Nils Henrik Asheim: Chase
from Chasing Strings (FBRCD-16) by Telemark Chamber Orchestra, Lars-Erik ter Jung
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In the work Chase the ensemble is divided into two equal groups that play against each other. As the title suggests, it could seem as though the two groups are “chasing” one another. Sometimes they are as close as shadows, while at other times they part company entirely and revolve in their separate musical worlds.
The word “chase” can also bring to mind the physical energy inherent in the string instruments. In certain sections of the piece we are thrust into the midst of an intense cascade of bowings, both synchronous and asynchronous. At the opposite end of the spectrum, there are sections where time seems to stand still, a sort of “no-man’s-land” in which the soundscape consists of miniscule (bowed) twitches on a surface.
The work was commissioned by the ter Jung Sextet in 2001. The chamber orchestra version was commissioned by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in 2006. Asheim was awarded the Edvard Prize for Chase by TONO, the Norwegian copyright organisation for musicians and composers, in 2002.
The word “chase” can also bring to mind the physical energy inherent in the string instruments. In certain sections of the piece we are thrust into the midst of an intense cascade of bowings, both synchronous and asynchronous. At the opposite end of the spectrum, there are sections where time seems to stand still, a sort of “no-man’s-land” in which the soundscape consists of miniscule (bowed) twitches on a surface.
The work was commissioned by the ter Jung Sextet in 2001. The chamber orchestra version was commissioned by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in 2006. Asheim was awarded the Edvard Prize for Chase by TONO, the Norwegian copyright organisation for musicians and composers, in 2002.
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from Chasing Strings (FBRCD-16),
released December 4, 2020
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