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"ÚR HÓLMINUM" [TUTL FKT 22] 2004 Avaliable online from TUTL |
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| ÚR HÓLMINUM (1995) – for sinfonietta.. Commissioned by Avanti!, Finland. First performance at the Summartónar festival, Faroe Islands, 1995,by Avanti! Úr Hólminum (from the Holm) is one of several of Blak’s compositions in which the musical material is derived from contours of landscapes; in this case the graphic line as seen towards the west from the village of Mykines. From the southwest, the horizon meets the stacks at the end of Mykineshólmur; and from there, the line of the landscape raises steadily towards the vertical fall on the north side of the island. Performed by CAPUT, conducted by Guðmundur Óli Gunnarsson Kolbeinn Bjarnason; fute Eydís Franzdóttir; oboe Guðni Franzson; clarinet Brjánn Ingason; bassoon Emil Frið Finnsson; horn Eiríkur Örn Pálsson; trumpet Sigurður Þorbergsson; trombone Snorri S.Birgisson; piano Greta Guðnadóttir, Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir; violins Guðmundur Kristmundsson; viola Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson cello Hávarður Tryggvason bass |
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