Lasse Thoresen: Shadows' Dream, mov. 1
from Shadows' Dream, Nordic Music (FBRCD-22) by Trondheim Soloists
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No living Norwegian composers after Edvard
Grieg has searched-out and reinvented concert
music’s relationship with folk music to the extent
that LASSE THORESEN has. Thoresen has been active
as a composer since the 1980s, and in 2010 won the
Nordic Council Music Prize for his vocal Sextet,
Op 42, that called upon ancient Scandinavian
traditions in reimagining vocal techniques.
Skyggers Drøm (Shadows’ Dream) from 2019
was born indirectly from another Thoresen
work written for The Trondheim Soloists, a
concerto for two folk musicians and strings titled
Sprang. A chord from that piece lodged itself
in the composer’s head as he began to consider
its successor. He imagined this ‘exceptionally
luminous chord…as a kind of backlight against
the dramatic line’ of the piece. Only later did
Thoresen ask himself what this music he was
hearing inside his head might mean. He concluded it bore some connection what the ancient Greek poet Pindar described as ‘human life as the fleeing shadow against an eternal light.’
There are elements of the piece which appear traced against this luminous backdrop, but the essence of Pindar’s phrase is captured
more in its broader meaning than in any single narrative event or overt design feature. The music broadens outwards from a single note, growing in ensemble drama, rhythmic complexity and
instrumental virtuosity before devolving into single voices, alighting upon a luminous chord before descending into deep harmonic throbbing.
Everywhere is light and dark, gesture and shadow – even in the second movement that springs from thick, folksy chords into tear-away flight.
Grieg has searched-out and reinvented concert
music’s relationship with folk music to the extent
that LASSE THORESEN has. Thoresen has been active
as a composer since the 1980s, and in 2010 won the
Nordic Council Music Prize for his vocal Sextet,
Op 42, that called upon ancient Scandinavian
traditions in reimagining vocal techniques.
Skyggers Drøm (Shadows’ Dream) from 2019
was born indirectly from another Thoresen
work written for The Trondheim Soloists, a
concerto for two folk musicians and strings titled
Sprang. A chord from that piece lodged itself
in the composer’s head as he began to consider
its successor. He imagined this ‘exceptionally
luminous chord…as a kind of backlight against
the dramatic line’ of the piece. Only later did
Thoresen ask himself what this music he was
hearing inside his head might mean. He concluded it bore some connection what the ancient Greek poet Pindar described as ‘human life as the fleeing shadow against an eternal light.’
There are elements of the piece which appear traced against this luminous backdrop, but the essence of Pindar’s phrase is captured
more in its broader meaning than in any single narrative event or overt design feature. The music broadens outwards from a single note, growing in ensemble drama, rhythmic complexity and
instrumental virtuosity before devolving into single voices, alighting upon a luminous chord before descending into deep harmonic throbbing.
Everywhere is light and dark, gesture and shadow – even in the second movement that springs from thick, folksy chords into tear-away flight.
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from Shadows' Dream, Nordic Music (FBRCD-22),
released May 31, 2021
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Fabra label of Norway was founded in 1993 and has presently released 29 albums and 4 ep's. Run by Geir Inge Lotsberg. All artwork by Erik Johan Worsøe Eriksen.
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