25.10.2017

Et åndedræt, en krukke, en film og en kammersymfoni

På Musikhuset i Aarhus opføres værket PNEUMATICKS – en film om tilblivelsen af en krukke med musik fremført semiakustisk af et klassisk inspireret ensemble.

Værket er formet over fænomenet respiration – åndedrættet, åbningen mellem det indre og det ydre – der normalt foregår ubevidst, men her bevidstgøres og formes til en skabende kraft i musik og billede.

Det audiovisuelle værk er synkront udviklet af komponister og billedkunstnere, og opsætningen består af en film med musik fremført af en art kammerensemble bestående af tre sangere, en basklarinettist samt to cellister. Musikken er komponeret af Lil Lacy og Signe Lykke og spejler gennem fire symfoniske satser bevægelsen gennem to åndedrag – indånding, udånding, indånding, udånding. Filmen er lavet af Ann Sophie von Bülow og Ulrik Heltoft og består af dokumentariske optagelser fra Uganda, hvor en kvinde omdanner jord til en lerkrukke.

“Krukken er en åben beholder, som rummer det, vi selv fylder i – ligesom en lunge. Begge dele fungerer som et direkte redskab til væren og liv, der står til rådighed for os, til at bruge som vi vælger og ønsker”, forklarer komponist og cellist Lil Lacy fortæller om mødet mellem musikken og filmen.

I ensemblet medvirker desuden sopran Katinka Fogh Vindelev, alt Laura Mayer, baryton Simon Rønne Rischel, klarinettist Morten Lohmann Sønderskov Jensen og cellist Soma Allpass.

Hvad? PNEUMATICKS
Hvor? Musikhuset, Lille sal, Thomas Jensens Allé 2, Aarhus C
Hvornår? Søndag den 29. oktober kl. 17:00

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My name is John Grant – would you like to see my playlist?

»Music has been a healing balm for me.«

John William Grant is an American singer, musician, and songwriter holding both American and Icelandic citizenship. He first came to prominence as a co-founder, lead vocalist, pianist, and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band The Czars. After releasing six albums between 1994 and 2006, the band disbanded, and Grant withdrew from music for four years before embarking on a solo career.

He returned in April 2010 with a critically acclaimed debut album recorded in collaboration with Midlake. Queen of Denmark was named Album of the Year 2010 by Mojo magazine and was also selected as one of the ten best albums of 2010 by The Guardian’s music critics and writers.

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My name is Allan Gravgaard Madsen – would you like to see my playlist?

»In his music, composer Allan Gravgaard Madsen tries to create a better version of himself.«

Allan Gravgaard Madsen is a Danish composer based in Copenhagen. His most recent works include Träume nicht and Nachtmusik. He tries to create a better version of himself in his music – where his personality tends to be restless, chatty and has an active inner life, his music is controlled, simple and merciless in its expression. He is the recipient of the Carl Nielsen & Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Hæderspris 2022.

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23.01.2022

Finnish Space Travel

Tomutonttu: »Hoshi«

Vauva, 02.12

Kristoffer Møllegaard

The Finnish multimedia artist Jan Anderzén has, with the album Hoshi, released under the solo moniker Tomutonttu, created a true little star. Not only because »hoshi« literally means »star« in Japanese, but above all due to the music itself. There is something cosmic, yet infinitely minute, about the sonic worlds Anderzén conjures—like a galaxy reflected in a puddle, or a space journey in a rocket carved from a hollow tree trunk. Synths emit busy, warm blips and bloops, while ultra-short vocal and instrumental samples create a recognizable blur. At once artificial and organic – soft, rounded, jagged, crackling.

Anderzén approaches sound with a playfulness I simply adore. His music is strange in an incredibly comforting way. It places me in a kind of colorful, trance-like state, only interrupted when, several times over the course of the album, I find myself smiling in delight at a particularly great sound. The synths on »Katse osuu sähköön!« The choral samples on »Kesä oli äkkiä ohi!« Milo Linnovaara’s flute on »Malta lausua ‘AH’!« And many more. Hoshi is an album packed with microscopic moments that together form a frayed, exploding, radiant, idiosyncratic whole—a stellar moment of just under 38 minutes.