Fast Track (sheng and accordion)

Chamberwork by Martin Lohse

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The work is orchestrated in 4 versions.

Work	Year
Fast Track (organ)	2017
Fast Track (guitar duo)	2017/2018
Fast Track (sheng and accordion)	2017
Fast Track (two accordions and orchestra)	2025

Info

Composer Martin Lohse
Title Fast Track
Subtitle In two movements

Work number W.49
Composition year 2017

Movements 2
Duration 8 min

Genre chamberwork
Number of instruments 2
Instrumentation sheng and accordion

Score notation computer (Sibelius)
Pages 19
Free score yes
Published yes

First performance 29 Nov 2017

by Wu Wei and Geir Draugsvoll

place Study Scene, Royal Danish Academy of Music

Musical styles and elements minmalistic, modal

Program note

In English

Fast Track (2017)

In two movements

Sheng and accordion

Fast Track is dedicated to Wu Wei and Geir Draugsvoll.

In this work, I am inspired by the long moving walkways found in many of the major airports. The moment you get on, you are moving at high speed toward your destination, even if you are strolling or standing still. The sensation of the slow motion of the body in contrast to the surrounding swiftness creates a fascinating duality that I have tried to recreate in the work: Swirling movements and fast markings that slowly form melodic motifs as well as rhythmical figures in different tempos. Everything on top of a slowly falling layer of chords, which, in two approximately equal parts, leads us to an end in the same register as in the beginning of the piece.

Martin Lohse 2017

In Danish

Fast Track (2017)

I to satser

Sheng og akkordeon

Fast Track er dedikeret til Wu Wei og Geir Draugsvoll.

I dette værk er jeg inspireret af de lange rullefortov, der findes i mange af de store lufthavne. I det øjeblik du stiger på, føres du med høj hastighed af sted mod dit mål, selvom du måske bare slentrer af sted, eller står stille. Fornemmelsen af kroppens langsomme bevægelser i kontrast til omgivelsernes hastighed, skaber en fascinerende dobbelthed som jeg har forsøgt at genskabe i værket: Hvirvlende bevægelser og hurtige markeringer der langsomt former sig til melodiske motiver samt rytmiske figurer i forskellige tempi. Alt sammen ovenpå et langsomt faldende lag af akkorder, der i nio omtrent lige store formdele fører os mod en afslutning i det samme register som i begyndelsen af satsen.

Martin Lohse 2017

Work Description

Work inspired by the duality of motion on airport walkways, where fast external speed contrasts with slow internal movement

Instrumentation: sheng, acc

Version Text: Original version for sheng and accordion, dedicated to Wu Wei and Geir Draugsvoll

Performances

All versions of - Fast Track

Solo Recital - Tina Christiansen
, Copenhagen, Russia
Wednesday 23 February 2022, 17:00

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Recording session
Concert hall, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Rosenørns Alle 22, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sunday 18 July 2021

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Organ concert - Tina Christiansen
Ansgars Kirke, Odense, Denmark
Wednesday 28 August 2019, 17:00

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Organ festival Limburg 2019
Sint-Martinusbasiliek, Venlo, Holland
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 20:00

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Organ concert - Tina Christiansen
Sct. Peders Kirke, Næstved, Denmark
Saturday 12 January 2019, 12:00

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