Passing (accordion)
Work for solo accordion by Martin Lohse
Score, parts and performance
The work is published on UE Universal Edition: Direct link
Preview (full score): Universal Edition
Youtube
Passing I
Hanzhi Wang plays Passing 1 and Menuetto by Martin Lohse in the recital of Italy.
Passing III
Hanzhi Wang plays Passing 3 by Martin Lohse in her recital of Italy.
First price concert, category C, PIF Castelfidardo 2023, Jin Yinting - accordion
Recording
Passing I
Passing I
Mobile
- 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
Passing I
On the Path to H.C. Andersen
- CD recording performed by Hanzhi Wang (solo accordion)
- Release date: 23 Aug 2018 at Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Record label: Naxos
Passing I
Live-recording by Bjarke Mogensen at the Frederiksværk Festival 2012.
Passing I
Live-recording by Bjarke Mogensen at the Nafplion Festival 2012.
Passing I
Live-recording by Bjarke Mogensen from Apostel Kirken.
Passing I
Studio-recording by Bjarke Mogensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music
Passing II
Passing II
Mobile
- 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
Passing II
On the Path to H.C. Andersen
- CD recording performed by Hanzhi Wang (solo accordion)
- Release date: 23 Aug 2018 at Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Record label: Naxos
Passing II
Live-recording by Bjarke Mogensen at the Frederiksværk Festival 2012.
Passing II
Live-recording by Bjarke Mogensen at the Nafplion Festival 2012.
Passing III
Passing III
Mobile
- 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
Passing III
On the Path to H.C. Andersen
- CD recording performed by Hanzhi Wang (solo accordion)
- Release date: 23 Aug 2018 at Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Record label: Naxos
Versions
The work is orchestrated in 6 versions.
Info
Composer Martin Lohse
Title Passing
Work number W.36
Composition year 2011-12
Movements 3
Duration 14 min
Genre solo work
Number of instruments 1
Instrumentation solo accordion
Score notation computer (Sibelius)
Pages 11
Free score yes
First performance 27 Sep 2011
- by Bjarke Mogensen
- place Louisiana Live - Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Musical styles and elements modal, melodic, minimalistic
Passing I
- Composed: 2 May 2011
- Duration: 4 min
- First performance: 27 Sep 2011 by Bjarke Mogensen at Louisiana Live - Museum of Modern Art, Louisiana - Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Passing II
- Composed: 19 Dec 2011
- Duration: 5'30 min
- First performance: 7 Mar 2012 by Bjarke Mogensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen (Release and debut-concert with The Danish National Chamber Orchestra)
Passing III
- Composed: 29 Nov 2012
- Duration: 4 min
- First performance: 28 Sep 2014 by Bjarke Mogensen at Ny Musik Birkerød, Birkerød, Denmark
Program note
English
Passing (2011-2012)
Three mobile for accordion
Passing is dedicated to Bjarke Mogensen and is in three movements:
- Passing I Allegro con passion sostenuto
Quickly repeating notes, small motives and fast patterns. Different tempos in both hands and in the same register, all in a simple sequence of 3 major thirds which represents all the harmonics in the piece.
- Passing II Andante con dolore sostenuto
Slow movement with a theme that slowly moves around in different registers
- Passing III Moderato maestoso
Fast movement based on the same simple sequence as in Passing I.
The score is in exact pitch, and the proposed registers can be changed according to room and instrument etc.
The three parts can be performed individually or as a suite.
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 2012
Danish
Passing (2011-2012)
Tre mobiler for akkordion
Passing er dedikeret til Bjarke Mogensen og er i tre satser:
- Passing I Allegro con passion sostenuto
Hurtige gentagende noder, små motiver og hurtige mønstrer. Forskellige tempoer i begge hænder og i det samme register, alt i en simpel sekvens af 3 store tertser som udgør hele harmonikken i værket.
- Passing II Andante con dolore sostenuto
Langsom sats med et tema der langsomt bevæger sig rundt i forskellige registre
- Passing III Moderato maestoso
Hurtig sats baseret på den samme simple sekvens som i Passing I.
Partituret er ikke transponerende, og de noterede registre kan skiftes alt efter rum, instrument osv.
De tre dele kan opføres individuelt eller som en suite.
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 2012
Performances
All versions of - Passing
Museo Novecento, P.zza S. Maria Novella 10, Firence, Italy
Thursday 11 July 2019, 21:00
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Kammermusiksaal, Campus Essen-Werden, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen, Germany
Friday 30 November 2018
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Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
Monday 22 October 2018
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Theater am Rand Betriebs GmbH, Zollbrücke 16, Oderaue, Germany
Saturday 13 October 2018, 19:00
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"Werkstatt", Hagenstraße 34, Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Germany
Sunday 30 September 2018, 19:30
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Expert reviews
... Fresh music, contemporary but not excessively "intellectual" and not at all hermetic, indeed sincere and communicative, often captivating, which show strong roots with the great Western "classical" tradition; a happy combination, just like in Scarlatti, of lightness and playfulness with passion and solemnity.
... Music that surely reconciles the audience with contemporary "cultured" music and that undoubtedly enrichs the specific repertoire for the accordion.
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- 29 March 2018 - Alessandro Mugnoz
List of solo works
- Silenzio (cello) (2003)
- Silenzio (viola) (2003/2010)
- Silenzio (violin) (2003/2010)
- 6 preludes (organ) (2003)
- 6 preludes (accordion) (2003/2013)
- 6 preludes (piano) (2003/2013)
- Intermezzo - B.a.c.h. (piano) (2005)
- Nocturne (piano) (2007)
- Nocturne (oboe, cello and piano) (2007/2009)
- Menuetto (accordion) (2008/2014)
- Cadenza (accordion) (2010/2012)
- Hymn (carillon) (2009)
- Moto immoto (accordion) (2009/2011)
- Passing (accordion) (2011-12)
- Passing (organ) (2011/2012)
- Turn (piano) (2011)
- Silenzio (accordion) (2003/2012)
- Momentum (accordion) (2014)
- Match Girl (accordion) (2015)
- Seasons (accordion) (2015-16)
- Late Spring (accordion) (2016)
- Summer Storm (accordion) (2016)
- Autumn Rain (accordion) (2015)
- Winter's Tale (accordion) (2016)
- Fast Track (organ) (2017)
- The Dying Child (accordion) (1998/2014)
- Three pieces - Prelude, nocturne and serenade (piano) (2017-18)
- Prelude (Three pieces for piano) (2018)
- Nocturne (Three pieces for piano) (2018)
- Serenade (Three pieces for piano) (2017)
- Encircled (accordion) (2018)
- L'eau (guitar) (2019)
- Til Ofelia (piano) (2020)
- Sand drifting (oboe) (2000)