Ratkje REVELATIONS - THIS EARLY SONG

EDITION WILHELM HANSEN WH33130

Maja S. K. Ratkje

REVELATIONS (This Early Song)

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Revelations (This Early Song) Music: Maja S. K. Ratkje Text: Aasne Linnestå

Commissioned by Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival Premiered by Marianne Beate Kielland and Engegård Quartet, Jakob kirke Sept 9, 2017

I - we - thou - who - ye - that - this - what - not - bark - worm - hand - fire - ashes - mother - man - black - old - spit - pull - hear - give - flow

A collection of 23 words, so-called cognates that the language scientists say are connecting all the languages of the Eurasian continent 15.000 years back in time, is the point of departure for this new work. Among the words, are the most robust pronouns, but also words like ‘bark’ (from the tree), ‘worm’ and the verb ‘to spit’, words that are no longer in normal daily use. What can the words tell us about who we are and our civilisation? Poet Aasne Linnestå and composer Maja S. K. Ratkje weave the words in with new sounds and poems and wish to give the words new colours of our own time.

Dette verket tar utgangspunkt i 23 ur-ord, såkalte kognater, som språkforskere mener er felles for hele det eurasiske kontinentet. De kan spores hele 15.000 år tilbake i tid. Blant ordene finner vi de mest slitesterke pronomenene, men også ord som ‘bark’ (fra treet), ‘worm’ og verbet ‘to spit’, ord som ikke brukes ofte nå.

Hva kan ordene fortelle om oss og vår sivilisasjon? Aasne Linnestå og Maja S. K. Ratkje fletter ordene inn i nye toner og dikt, og ønsker med verket Revelations (This Early Song) å løfte ordene inn i vår tid.

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Maja S. K. Ratkje/Aasne Linnestå 2016/17

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