In Liquid... (accordion concerto, first version)

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Accordion concerto by Martin Lohse

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Score

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Printed edition A4, study score (38 pages, staff size: 3.5 mm) 22.95 € + shipping costs
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Performance and parts

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Recording

1. movement
2. movement
3. movement
4. movement
Live-recording from Gladsaxe Musikpris 2009 by Bjarke Mogensen and Copenhagen Phil with conducter Lan Shui

Versions

The work is orchestrated in 8 versions.

WorkYear
In Liquid... (violin and piano)2003
In Liquid... (accordion and piano, first version)2008
Serenade for Violin and Orchestra2008
In Liquid... (accordion concerto, first version)2008
In Liquid... (accordion and piano, second version)2008/2009
In Liquid... (accordion concerto, second version)2008/2010
In Liquid... (accordion and piano, third version)2008/2009/2011
In Liquid... (accordion concerto, string orchestra)2008/2010/2019

Info

Composer Martin Lohse
Title In Liquid...

Work number W.29
Composition year 2008

Movements 4
Duration 27 min

Genre orchestral music
Number of instruments +10
Instrumentation accordion and symphony orchestra

Score notation computer (Sibelius)
Pages 38
Free score yes
Published yes

First performance 7 Feb 2009

by Bjarke Mogensen and Copenhagen Phil with conducter Lan Shui
place Gladsaxe Musikpris 2009, Gladsaxe, Denmark

Recording type live

Musical styles and elements modern, expressive, concertante



Program note

In English

In Liquid... (2008)
Accordion and symphony orchestra
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 is a recomposition of the chamber work In Liquid... (first edition, 2008) for accordion and piano.
The concerto unfolds in four main sections:
  1. Andante semplice. Allegretto. Allegro. Poco vivace
  2. Andante. Allegro. Meno allegro
  3. Cadenza: Cadenza (accordion). Allegro moderato
  4. Andante cantabile e molto semplice. Andante cantabile e poco sostenuto. Andante più mosso ma molto simplice
Duration app. 16 min
Martin Lohse 2019

In Danish

In Liquid... (2008)
Akkordeonkoncert (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 er en rekomposition af In Liquid... (første udgave, 2008) for akkordeon og klaver.
Koncerten udfolder sig i fire hoveddele:
  1. Andante semplice. Allegretto. Allegro. Poco vivace
  2. Andante. Allegro. Meno allegro
  3. Cadenza: Cadenza (accordion). Allegro moderato
  4. Andante cantabile e molto semplice. Andante cantabile e poco sostenuto. Andante più mosso ma meget simplice
Varighed ca. 16 min
Martin Lohse 2019

Work Description

Orchestral work for accordion and symphony orchestra exploring a liquid feeling of time through shifting repetitions and tempo displacements

Instrumentation: 3.3.3.3 / 4.3.3.1 / timp / 2perc / hp / cel / str
Version Text: Accordion concerto, first edition (2008)


Reviews

All versions of - In Liquid...

Expert reviews

International Record Review (July-August 2012)

... 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


WRUW Reviews ... external link

Mostly modern and contemporary Danish works for accordion and orchestra. No oompah here, mostly gentle and lyrical. Nice!
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30 April 2012 - WRUV Reviews


The Globe and Mail (Canada) ... external link

... We also love the ooze and slide of Martin Lohse's In Liquid ...
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30 April 2012 - Elissa Poole


User reviews

Amazon-review ... external link

... 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


Amazon - review ... external link

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.
Read full review

24 May 2012 - RGraves321


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