic revue. An association to a ?symphonic internet? could be made: a surface that seems familiar ? but with short time frames expressing the restlessness of our time, with almost everything happening at the same time.

KNUT VAAGE: Mylder: Conductor's score and orchestral material available on hire.

Varenummer: 9790065147727
Kategori: Orkester
Produkttype: Fysisk
Besetning: Ensemble, Orkester
Format: Partitur
Tema/Sjanger: Klassisk og samtidsmusikk
Komponist : Knut Vaage