12 instrumenter til Henning

 

The Danish multi-instrumentalist and composer Anders Lauge Meldgaard works in a wide field of musical expressions, ranging from contemporary music to free improvisation over sound installations, songwriting, orchestral midi collages, chamber music, mixtapes, noisy works for electric guitar sextet and lately also electronic music. The tension between composition and improvisation is often used as a motivating force to propel his musical adventures. He has formerly released critically acclaimed albums under the alias Frisk Frugt.

 

"12 instrumenter til Henning" is a new arrangement that sees Meldgaard exploring
the music of the Fluxus artist and composer Henning Christiansen. "About the time that passed", a trio piece (for recorder, cello and piano) by Christiansen from 1975 is the source material for a bright and stimulating new work for extended chamber ensemble, with the tonal language the original blossoming outwards via Meldgaard’s own brilliantly colourful sound palette. 

The album was released last September on vinyl and digital on the label År & Dag  that Meldgaard is part of.

Note by note, Meldgaard has transformed the music of Christiansen from the original trio score into a new radiant composition. Each part is rewritten through a thoughtful system created by Meldgaard, who reflects on the proces: “I’ve imagined how Hennings piece has grown older, the instruments have grown in size, they’ve propagated and changed their pace”. The three original instruments mutate into twelve for classical trained musicians who all play in their individual tempo during the entire piece.

 

 

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