Bent Sørensen: Takvingesange No3, 8 satser for 8 ensomme stemmer // Danish National Vocal Ensemble

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Published on August 25, 2021 10:00:30 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvRBMnRxa3E

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Takvingesange No3, 8 satser for 8 ensomme stemmer
Composed by Bent Sørensen
Performed by Danish National Vocal Ensemble

Throughout this Corona era, I - like many others - have been imprisoned in front of a computer screen, talking to fellow human beings via Zoom, Skype, Teams etc… One voice speaks - the others are muted.

In the eight (very) short movements, the work's eight voices all - for a brief moment - get the opportunity to speak and sing lines from Casper Eric's poem, "Hey, what's up little tortoiseshell butterfly"; while the others are muted or completely gone.
The eight voices are composed so that they can be recorded individually; with the small possibilities for displacement that this can cause. In the music there are also small hints of my Mattheus Passion, which the Danish National Vocal Ensemble should have premiered at a concert in April 2021 - a performance Covid-19 put an end to.
- Bent Sørensen

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I gennem hele denne coronatid har jeg - som mange andre - siddet fængslet foran en computerskærm – talt med medmennesker via Zoom, Skype, Teams etc… En stemme har talt – de andre har være mutede. I de 8 (meget) små satser får værkets 8 stemmer alle – et kort øjeblik – mulighed for at tale, synge linjer fra Casper Erics digt, ”Hey, hvad så lille takvinge-ven”; mens de andre er mutede eller helt borte. De 8 stemmer er komponeret, så de kan optages hver for sig; med de små forskydningsmuligheder dette kan afstedkomme, og i musikken er der små spor af den Matteus Passion, som DR Vokalensemble skulle have medvirket i ved en koncert i april 2021 – en opførelse Covid-19 satte en stopper for.
- Bent Sørensen

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