Passing (guitar duo)

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Work for guitar duo by Martin Lohse
Passing I and II arranged for guitar duo, score not yet available

Versions

The work is orchestrated in 6 versions.

WorkYear
Passing (accordion)2011-12
Passing (organ)2011/2012
5 momenti mobile (accordion duo and piano trio)2013
5 momenti mobile (cello and piano)2013
Passing (guitar duo)2014/2015
5 momenti mobile (accordion and piano quartet)2013/2019

Recording

Passing I
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

Info

Composer Martin Lohse
Title Passing

Work number W.36.1c
Composition year 2014/2015

Movements 2
Duration 9.5 min

Genre solo work
Number of instruments 2
Instrumentation guitar duo

Score notation computer (Sibelius)

First performance 6 Aug 2014

by Copenhagen Guitar Duo
place Femø Classic, Femø Church, Denmark


Musical styles and elements modal, melodic, minimalistic


Passing I

  • Composed: 27 Feb 2014
  • Duration: 4 min
  • First performance: 6 Aug 2014 by Copenhagen Guitar Duo at the festival Femø Classic, Femø Church, Denmark

Passing II

  • Composed: 1 Dec 2014
  • Duration: 5'15 min
  • First performance: 2 Feb 2015 by Copenhagen Guitar Duo at Mestre på Mandage X, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Denmark

Program note

English

Passing (2011-2014)
for guitar duo

Passing is an arrangement of the two first movements of Passing for accordion solo by the composer in close cooperation with Copenhagen Guitar Duo (Allan Sjølin and Martin Buono) for guitar duo

  • 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

The two 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.

  1. Use of multiple layers of music, which have been a important part of my music since 2000.
  2. 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).
  3. 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

Passing (2011-2014)
for guitar duo

Passing er et arrangement af de to første satser i Passing for akkordion solo af komponisten i tæt samarbejde med Copenhagen Guitar Duo (Allan Sjølin og Martin Buono)

  • 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

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 2014

Performances

All versions of - Passing

Solo Recital - Claudio Jacomucci
Museo Novecento, P.zza S. Maria Novella 10, Firence, Italy
Thursday 11 July 2019, 21:00
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Solo Recital - Claudio Jacomucci
Kammermusiksaal, Campus Essen-Werden, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen, Germany
Friday 30 November 2018
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Solo Recital - Hanzhi Wang
Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
Monday 22 October 2018
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Solo Recital - Claudio Jacomucci
Theater am Rand Betriebs GmbH, Zollbrücke 16, Oderaue, Germany
Saturday 13 October 2018, 19:00
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Solo Recital - Claudio Jacomucci
"Werkstatt", Hagenstraße 34, Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Germany
Sunday 30 September 2018, 19:30
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Expert reviews

Accordions Worldwide April 2018 ... external link

... 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


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