Six world premieres between March and July 2018 →
Dialogues Tremblants (Trembling Dialogues)
2018-03-23
Category: Solo
| Setting | I. Prepared (large) pipe organ (two players) – improvisation. II. Prepared (large) pipe organ (three players), prepared contrabassoon and prepared tuba. III. Prepared (large) pipe organ (three players), prepared soprano and prepared clarinet. |
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| Period of creation | 2015-01-31 to 2015-03-27 and 2016-07-15 and 2016-10-01 to 02 and 2016-12-01 to 2017-03-24 and 2018-02-02 to 2018-03-23. | |
| Duration | I. 15 min 30 sec. II. 20 min. III. 20 min. |
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| Commission / occasion | I. Commissioned by the association Kluster in Luleå and Piteå (Swe) for the Resonans and New Directions Festival 2015 in Piteå (Swe), funded by Statens Kulturråd (The Swedish Arts Council) (Swe). Cologne version 2016: Free adaptation of the 1st version for the Cologne Saint Peter Art Center (Ger). Commissioned by the German organist Dominik Susteck for the festival orgel-mixturen 2016 in Cologne (Ger). II. Commissioned by the institution Norrbottensmusiken in Luleå/Piteå (Swe) for the New Directions Festival 2017 in Piteå (Swe), funded by Statens Kulturråd (Swe). III. Commissioned by the association Kluster in Luleå/Piteå (Swe) for the Resonans Festival 2018 in Piteå (Swe). |
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The main idea behind the piece is the creation of dialectic situations within the monophonic limitations of a solo instrument. The already rather versatile dialectic capabilities of the pipe organ are further increased through a quintet setting:
a) a trio of organists: one player treating the instrument at the organ console or keydesk, the other two in its interior;
b) two extra instruments: contrabassoon and tuba complementing the larger bass pipes.
Timbrally, the piece investigates different levels and qualities of the organ tremolo. The old principle of the tremulant device (French: “tremblant”), i.e. the production of fluctuating sounds by manipulating the mighty air column inside the organ pipe, is extended and intensified with the help of preparations. Different external materials and objects, like sheets of paper, plastic and aluminium foil, rubber balloons, animal calls and party horns, are attached to a small selection of organ pipes, esp. larger bass pipes and louder reed pipes.
| 2020-09-25 | I. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep) and Ansgar Beste (prep) Festival Bergen Church Autunnale, at the Cathedral of Bergen (Nor) – world premiere (Bergen version 2020) / cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic |
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| 2019-11-24 | I. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep) and Ansgar Beste (prep) Stavanger Concert Hall / Fartein Valen Hall in Stavanger (Nor) – world premiere (Stavanger version 2019) |
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| 2018-03-23 | III. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep), Ansgar Beste (prep), Josefine Gellwar Madsen (S) and Stina Andersson (cl) Resonans Festival, at the Studio Acusticum / Main Concert Hall (Acusticum Organ) in Piteå (Swe), broadcasted live by PiteFM – world premiere |
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| 2018-03-23 | III. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep), Ansgar Beste (prep), Josefine Gellwar Madsen (S) and Stina Andersson (cl) Live broadcast/streaming on PiteFM (Swe) at 13.00 h (Resonans Festival), with an introduction by Markus Bélteky |
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| 2018-03-23 | III. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep), Ansgar Beste (prep), Josefine Gellwar Madsen (S) and Stina Andersson (cl) Resonans Festival, at the Studio Acusticum / Main Concert Hall (Acusticum Organ) in Piteå (Swe), broadcasted live by PiteFM – public workshop presentation |
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| 2017-10-09 | II. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep), Ansgar Beste (prep), Lukas Backeström (cbn) and André Törnfeldt (tb) Broadcast on SR P2 / P2 Live (Swe) at 19.03 h, live recording from 2017-03-24 (New Directions Festival), with an introduction by Märet Öman including an interview (excerpt) with Pär Freij |
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| 2017-07-02 | II. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep), Ansgar Beste (prep), Lukas Backeström (cbn) and André Törnfeldt (tb) Broadcast on radio 100,7 / Nei Musek am Concert (Lux) at 20.00 h, live recording from 2017-03-24 (New Directions Festival), with an introduction by Friedrich Spangemacher |
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| 2017-05-18 | II. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep), Ansgar Beste (prep), Lukas Backeström (cbn) and André Törnfeldt (tb) Broadcast on SR P2 / P2 Live (Swe) at 19.03 h, live recording from 2017-03-24 (New Directions Festival), with an introduction by Märet Öman including an interview (excerpt) with Pär Freij |
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| 2017-03-24 | II. Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep), Ansgar Beste (prep), Lukas Backeström (cbn) and André Törnfeldt (tb) New Directions Festival, at the Studio Acusticum / Main Concert Hall (Acusticum Organ) in Piteå (Swe), radio recording by SR P2 – world premiere |
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| 2016-12-11 | I. Dominik Susteck (org) and Ansgar Beste (prep) Broadcast (excerpt) on Deutschlandfunk (DLF) / Konzertdokument der Woche (Ger) at 21.05 h, live recording from 2016-10-02 (festival orgel-mixturen), including an interview (excerpt) with Ingo Dorfmüller |
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| 2016-10-02 | I. Dominik Susteck (org) and Ansgar Beste (prep) Festival orgel-mixturen, at the Cologne Saint Peter Art Center (Ger), pre-concert interview with Dominik Susteck (2016-10-01), radio recording by Deutschlandfunk (DLF) – world premiere (Cologne version 2016) |
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| 2016-06-30 | I. Gary Verkade (org) and Ansgar Beste (prep) Video broadcast on DLA Care (Swe) at 09.00 h, live recording from 2015-03-27 (New Directions Festival) |
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| 2015-03-27 | I. Gary Verkade (org) and Ansgar Beste (prep) Resonans and New Directions Festival, at the Studio Acusticum / Main Concert Hall (Acusticum Organ) in Piteå (Swe), radio recording by SR P2, video recording by DLA Play – world premiere |
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| 2015-03-27 | I. Gary Verkade (org) and Ansgar Beste (prep) Live video broadcast on DLA Play (Swe) at 19.00 h (New Directions Festival) |
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| 3,85% | Winner of the project competition for a new work for the Acusticum Organ at Luleå University of Technology (Swe), 1/26 (2014-10). |
| 4,67% | Commission support from Statens kulturråd / The Swedish Arts Council (Swe), top-level, 5/107 (2015-11). |
| 16,67% | Project grant from the Nordic Culture Point / Culture and Art Programme (Fin), 29/174 (2018-11). |
| 31,41% | Mobility funding from the Nordic Culture Point (Fin), 60/191 (2017-11). |
| 78,95% | Performance funding from the project Ny(a)modigheter, initiated by MAIS (Collaboration of Music Organisers) (Swe), 15/19 (2017-10). |
Ansgar Beste (prep);
Acusticum Organ/Piteå, 2015-02-24;
promotional clip;
duration: 1 min 30 sec.
Acusticum Organ/Piteå, 2015-02-24;
promotional clip;
duration: 1 min 30 sec.
Gary Verkade (org) and Ansgar Beste (prep);
Acusticum Organ/Piteå, 2015-03-27;
complete improvisation;
duration: 15 min 29 sec.