Momentum (accordion)

Work for solo accordion by Martin Lohse

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Score, parts and performance

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Recording

Momentum I
Momentum II
Momentum III
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CD/vinyl release with works for solo accordion dedicated to and performed by Bjarke Mogensen

Release date: 11 Aug 2015 at Royal Danish Academy of Music

Record label: Gateway Music

Versions

The work is orchestrated in 2 versions.

Work	Year
Momentum (accordion)	2014
Momentum (recorder, bouzouki, accordion and cello)	2014/2015

Info

Composer Martin Lohse
Title Momentum

Work number W.43
Composition year 2014

Movements 3
Duration 11 min

Genre solo work
Number of instruments 1
Instrumentation solo accordion

Score notation computer (Sibelius)
Pages 13
Free score yes

Recording type cd

Musical styles and elements modal, melodic, minimalistic

Momentum I

Composed: 8 Mar 2014
Duration: 4-5 min

Momentum II

Composed: 18 Mar 2014
Duration: 3 min
First performance: 30 May 2014 by Bjarke Mogensen at Skt. Nikolai Kirke, Rønne, Bornholm, Denmark

Momentum III

Composed: 18 Mar 2014
Duration: 4 min

Program note

English

Momentum
for accordion solo

The score is in exact pitch, and the proposed registers can be changed according to room and instrument etc. The three pieces can be performed individually or as a suite.

Momentum is dedicated to Bjarke Mogensen and is in three movements:

Momentum I – 4-5 min Moderato più mosso

Relative slow and minimalistic movement based on a long sequence of major thirds.

Momentum II – 3 min Allegro con brio, Moderato nòbile con brio

Fast movement based on a melody heard in it's pure form in the middle of the pieces

Momentum III - 4 min Moderato, Andante più mosso

Relative slow movement based on a melody which is heard in pure form in the end of the piece.

Mobile
A musical technique where different layers of music in individual tempos, metric and musical style are combined in a simple pattern of chords, which slowly modulate through all the keys in a newer ending sequence, creating a music with no or very few dissonances.

I've developed the technique by combining different musical methods used in older works.

Use of multiple layers of music, which have been a important part of my music since 2000.
A simple repeating sequence of chords as the only harmonic material in the piece, which creates a music on the move, in a never ending modulation from the start to the end. Used in works like Haiku (1999), In liquid... (violin and piano) (2003) and Image balancantes (2004).
A 'rhythm across harmony' principle, where different together sounding motives are played in individual tempos across the rhythm of the chords.

First used in Smoke (2000) and developed as a technique in Liebestraum (Liszt arrangement from 2005), and later used in 8 momenti mobile (2008) before it finally evolved to the technique used in Concerto in tempi from 2010 and forward.

Martin Lohse 2014

Danish

Momentum
for akkordion solo

Mobile
En teknik hvor forskellige lag af musik i hver deres tempo, metrik og musikalsk stil kombineres i et simpelt mønster af akkorder, som langsomt modulere igennem alle tonearter i en uendelig sekvens, skabende en musik med ingen eller ganske få dissonanser.

Martin Lohse 2014

Performances

All versions of - Momentum

Solo Recital - Bjarke Mogensen
Salão Nobre da Escola de Música do Conservatório Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal
Saturday 10 February 2018, 21:00

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Solo Recital - Bjarke Mogensen
Centro de Cultura Contemporânea, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Friday 9 February 2018, 18:00

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Solos and duos - B. Mogensen - J. Opsahl
Sauland Kirke, Hjartdal, Norway
Wednesday 7 September 2016, 19:00

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Solos and duos - B. Mogensen - J. Opsahl
Seljord Kirke, Seljord, Norway
Tuesday 6 September 2016

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Solo concert
Sengeløse Church, Sengeløse, Denmark
Friday 26 February 2016, 15:00

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