For at Forfølge det Håb...

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Chamberwork by Martin Lohse

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Recording

Live recording
First performance by Ingrid Skold and Christine Pryn

Info

Composer Martin Lohse
Title For at Forfølge det Håb..
Title in English To pursue the hope...

Work number W.1
Composition year 1997

Movements 3
Duration 6 min

Genre chamber music
Number of instruments 2
Instrumentation mezzo soprano and violin

Score notation handwritten
Free score yes

First performance 16 March 1997

by Ingrid Skold and Christine Pryn
place Danish Radio, Studio 2

Recording type live

Musical styles and elements modern, expressive



Poem

In Danish

For at Forfølge det Håb, som dræber mig
forfølger jeg tanken, der nærer håbet.
Jeg forfølger kærligheden, der nærer tanken,
og ikke tillader mig at dø I glemslen,
men nærer håbet om en time så uendelig stor,
at intet døgn kan rumme dens meningsløse tidsløshed.
På det seneste har den tanke forfulgt mig,
at evigheden er opbygget af små øjeblikke
der per defination
er unikke.
Kim Mortensen 1996

In English

To pursue the hope that kills me
I pursue the thought that nourishes hope.
I pursue the love that nourishes the thought,
and does not allow me to die in oblivion,
but nourishes the hope of an hour so infinitely great,
at no day can hold its meaningless timelessness.
Lately, the thought has haunted me,
at eternity is built of small moments
which by definition
are unique.
Kim Mortensen 1996


Work Description

Musical setting of Kim Mortensen's poem, exploring the duality between the pursuit of hope and the eternity and timelessness of the moment

Instrumentation: mz, vn
Version Text: Original work with poetry by Kim Mortensen


Performances

All versions of - For at Forfølge det Håb..

Musica Nova
Danish Radio, Studie 2, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sunday 16 March 1997
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Broadcast - For at Forfølge det Håb...
Broadcast, DR - P2, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sunday 16 March 1997
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