Moto Immoto (accordion duo, short version)

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Moto Immoto
First performance by Mythos from Hans Egedes Kirke, 6 February, 2011

Versions

The work is orchestrated in 7 versions.

Work Year
Moto Immoto (fixed media) 2009
Moto Immoto (accordion duo) 2009/2010
Moto Immoto (accordion) 2009/2011
Moto Immoto (accordion duo, short version) 2009/2011
Moto Immoto (accordion, violin, cello and contrabass) 2009/2011
Moto Immoto (sinfonietta) 2009/2016
Moto Immoto (symphony orchestra, second edition) 2009/2018


Info

Composer Martin Lohse
Title Moto Immoto
Subtitle Mobile I

Work number W.35d
Composition year 2009/2011

Movements 1
Duration 7 min

Genre chamber music
Number of instruments 2
Instrumentation accordion duo

Score notation computer (Sibelius)
Pages 18
Free score yes

First performance 6 Feb 2011

by Mythos
place Hans Egedes Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark

Recording type live

Musical styles and elements modal, meditative, expressive



Program note

In English

Moto Immoto (2009/2011)
Accordion duo (short version)
Moto Immoto (motion in the motionless) is a duo work exploring motion in the motionless and an irreversible feeling of lost time and sorrow. Originally composed in 2009 as an electroacoustic piece, it was rearranged for accordion duo in 2010 in both a long and a short version. The duo is dedicated to Bjarke Mogensen and Rasmus Schærff Kjøller.
The work is built upon a pattern of six major thirds in 5/4 time that slowly cycles through all keys, forming the harmonic basis for the entire piece. While insistent figures in the accordions create a rhythmic and expressive counterpoint to the slow-moving chords, the work itself maintains its underlying transcendental character.
Mobile
Mobile is a compositional technique where multiple layers of music with independent tempos, meters, and styles are integrated into a recurring chordal pattern. These chords modulate slowly through all keys, resulting in a harmonic language with minimal dissonance.
The technique synthesizes several methods developed across earlier works:
  1. Continuous Modulation: A repeating sequence of chords that modulates from start to finish, creating a state of constant motion. This was first utilized in Haiku (1999) and further developed in In Liquid... (violin and piano) (2003) and Image Balancantes (2004).
  2. Simultaneous Layers: The use of multiple independent musical layers, which has been a primary element of the music since 2000.
  3. Rhythm Across Harmony: A principle where independent motives are played in individual tempos against the rhythm of the underlying chords. This was first explored in Smoke (2000), refined in Liebestraum (Liszt arrangement from 2005) and 8 Momenti Mobile (2008), and reached its definitive form in Concerto in Tempi (2010).
Martin Lohse 2011

In Danish

Moto Immoto (2009/2011)
Akkordeon duo (kort version)
Moto Immoto (bevægelse i det ubevægelige) er et duoværk, der udforsker bevægelse i det ubevægelige og en uafvendelig følelse af tabt tid og sorg. Værket blev oprindeligt komponeret i 2009 som et elektroakustisk stykke og senere arrangeret for akkordeon-duo i 2010 i både en lang og en kort udgave. Duoen er tilegnet Bjarke Mogensen og Rasmus Schærff Kjøller.
Værket er bygget op omkring et simpelt mønster af seks store tertser i 5/4-takt, der bevæger sig gennem samtlige tonearter og danner det harmoniske grundlag for hele stykket. Selvom insisterende figurer i akkordeonerne skaber en rytmisk og ekspressiv kontrapunkt til de langsomme akkorder, bevarer værket sin underliggende transcendentale karakter.
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 modulerer igennem alle tonearter i en uendelig sekvens, skabende en musik med ingen eller ganske få dissonanser.
Martin Lohse 2011

Work Description

Duo work exploring motion in the motionless and an irreversible feeling of lost time and sorrow

Instrumentation: 2 acc
Version Text: Short version for accordion duo, rearranged from the original 2009 electroacoustic version

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Performances

All versions of - Moto Immoto

Portrait concert with Benjamin de Murashkin and Martin Lohse
Studio Scene Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday 7 September 2016, 19:30
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Dacapo recording
Fuglsang Concert Hall, Toreby, Denmark
Wednesday 25 May 2016
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Dacapo recording
Fuglsang Concert Hall, Toreby, Denmark
Tuesday 17 May 2016
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Mythos - accordion duo
Rav Museet, Varde, Denmark
Sunday 7 April 2013
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Mythos - accordion duo
Hørsholm Kirke, Hørsholm, Denmark
Tuesday 12 March 2013
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... further results==Reviews== All versions of - Moto Immoto

Expert reviews

American Record Guide Nov/Dec 2018

... It takes considerable willpower not to rewind to the beginning when it finishes...
... Like the rest of Lohse’s works on the album, it is a delight.
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1 December 2018 - Nathan Faro


MusicWeb International ... external link

... Lohse has given this (work) the lovely title Moto Immoto (Motionless motion), an apt oxymoron that utterly encapsulates this short, heartfelt piece...
... it certainly affected this reviewer in those terms - and easily bears repeated listening. It is revealing that this ten-minute panel lasts not a moment too long.
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1 August 2018 - Richard Hanlon


Politiken, kultur

The mobiles are breathlessly intense as they alternate between mournful and optimistic with equal parts chain dance and black melancholy.
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2018 - Henrik Friis


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