Rune Glerup
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En nær fortids nu fjerne fremtid
Rune Glerup: »Om lys og lethed«
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Sidst vi hørte fra Rune Glerup i en stor koncertsal, var i 2016. Da var han fremtidens mand blandt de unge komponister, men meget er sket i mellemtiden. Det danske komponistmiljø har fået en helt anden gejst, og da DR Symfoniorkestret uropførte hans nye violinkoncert, Om lys og lethed, virkede musikken pludselig lettere altmodisch.
En hektisk jagtsekvens omkransede værket. Dæmpede trompeter satte snigende udråbstegn, og lyse træblæsere standsede igen og igen krydsilden med udstrakte heller. Det lød autobiografisk: som en ørkesløs musik, der hele tiden blev krøllet sammen og smidt væk, indtil solisten Isabelle Faust omsider brød stilstanden med en solokadence.
Imellem de to ydersatser hørtes metodiske forsøg på at forme uvante melodiske forløb med langsomme triller. Det klingede mere af nøgtern kontemplation end nyvunden eventyrlyst, og linjerne endte da også med et karakteristisk knæk: måske en accept af det ufuldendte, for derfra flød musikken mere frit.
Først med en sprælsk scherzo, hvor orkestret lod sig drive fremad af herligt egensindige, langstrakte linjer fyldt med markeringer. Siden med en ekstremt sørgmodig soloviolin, hvis hvislende søgen indrammedes af stille, metallisk tuden i blæserne.
Her hørte man potentialet i Glerups distinkte, indadvendte tænkning, men den let sentimentale modernisme, man fornemmede i værket, havde en bismag af fortidig fremtid. Af noget, vi egentlig har lagt bag os. Violinkoncerten overbeviste ikke for alvor om, at det spor skal genopdyrkes.
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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.«
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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...«
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