Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri Solo for Motors and Strings (WP)
Carola Bauckholt Doppelbelichtung for violin and electronics (WP)
Evan Johnson Wolke über Bäumen for violin with gut strings and baroque bow (WP)
Marisol Jímenez Yuaríya Valcári for violin, noise harp and live electronics (WP)
Jan Martin Smørdal flock foam fume for violin and recordings of violin (WP)
The Oslo based Swedish violinist premieres the work of five young composers who each test out the limits of this most traditional of instruments. Marisol Jimenez amplifies a prepared violin in a piece inspired by the rituals of the pre-Columbian Wixárika tribe. A violin with gut strings and Baroque bow is required for Evan Johnson’s piece, a fragmentary and elusive complex of canons chasing after the ghosts of the Baroque Passacaglia. Jan Martin Smørdal places the soloist at the centre of eight loudspeakers representing a group of people to explore the relationship of the individual with the mass. Carola Bauckholt’s evocation of a natural glade includes sampled birdsong mimicked by the violin. Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri’s Solo for Motors and strings is a continuous stream of sound generated by the performer’s interactions with small electric devices.
Michael Acker – Klangregie. Julius Holtz – Klangregie (Yuariya Vaicári).
In collaboration with EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR. Supported by Ulysses Network and the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, Swedish Arts Grants Council, Norsk kulturråd, FONCA (National Fund for Cultute and the Arts Mexico).
Composition commission by Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri Solo for Motors and strings is funded by Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
