Ver (guitar duo)
Work for guitar duo by Martin Lohse
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Recording
CD Recording
Ver
In time
- CD recording performed by Aros Guitar Duo: Mikkel Egelund Nielsen and Simon Wildau
- Release date: 5 April 2024
- Record label: Our Records: In time
Live Recordings
Ver, Little Big Beat Studios 2019
Ver, Ofelia Plads, Copenhagen, June 2019
Ver, Ærøskøbing Kirke 2020 (first few seconds is missing)
Youtube
- Aros Guitar Duo
- Studio Live Session - Little Big Beat Studios 2019
- Aros Guitar Duo
- Ofelia Plads, Copenhagen, June 2019
- Aros Guitar Duo
- Ærøskøbing Kirke 2020 (first few seconds is missing)
Youtube link
Aalborg Guitar Festival & Competitions, Opening concert with Aros Guitar Duo 2023
YouTube
Info
Composer Martin Lohse
Title Ver
Work number W.55.1
Composition year 2019
Movements 1
Duration 8.5 min
Genre chamber work
Number of instruments 2
Instrumentation guitar duo
Score notation computer (Sibelius)
First performance 23 May 2019
- by Aros Guitar Duo
- place Helsingør Teater, Den Gamle By, Århus
Musical styles and elements modal, melodic
Program note
In English
- Ver (2019)
- Two guitars
- Shimmering lights that gather in circles
- Ver is inspired by the sprouting spring and the melody In vernalis temporis (In the spring time) by Morten Børup. One mood in particular in the original Latin text has inspired the rest of the music, here in free rewriting:
- The rays of the sun
- gathered as a wreath
- in the drops of the morning dew
- It is a literary image that in many ways describes the music well: A jumble of notes that unites and comes again, like circles of life that slowly grow and change.
- In the work, the two guitars merge into one instrument, where different tempos and musical expressions meet and are united by one long melody that returns in a new light each time it is repeated, interrupted only by In vernalis temporis in the middle of the movement.
- The work was composed in 2019 and is dedicated to Aros Guitar Duo.
- Duration approx. 8-8:30 min.
- Martin Lohse 2024
In Danish
- Ver (2019)
- To guitarer
- Flimrende lys, der samles i cirkler
- Ver er inspireret af det spirende forår og melodien In vernalis temporis (Frydeligt med jubelkor) af Morten Børup. Særligt én stemning i den originale latinske tekst har inspireret resten af musikken, her i fri gendigtning:
- Solens stråler
- samlet som en krans
- i morgenduggens dråber
- Det er et litterært billede, der på mange måder beskriver musikken fint: Et virvar af noder der forenes og kommer igen, som cirkler af liv der langsomt gror og forandres.
- I værket smelter de to guitarer sammen til ét instrument, hvor forskellige tempoer og musikalske udtryk mødes og forenes af én lang melodi, der vender tilbage i nyt lys hver gang den gentages, kun afbrudt af In vernalis temporis i midten af satsen.
- Værket er komponeret i 2019 og er dedikeret til Aros Guitar Duo.
- Varighed ca. 8-8:30 min.
- Martin Lohse 2024
Work Description
Work inspired by the imagery of sun rays reflected in morning dew, exploring the merging of two guitars into a single sonic entity through thematic repetitions and varying tempos
- Instrumentation: 2 gtr
- Version Text: Original version for two guitars. Composed in 2019 and dedicated to Aros Guitar Duo
Performances
All versions of - Ver
Frederikskirken, Skåde, Denmark
Thursday 10 September 2020, 19:30
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All versions of - Ver
Expert reviews
... The entrancing ebb-and-flow of Lohse's Ver pulls the listener into its lyrical world immediately and proves a wonderful showcase for the duo's precise fretwork.
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- 10 May 2024 - Textura
... there's great dynamism in the heartfelt melancholy in the piece's first few minutes. ... You feel that Martin Lohse really wants to tell us something, and it keeps attention focused.
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- 5 April 2024 - Rachel Einarsson
... Others are simply infinitely beautiful - for example, Martin Lohse's Ver. But all are also ambiguous, multifaceted, complex.
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- 5 April 2024 - Ivan Rod
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