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Closing concert for the festival in the gorgeous, surreal setting of Confidencen — an 18th century rococo theatre. Two premieres: Kristofer Svensson’s Som regn for harpsichord performed by Daniel Walden and a new piece by Ellen Arkbro commissioned by the festival for a 11 piece ensemble including musicians from Berlin’s Harmonic Space Orchestra. This newly commissioned work is part of a glorious expansion of the palette she first set with For Organ & Brass opening up her primary material of in-tune chords to include improvisation and other compositional strategies.
PERFORMERS
Daniel Walden harpsichord
Lucy Railton cello
Judith Hamman cello
MO Abbott bass trombone
Rebecca Lane bass flute
Michiko Ogawa bass clarinet
Thomas Nicholson viola
Ellen Arkbro trumpet
Susana Santos Silva trumpet
Vilhelm Bromander double bass
Johan Graden keyboard
Konrad Agnas percussion
The Ellen Arkbro commission was made possible with the support of Kulturrådet, The Swedish Arts Council.
nb: venue will be heated prior to, but not during the performance. we recommend that you dress warm. no intermission. programme duration: ~80 minutes
Ellen Arkbro is a Swedish composer and sound-artist primarily working with intervallic harmony in just intonation.
Kristofer Svensson is a Swedish composer and kacapi musician. Svensson's work is situated in a context in which artistic, contemplative, and meditative practices merge. In the keyboard piece Som regn, sparse, harmonic events arise in a dynamic relationship with emptiness. Tuning harmonies justly and letting tones co-exist with extended sonic absences thematizes both the aperture and transperency of sound, as well as the equanimous ground of emptiness from which sounds emerge. The title Som regn (”like rain”), is both a reference to the mild, compassionate Dharma rain described in the Lotus Sūtra, as well as a metaphor for the steadfastness and indifference with which the sounds of this piece slowly punctuate the duration of time.
Vilhelm Bromander (1988) is a Swedish bass player and composer deeply entwined in the Stockholm experimental and free jazz scene. He can be heard in groups such as Svenska Folkjazzkvartetten, Christer Bothén 3,in duo with Fredrik Rasten and with Elin Forkelid plays for Trane among others.
Vilhelm has also worked a lot with solo double bass - where he directs his focus to acoustic details such as beating, common partials and difference tones – to hear what happens with our perception when we allow ourselves to be immersed in sound for a longer stretch of time. In January -22 he also debuted as a soprano saxophone player with his new chamber work, Aurora, that was released by warm winters ltd.
As an improviser he has played with musicians like Axel Dörner, Tisha Mukarji, Michael Thieke, Sten Sandell, Phil Minton, Mazen Kerbaj, Maria W. Horn, Christer Bothén, Katt Hernandez, Lisa Ullén, Henrik Olsson to name a few. He is also an active session musician and has played with Daniel Johnston, Sara Parkman, Saigon, Musette, Joe Davolaz, Rotem Geffen, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation, The Tiny & Music Is The Weapon.