Lasse Thoresen

Lasse Thoresen was born in Oslo October 18th, 1949. Piano lessons with Hjørdis Alm, 1956-1968. Studies at Oslo Conservatory of Music, 1963-1969: Theory and solfège - T. Lindeman, harmony - J. Lammetun, harmonic analysis - A. Øien, Palestrina counterpoint - C. Baden. Soloist with the Orchestra of Oslo Music Conservatory: Bach Concerto in d minor, 1967. Private studies of the music of the Norwegian composer Fartein Valen and of twelvetone technique. Thoresen's first compositions: folk tune arrangements (based on O.M. Sandvik's collections) and piano pieces in a twelvetone idiom inspired by Valen (Four Piano Pieces in Memoriam Valen), 1965-1968. Baccalaureat (with Praeceteris) at Oslo Cathedral School - section for Latin and Greek, 1968. Exam Philosophicum at the University of Oslo, 1968. Military service, 1969.

Privat lessons in composition with the Norwegian composer Finn Mortensen, 1969. Diploma in composition at the Oslo Music Conservatory, 1970-1972. Works from this period: The string quartet Etter kvart, Aeterne Rerum Conditor, and a large work for choir and orchestra. During the same period participation in the "spontaneous improvisation ensemble" Symfrones (with Olav Anton Thommessen and Jon Christophersen), concerts at the Høvikodden Arts Centre, the Kongsberg Jazz Festival, the Amphi Stage at the National Theatre in Oslo, and various schools and institutions. Studies in philosophy at the University of Oslo, 1970-1971. Member of the Board of the Norwegian Section of the ISCM - Ny Musikk, 1970-1972. World premiere of Etter kvart at the Young Nordic Music Festival in Copenhagen, Sibelius Quartet, 1972.

Studies at the Institute for Sonology at the University of Utrecht, Holland, 1972-1973. Private lessons in composition with dr. Werner Kaegi. Private lessons in General System Theory with dr. Henk Koppelaars. The electroacoustic piece Marm composed. Large work for choir and orchestra premiered at the Young Nordic Music Festival in Oslo with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor by Kresimir Sipusch, soloist Guri Egge, soprano, 1973. The work has later been withdrawn. Studies at the Institute for Musicology in Oslo, 1974. Same year: Starts a group for sonology at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo (former Conservatory of Music). Engaged as teacher in electroacoustic music at the Norwegian Studio for Electronic Music (NSEM) at the Høvikodden Arts Centre, 1975. Composes the electronic piece Utstrømning. Composes two choral works commissioned by the Norwegian Soloists Choir; Magnificetur Nomen Tuum and Velatus.

BREAKTHROUGH AND YEARS OF ESTABLISHMENT. NEOROMANTIC PERIOD

The performance of the chamber work The Garden (Text: 'Abdu'l-Bahá), at the inauguration of the chamber music room of Oslo Concert Hall, in 1976, represented Thoresen's breakthrough as a composer, according to the music critic Harald Herresthal. The piece obtained a 4th prize at the EBU Rostrum in Paris. Member and chairman of the board of the Norwegian Studio for Electronic Music from 1977 till the closing of the studio five years later. Member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Norway, 1976-79 as a secretary, 1981-87 as chairman/deputy of the assembly. Teacher of electroacoustic music and sonology at the Norwegian State Academy of Music, 1976-1981. The flute piece With an Open Hand or a Clenched Fist and Marm premiered at the Nordlyd Festival in Oslo 1976. Thoresen arranges seminar and lectures with Dr. Werner Kaegi at the festival. The multi-media work Skapelser ("Creations") commissioned for and premiered at the 10th anniversary of the Høvikodden Arts Centre in 1979. The same piece transferred to a TV ballet the same year. In 1978 Thoresen arranges a seminar with Pierre Schaeffer in Oslo.

During the years 1978-1981 Thoresen works on a scientific sonology project, with a grant from the Norwegian Council for Science and the Humanities, to work out a strategy for auditive analysis. Produces the textbooks Hastighetstyper (Categories of Velocity), Feltdannelse (Time Fields), Tidsretninger (Time Directions), Musikk som tegn og struktur (Music as Sign and Structure), An Auditive Analysis of Schubert's Piano Sonata ... as a part of the documentation of the project. These have been the backbone of the sonology education at the Norwegian State Academy.

Moves to Saksumdal outside Lillehammer, 1979. Composes the piano piece Stages of the Inner Dialogue (1980), which was awarded the prize "Work of the Year" from the Norwegian Society of Composers the following year. In 1980-1981 Thoresen made two lecture tours to present the sonology theory to York, Nottingham, London, Utrecht, Ghent and Paris. Chairman of the jury of the Nordic Music Days in Oslo, 1981. The piano trio Bird of the Heart premiered at the Bergen International Festival 1982 by Oslo Trio. The same year Rettferdighetens sol (The Sun of Justice) was commissioned and premiered by Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, preparatory work for the Symphonic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was made at the Sweelinck electronic studio in Amsterdam and the sonology theory was presented during the Nordic Music Days in Oslo.

