Ver

Composer: Martin Lohse Year: 2019 Worknumber: W. 55.1 Category: Cat 2.8 (Chamber) Duration: 8.5 min
Instrumentation: 2 gtr
Original version for two guitars. Composed in 2019 and dedicated to Aros Guitar Duo
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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

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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

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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

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Performances

First Performance

Concert Aros Guitar Duo
Helsingør Teater, Den Gamle By, Viborgvej 2, Aarhus, Denmark
Aros Guitar Duo, Mikkel Egelund Nielsen, Simon Wildau
Thursday 23 May 2019

Other Performances

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Reviews

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  • Textura review, IN TIME – Aros Gtr Duo – OUR 8.226919 (58:12)
    (Textura - Textura.org)
    ... 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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  • And Thus an Old Ode Became a Celebration
    (Rachel Einarsson - Klassisk Bureau)
    ... 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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  • Aros Guitar Duo: In Time
    (Ivan Rod)
    ... Others are simply infinitely beautiful - for example, Martin Lohse's Ver. But all are also ambiguous, multifaceted, complex.
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  • Fanfare, Third 5 stars review, IN TIME – Aros Gtr Duo – OUR 8.226919 (58:12)
    (Raymond Tuttle - Fanfare Magazine (US))
    ... A jumble of notes that unites and comes again, like circles of life that slowly grow and change. I found this work to be hypnotically beautiful.
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  • Fanfare, Second 5 stars review, IN TIME – Aros Gtr Duo – OUR 8.226919 (58:12)
    (Colin Clarke - Fanfare Magazine (US))
    Writing for two guitars as one super-instrument, the music’s effect is of a rotating kaleidoscope, interrupted by In vernalis temporis at the work’s center.
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  • Klassik Heute, CD review, In Time, Aros Guitar Duo
    (Klaus Trapp - Klassik Heute, Deutchland)
    ... Martin Lohse, in his contribution Ver, returns to the original Latin text of the Spring Ode and aims to evoke the image of sunlight in the morning dew.
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  • Fanfare, 5 stars review, IN TIME – Aros Gtr Duo – OUR 8.226919 (58:12)
    (Raymond Tuttle - Fanfare Magazine (US))
    Five stars: Aros Guitar Duo’s superb recital, In Time
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  • Aarhusian string game, CD review, In Time, Aros Guitar Duo
    (Evanthore Vestergaard - Kulturen.nu)
    ... The enthusiasm for playing the new works is clearly audible. Both the technique and the musical expression seem convincing, as does the choice of composers.
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