Around

Composer: Martin Lohse Year: 2011 Worknumber: W. 39 Category: Cat 4.3 (Electroacoustic) Duration: 9 min
Instrumentation: bfl/afl/fl.delays
Original version for flute and delays requiring bass flute, alto flute, and concert flute

Performance Materials

Program Note

In English

Around (2011)
Flute and delays
(bass flute, alto flute, and concert flute)

Around is structured in three parts where the flutist changes instruments for each section, starting with the bass flute, moving to the alto flute in the middle, and concluding with the concert flute. It follows a classic ABA-form where the first part is repeated at the end with slight variations.

The work begins with a canon between the player and the electronics, consisting of a single delay three beats behind the musician. It creates the illusion of two individual flutes playing; while the combined music is perceived in 3/8, the musician actually plays in 5/16, thereby maintaining the illusion of two independent voices.

The middle section features five fast delays that create a distinct change-ringing rhythm before the return of the first part.

Mobile
A musical technique where different layers of music in individual tempos, metrics, and musical styles are combined in a simple pattern of chords, which slowly modulate through all the keys in a never-ending sequence, creating music with no or very few dissonances.

Martin Lohse 2011

In Danish

Around (2011)
Fløjte og delays
(bas-, alt- og tværfløjte)

Around er opbygget i tre dele, hvor fløjtenisten skifter instrument for hver del: først basfløjte, derefter altfløjte og til sidst tværfløjte. Værket følger en klassisk ABA-form, hvor første del gentages til sidst med en smule variation.

Værket starter med en kanon mellem musikeren og elektronikken, der består af ét delay tre slag efter musikeren. Dette skaber en illusion af to selvstændige fløjter; mens den samlede musik opfattes som værende i 3/8, spiller fløjtenisten faktisk i 5/16, hvilket giver indtryk af to uafhængige stemmer.

I midterdelen høres fem hurtige delays, som frembringer en særlig “change-ringing” rytme, før værket vender tilbage til første del.

Mobile
En teknik, hvor forskellige lag af musik i hver deres tempo, metrik og musikalske stil kombineres i et simpelt mønster af akkorder, som langsomt modulerer igennem alle tonearter i en uendelig sekvens, hvilket skaber en musik med ingen eller ganske få dissonanser.

Martin Lohse 2011

Audio Archive

Performances

First Performance

EarUnit, Toulouse Lautrec
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hélène Navasse
Sunday 30 October 2011

Other Performances

Please note: This is not a complete list. It includes live performances and radio broadcasts across all versions of the work. While the archive is highly comprehensive for earlier years, recent entries show only a fraction of the 500-1.000 annual performances across the composer's complete catalog, reflecting only those events reported to and logged by the composer.

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