FRÖST DTangled AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
(Composed 2013)
BACKGROUND In addition to his work as a composer and orchestrator, Göran Fröst is principal violist of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He began writing his own music in 2007, and his brother Martin, one of the world’s leading clarinet soloists, has been a source of inspiration and collaborator on several works, including Three Klezmer Dances and arrangements of Brahms’ Hungarian Dances.
ABOUT THE MUSIC
Göran FRÖST (b. 1974, Sweden)
One of Scandinavia’s finest violists and a composer since 2007, Göran Fröst and his brother, clarinettist Martin Fröst, have developed conducting choreography, a new form of performance in which a soloist plays and conducts through choreographed movement.
DTangled, a spectacular and innovative work that combines music and choreography, harnesses Martin’s remarkable combination of talents, calling for him to play, sing, dance, and conduct. The composer writes: From a single spark light is lit. In a single moment time begins. In a single breath freedom lives, air is bent, the note is sung, the movement starts. In one single thought your idea is born. DTangled was born out of an idea to create a fusion between music and movement on the classical music scene. The music speaks of humanity’s longing for freedom and simplicity. The setting for conducting clarinetist and orchestra points in a new direction, introducing the new concept of ‘conducting choreography.’ Within the piece there is a will to ‘DFormalize’ classical performance and ‘DCrypt’ the code of a newborn form of making music on stage. One solo cello will begin it all on a D. JAY GOODWIN © 2013
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