Solo works
Long Pilgrimage
Dedicated to Lilli Hellstenius Long Pilgrimage was written in 1994, in the memory of a woman who spent most of her life seeking for an inner true meaning in life, and who lived according to her ideas. The music is in no sense a description of her person or her life as a narrative, rather…
Five Imprints of Time III
This piece for cembalo solo is a version of Five Imprints of Time, first made for saxophone quartet, then percussion trio. It was originally made for the dance performance «Pli a Pli» by Ingun Bjørnsgaard.
The Argonaut
THE ARGONAUT I my sea-journey I my land-claim My Walk through the suburbs I My death In the rain of bird-muck In the chalky hide The anchor is the last umbilical cord The memory of the coast passes away with the horizon Birds are a farewell Are a homecoming The slaughtered tree plows the snake…
Søkk
The piece was composed in 1990/91 and the tape part was made in the electronic studio at The Norwegian State Academy of Music. The piece evolves around five harmonic “hollows” (or Søkk in Norwegian). These hollows are easily identified as the five low pitches that the accordion and the tape reaches during the piece. The…
Book of Songs III
Book of Songs III for solo cello ble opprinnelig skrevet som et av flere stykker til Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekts danseforestilling ”BOOK OF SONGS” i 2001, og var da for cello og elektronikk. På forespørsel fra Åge Kvalbein våren 2004 skrev jeg en ny versjon av stykket for solo cello, hvor den gunnleggende ideen i elektronikken…
Victoria Counting II
Music theatre piece for violinist Victoria Johnson, based on field recordings from her domestic life, as well as professional life.