Stemmeklang / NyNorsk Messingkvintett / Parallax / Hannevold – Bergen kirkeautunnale

Down into the ancient crypt, up into the church tower, with works that stretch from birth pains and the depths of the ocean, to high heavens and the sound of angels. The entire building fills with life when some of Norway's most exciting contemporary ensembles invite you to a promenade concert in Nykirken!

Stemmeklang performs the work DE PROFUNDIS by Tyler Futrell together with NyNorsk messingkvintett, and the work OSEAN together with Parallax. Parallax and Anders Hannevold give the world premiere of the new work SERAF for guitar, percussion, trumpet, loose organ pipes and organetto portativo.

Stemmeklang is a vocal quintet that works with space, sound and acoustics, with music that is in the borderland between contemporary music, improvisation and sonic exploration. The musical moves between voices, sounds, sonic textures and the room's own resonance, where architecture, history and acoustics become an active part of the experience.

Kristin Bolstad - vocals

Julie Kleive - vocals

Linnéa Sundfær Casserly - vocals

Karoline Dahl Gullberg - vocals

Gabrielle Sørensen - vocals

NyNorsk Messingkvintett is a Norwegian brass ensemble that works to explore and renew the classical brass quintet format – often drawing on Nynorsk language, Norwegian traditional material and new music.

Jørgen Arnesen - trumpet

Oscar Brodahl - trumpet

Marie Solum Gran - horn

Ingebjørg Bruket - trombone

Berger Iver Færder - tuba

Parallax has since 2008 created improvised music with an open and exploratory approach, blending among other things jazz, folk music and experimental sound expressions.

Torstein Lavik Larsen - trumpet, electronics and a homemade pipe organ

Are Lothe Kolbeinsen - prepared guitar, harp and sruti box

Ulrik Ibsen Thorsrud - percussion, ceramics, reinforcement iron, styrofoam and misc.

Anders Hannevold is interested in how we as individuals assign meaning to art, and uses this as a starting point in his compositions. Hannevold combines different types of notation – such as graphic scores, instruction texts and extended notation systems – and adapts the expression to each work.

Hannevold has written SERAF which receives its world premiere at the concert, here he also plays organetto portativo.

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