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ALCHERINGA (2006)

Subtitle:	1^st part of UNDER HEAVEN
Instrumentation:	string orchestra (9 vln, 3 vla, 2 vlc, 1 cb)
Duration:	9'
Premier:	2006-12-01; Concert Hall, Växjö/Sweden Musica Vitae/Michael Bartosch
Score:	ALCHERINGA ;
Recording:	ALCHERINGA - live (premier)

Program note:

Alcheringa is the term for the creation of the world as perceived by the Aborigines. This concept can be explained as an extra dimension of life, a dimension that has part in time, room and humans personality. Alcheringa is all that we in other religions denotes as divine.

The form is a sort of mirror with two gestures spreading out through the piece. The gestures is composed as a micro-polyphony, and thus becomes both still and mobile at the same time. Small "alien objects" are inserted acting as pre-echoes to the rest of the cycle.

Comment:

Under Heaven is a cycle consisting of 7 parts, each for different kinds of ensembles. They are all composed of the same material and using similar ways of forming. This, however, does not mean that they don't have a personality but only belong to different cultures - different ways of growing.

The cycle UNDER HEAVEN consists of the following piece:

UNDER HEAVEN
   2006 - ?

         1. ALCHERINGA
         2006
         string orchestra (9 vln, 3 vla, 2 vlc, 1 cb)
         9'

         2. --

         3. TEN LANDS / MUOI MIEN DAT
         2007
         dan bau, dan tranh, 2 perc., computer controlled by synthesizer
         11'30"

         4. ŚRAUTA
         2006
         duo (cl, perc)
         7'50"

         5. TO BREATHE IS TO MAKE POETRY
         2007
         Trombone Quartet (3* tenor + 1 bas)
         5'30"

         6. YIN - 音
         2006
         orchestra (52 or more)
         15'

         7. ROTATIONS-SHADOWS
         2009
         electronic sounds (for 8 speakers)
         21'

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