Moto Immoto (symphony orchestra, first edition)
Work by Martin Lohse for symphony orchestra.
The work has been replaced by Moto Immoto (symphony orchestra, second edition)
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Recording
Moto Immoto
Made with samples from Vienna Symphonic Library
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
Work status redrawn
Composer Martin Lohse
Title Moto Immoto
Subtitle Mobile I
Composition year 2009/2010
Movements 1
Duration 11 min
Genre orchestral music
Number of instruments +10
Instrumentation symphony orchestra
Score notation computer (Sibelius)
Pages 28
Free score yes
Published yes
Recording type studio
Musical styles and elements modal, meditative, expressive
Program note
English
Moto Immoto
Mobile I
for symphony orchestra
Moto Immoto (motion in the motionless) was composed in 2009 as an electroacoustic piece, created with samples from Vienna Symphonic Library as a virtual piece for symphonic orchestra. The scoring and rearrangement for live symphonic orchestra was written in 2010.
A simple pattern of 6 major thirds represents all the harmonics in the piece. It counts in 5/4 and are slowly moving through all the keys forming an irreversible feeling of lost times and sorrow. Insistent figures across the rhythm of the chords in the strings and especially in the brass creates a counterpoint to the slow music, but it really doesn't change the somehow transcendental feeling of the work.
- 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:
- 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).
- Simultaneous Layers: The use of multiple independent musical layers, which has been a primary element of the music since 2000.
- 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).
- The technique synthesizes several methods developed across earlier works:
Martin Lohse 2010
Danish
Moto Immoto
Mobile I
for akkordeon duo
Moto Immoto (bevægelse I det ubevægelige) blev I 2009 komponeret som et elektroakustisk værk med samples fra Vienna Symphonic Library som et virtuelt stykke for symfoniorkester, og fik sin endelige udgave for symfoniorkester i 2010.
Et simpelt mønster af 6 store tertser bevæger sig langsomt igennem alle tonearter i en musik med ingen eller ganske få dissonanser, hvilket skaber en ren men også sorgfuld følelse af tabt tid. Undervejs afbrydes den mere transcendentale musik af hurtigere mere tætte afsnit, hvilket dog ikke ændrer på den grundlæggende stemning i værket.
Martin Lohse 2010 }}
Performances
All versions of - Moto Immoto
Studio Scene Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday 7 September 2016, 19:30
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All versions of - Moto Immoto
Expert reviews
... 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
... 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
The mobiles are breathlessly intense as they alternate between mournful and optimistic with equal parts chain dance and black melancholy.
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- 3 February 2018 - Henrik Friis
List of orchestral music
- Magma (2001)
- Awakening (2002)
- Serenade for Violin and Orchestra (2008)
- Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat (2004)
- Ember (sinfonietta) (2008)
- In Liquid... (accordion concerto, first version) (2008)
- In Liquid... (accordion concerto, second version) (2008/2010)
- In Liquid... (accordion concerto, string orchestra) (2008/2010/2019)
- Concerto in Tempi (accordion and string orchestra) (2010/2012)
- Moto Immoto (symphony orchestra, second edition) (2009/2018)
- Moto Immoto (sinfonietta) (2009/2016)
- Collage de Temps (piano and sinfonietta) (2013)
- Collage de Temps (piano duo) (2013)
- Fast Track (two accordions and orchestra) (2025)
- Lurid Light (1998)
- Double Concerto in G for recorder, cembalo and strings (3.3.2.2.1) (2018/2025)
- Double Concerto in G for recorder, cembalo and strings (2.2.1.1.1) (2018/2025)
- Symphony in One Movement (2020)
- Transition (symphony orchestra) (2022)
- Transition (accordion, brass and string orchestra) (2022/2025)
- Concerto Piccolo I (accordion concerto) (2023)
- Accordion Concerto No.2 (2024)
- Accordion Concerto No.3 (2025)
- Concerto Piccolo II (accordion concerto) (2025)
- Ad Passum (accordion, brass ensemble and percussion) (2025/2026)
- Recall (small sinfonietta) (1968/1977/2015)
- One Minute for a C-Major (1995)