| Instrumentation: |
String orchestra (9 vln, 3 vla, 2 vlc, 1 cb) |
| Premiere: |
2006-12-01; Concert Hall, Växjö/SwedenMusica Vitae/Michael Bartosch |
| Duration: |
ca 9′ |
| 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. |
full score (2012 version)
