In Liquid... (accordion and piano, first version)
Chamberwork by Martin Lohse
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Performance of second version by Bjarke Mogensen and David Lau Magnussen in Kunsten - Museum of Modern Art - Aalborg, Denmark September 2009
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In liquid...
Second version performed by Bjarke Mogensen and David Lau Magnussen in Kunsten - Museum of Modern Art - Aalborg, Denmark September 2009
Versions
The work is in three version for accordion and piano
- First version (2008)
Recomposition of the chamber work In Liquid...for violin & piano, with a new 4. movement.
Duartion app. 23 min. - Second version (2009)
4. movement in a shorter version.
Duartion app. 17 min. - Third version (2011)
Scherzo in 3. movement replaced by a cadenza.
Duartion app. 16 min.
The work has been orchestrated in two versions for accordion and symphony orchestra:
- Accordion concerto, first version (2008) corresponds to first version (accordion and piano)
- Accordion concerto, second version (2010) corresponds to third version (accordion and piano)
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Info
Composer Martin Lohse
Title In Liquid...
Work number W.26
Composition year 2008
Movements 4
Duration 23 min
Genre chamber music
Number of instruments 2
Instrumentation accordion and piano
Score notation computer (Sibelius)
Pages 33
Free score yes
Published yes
First performance 15 Feb 2009
- by Bjarke Mogensen and David Lau Magnussen
- place Sthens kirke, Helsingør, Denmark
Musical styles and elements modern, expressive, concertante
Program note
In English
- In Liquid... (2008)
- Accordion and piano (first version)
- The title In Liquid... refers specifically to a liquid perception of time. Repetitions, sequences, and patterns evolve slowly, shifting between one another. The displacement of tempo - whether through gradual acceleration or by freezing into a nearly static state - evokes a sense of long-lost times that live on in our memory and merge with our presence in the here and now.
- The work is dedicated to Bjarke Mogensen and David Lau Magnussen and is a recomposition of the chamber work In Liquid... (2003) for violin and piano.
- The concerto unfolds in four main sections:
- Andante semplice. Allegretto. Allegro. Poco vivace
- Andante. Allegro. Meno allegro
- Cadenza: Cadenza (accordion). Allegro moderato
- Andante cantabile e molto semplice. Andante cantabile e poco sostenuto. Andante più mosso ma molto simplice
- Duration app. 23 min
- Martin Lohse 2019
In Danish
- In Liquid... (2008)
- Akkordeon og klaver (første udgave)
- Titlen In Liquid... henviser især til den flydende fornemmelse af tid. Gentagelser, sekvenser og mønstre ændres langsomt eller flettes ind og ud imellem hinanden. Tempoer forskydes - bliver hurtigere og hurtigere eller fryser fast i en nærmest statisk tidsfornemmelse - måske en fornemmelse af en svunden tid, som lever i vores erindring, og som blander sig med vores tilstedeværelse her og nu.
- Værket er dedikeret til Bjarke Mogensen og David Lau Magnussen og er en rekomposition af In Liquid... (2003) for violin og klaver.
- Koncerten udfolder sig i fire hoveddele:
- Andante semplice. Allegretto. Allegro. Poco vivace
- Andante. Allegro. Meno allegro
- Cadenza: Cadenza (accordion). Allegro moderato
- Andante cantabile e molto semplice. Andante cantabile e poco sostenuto. Andante più mosso ma molto simplice
- Varighed ca. 23 min
- Martin Lohse 2019
Work Description
Orchestral work for accordion and piano exploring a liquid feeling of time through shifting repetitions and tempo displacements
- Instrumentation: acc, pno
- Version Text: Recomposition of In Liquid... (2003) for violin and piano
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Performances
All versions of - In Liquid...
Concert Hall, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday 5 February 2020, 19:30
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Kongresshaus in Biel, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Saturday 23 June 2018, 19:30
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Danish Radio P2 - Ugens Musiknavn, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tuesday 13 March 2012, 2:16
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Danish Radio - P2 Puls, Copenhagen, Denmark
Monday 12 March 2012, 2:48
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Danish Radio P2 - Ugens Musiknavn, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sunday 11 March 2012, 19:01
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... further results==Reviews==
All versions of - In Liquid...
Expert reviews
... I don’t recall previously hearing any music by the Hans Abrahamsen-student Martin Lohse (b.1971) - painter and poet as well as composer - but I shall certainly be keeping my ears open from now on, since his 16-minute In Liquid... is unassertively lovely...
... Lohse knows how to caress the ear and stimulate the mind at the same time: In Liquid … is all the more touching for the understatement of its emotional burden. ...
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- 6 July 2012 - Martin Anderson
... Matin Lohse’s subtle interplay of soloist and orchestra across four movements of varied mood and tempo gives In Liquid... a more individual profile than its Pärt-meets-Glass amalgam might suggest. ...
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- 1 July 2012 - Richard Whitehouse
... Martin Lohse’s In Liquid (2008/2010) is one of the most original works for accordion I have ever heard. Mogensen makes his brutal technical part sound so easy in this quasi minimalistic exercise in shifting fluid breathtaking sounds. ...
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- 29 June 2012 - Tiina Kiik
User reviews
As a part of this “flow” Lohse explores poly-tempi at several places in the score, calling for the accordion to accelerate while the orchestra remains at a constant speed to thrilling effect.
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- 8 May 2019 - Sue Leigh Waugh
In Liquid, another commission by Mogensen, is radically different. Martin Lohse's work is almost a study in slow motion. Lohse draws out every single note both from the ensemble and the soloist. The sensation is similar to trying to run underwater. And the enforced slowness of the composition makes the listener pay closer attention to the music as it passes by. An effective work, and one that completely removes the accordion from its popular roots.
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- 24 May 2012 - RGraves321
... In Liquid, another commission by Mogensen, is radically different. Martin Lohse's work is almost a study in slow motion. Lohse draws out every single note both from the ensemble and the soloist. The sensation is similar to trying to run underwater. And the enforced slowness of the composition makes the listener pay closer attention to the music as it passes by. An effective work, and one that completely removes the accordion from its popular roots. ...
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- 24 May 2012 - Digital Chips
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