Per Nørgård
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Slagtøjsfest i dyr pyjamas
Line Tjørnhøj: »Ør«
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Følte de sig på en eller anden måde sat fri? I hvert fald mødte de to slagtøjssolister, Jakob Weber og Gert Sørensen, op i excentriske kostumer – hvidt jakkesæt og en ternet dragt, der duftede af dyr pyjamas – til uropførelsen af Line Tjørnhøjs orkesterværk Ør, hvor komponisten netop havde skrevet en vis frihed ind i deres noder.
DR Symfoniorkestret var skåret over på midten, men hvinede og stemplede af sted som et svedende maskineri. Til venstre for dem tastede Weber løs på et stumt flygel, mens Sørensen lod køllerne falde over et arsenal af pauker, gong og håndholdt percussion. Man fornemmede klart, at der var et angreb i gang; Tjørnhøj hvirvlede drama op af orkestrale tuttibrøl, som langsomt fortyndedes til træblæserklang og spinkel guiro.
Så satte det, der lød som en cirklende citatmusik, i gang. Et dramatisk faldmotiv med kontrafagot som dybt anker, sidenhen romantiske strygere og modernistiske orkestersløjfer. En slags halvmanisk kulisse for solisternes anderledes egensindige manøvrer? Halvvejs gennem andensatsen gik de over til orkestret og spillede umiskendeligt Safri Duo-boblende op til dans, mens kollegerne ligesom befandt sig et andet sted i musikken.
Ør blev man vel faktisk i mødet med denne argumenterende og hele tiden uroligt afsøgende, men også på den anden side glansfulde musik. Kontrastspil, meddelelsesbehov, spilopper. Værket var inspireret af Per Nørgård og levede fuldt op til hans credo om at forvirre på en fortryllende måde. Touché, Tjørnhøj!
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»Music helps me feel, process and regulate my emotions, giving them an outlet when I need release and bringing me calm when I need balance – it’s sort of my outsourced nervous system.«
Krzysztof Pietraszewski is a music journalist, editor and curator based in Kraków, Poland. Since 2016, he has served as artistic director of Sacrum Profanum, a festival dedicated to new and experimental music. He hosts Muzykoteka and the RKK Live concert rebroadcast series on Radio Kraków Kultura. He also develops listening sessions with discussions, inviting audiences to discover unfamiliar music, exchange impressions and experience listening as a shared activity. His work includes executive-producing recordings for the Sacrum Profanum Archives series. Originally from Silesia, he has made Kraków his home, sharing music through concerts, radio broadcasts, writing and, more recently, experimental DJ sets.
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»For me, music is at its best when it appeals to both the head and the heart. I love music that plays with language and understands how words create images, while also possessing its own unique sonic quality and mood. It’s an added bonus if the music energizes me during a run, makes me dance in the kitchen, or makes me laugh. Or cry. Music can be like a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat with a surprise inside.«
Lone Hørslev is an author of poetry, novels, and song lyrics, as well as the TV series Den gode stemning. Together with Mads Mouritz, she forms one half of the Mouritz/Hørslev Project, and she recently wrote lyrics for the musical theatre production STOLT in collaboration with Katrine Muff. The songs can be found on the album Jeg ønsker mig.
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»I think music is just the way I perceive and process the world.«
Raphael Loher is a pianist and composer based in Lucerne, Switzerland who combines elements of experimental electronic music, ambient, and minimalist composition. His distinct, crystalline work explores playful reduction and rhythmic abstraction, aiming to create singular resonances and aesthetic connections. His meditative style of piano playing allows shimmering rhizomatic structures to emerge, giving rise to tense narrative arcs. Loher expands his sound spectrum by preparing the piano, using effect pedals, and working with a tape recorder.
Loher’s new album Figuren (Präsens Editionen) is an album shaped by intuition, experimentation, and a deliberate distance from his primary instrument — the piano. Reworking intimate concert recordings made during a residency, Loher deconstructed selected melodies, tones, and resonances into new forms, transforming them further through tape manipulation.
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»For us, music is... magic? Aside from the fact that we are huge fans of silence, the closing line of one of our upcoming singles perfectly captures our relationship with music:
'Music feels like magic to me / A superior art form in a marketplace / Trying to find an empty space'.
That is what it can feel like as a songwriter and performing musician. We try to hold onto an almost childlike infatuation with music, yet the art form we work in – alternative-leaning pop-rock – was created and has evolved 'in a marketplace' driven by powerful economic forces. As a romantic, that can sometimes be a bit disheartening...«
Late Runner consists of Asger Tarpgaard and Tanja Forsberg Simonsen, both formerly of the bands Superheroes and Private.
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It was officially confirmed only recently that Icelandic avant-garde star Björk is visiting Bielsko-Biała today. After keeping it under wraps until the last moment, the organizers of the Wędrujący Festiwal (Wandering Festival) have revealed that Björk is the artist closing out the festival's grand finale.