In 1983 Thoresen works on sonology textbooks; Layers and their functions, Aural Design and Compositional Technique. He composes Solspill (Sun Play), piano music inspired by folk music and nature (premiered at the Finn Alnæs exhibition at the Høvikodden Arts Centre in 1985).

In 1983 during the Nordic Music Days, he leads a seminar on auditive analysis with presentation of Layers and Contextual Meanings in Thorkell Sigurdbjørnsons's Eurydice.

In 1984 he works on Symphonic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, and has his own concert and presentation in Radio France as well as one week of lectures at the Conservatoire Supérieure de la Musique, Paris, in the Schaffer/Reibel class of electroacoustic music. The same year he presents the sonology theory at the second international symposium of musical semiotics in Jyväskylä, Finland, and lectures at the Music Academy in Hamburg.

MICROTONAL AND SPECTROMORPHOLOGICAL PERIOD

In 1984 Thoresen got in touch with the spectral music in Paris through Tristan Murail, an event which had an important impact on his composing work. In 1985 the Symphonic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was premiered by Stig Nilsson and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and transmitted at the EBU. The piece was also presented at the EBU Rostrum in Paris. The same year Thoresen became lecturer at the State Academy of Music in Malmö, Sweden, and the first microtonal work, Les trois régénérations, inspired by Norwegian folk music and French spectral music, commissioned by France Musique (Radio France) was premiered in Paris.

In 1986 Illuminations : Concerto for Two Violoncelli and Orchestra was composed, the composer's first piece using the organisational principle of the spectral music by building the orchestral sound with pitches obtained by ring-modulation of harmonics. The solo parts, on the other hand, use principles from Norwegian folk music. Symphonic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize. The cantata Banners of Piece, commissioned by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Norway, composed and premiered. Lecturer at the Swedish Musical Spring in Malmö. In the period 1986-1988 Thoresen was member of the committee for the Norwegian State purchase scheeme for phonograms. In the spring of 1987 Quadrat for three Dx7 synthesizers and three percussionists was premiered. The work was commissioned by the Norwegian Broadcasting Co. for a Nordic EBU concert. The work was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for 1987. In the autumn Hymnic Dance was premiered by the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. (The work has later been withdrawn.) A radiophonic production of the Illuminations was produced for Prix Italia, where it obtained "honourable mention". The same year Thoresen participates in a symposium in Baghdad on archaic music, and he receives the Lindeman Prize for outstanding composition.

Narrative for Saxophone Quartet composed 1988, commissioner unable to perform the work. Appointed Professor of composition at the Norwegian State Academy of Music, moves to Oslo. Symphonic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra is nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize for the second time. Lectures at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm on sonology. Member of the committee of Norsk Kassettavgifstfond, 1988-1989. Cantio PMCL for 4-5 singers, commissioned by the Norwegian Broadcasting Co. - TV, composed in 1989. Work on Thus begins the same year. This piece investigates Harry Partch's Tonality Diamond (Just notation) and the instrumentation of New Band (especially the Zooomoozophone). Thus premiered during the ISCM World Music Days in Oslo 1990 by New Band, for whom the work was commissioned by the Norwegian section of the ISCM. Illuminations nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize the same year. Yr for solo violin composed for Stig Nilsson, 1991, commissioned by Rikskonsertene (NorConcert). The piece is inspired by the Norwegian hardanger fiddle idiom reinterpreted in 'Just notation' scales. AbUno commissioned and premiered by the Cikada Ensemble at the Ultima Festival in Oslo, 1992. The harmonic structure of the work based on the natural harmonics and notated with an approximation of 1/8 tune.

1993: Commission of the symphonic work Carmel Eulogies for the 75th anniversary of Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. The work is an attempted synthesis of FM-generated harmony and Norwegian folk music microtonality. First four of Helligkvad (Sacred Songs) - a series of songs for unaccompanied voice, many of them inspired by the non-tempered scales of Norwegian folk music, composed on commission by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís in Norway. Premiered at the Høvikodden Arts Centre by Anne-Lise Berntsen by the vernissage of a Mark Toby exhibition. AbUno awarded the "Work of the Year" by the Norwegian Society of Composers. Lectures at Sorbonne, IRCAM and Conservatoire Supérieure. Presentation in Paris Salle Olivier Messiaen (AbUno and Helligkvad). The book Nøkler til forvandling (Keys to Personal Transformation) published, dealing with meditation based on the Bahá'í writings. Participation at the Landegg Academy Music Forum (Wienacht, Switzerland), with the contribution: Music, the Ladder of the Soul. Participation at the Norwegian-German seminar Zentrum und Peripherie in Berlin, with the contribution Fließende Töne, Fließende Zeit.

Carmel Eulogies completed and premiered by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michael Stern in 1994. Two parts of Narrative premiered by Stockholm Saxophone Quartet during the ISCM World Music Days in Stockholm. Carmel Eulogies nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize. Participation at the Landegg Academy Music Forum (Wienacht, Switzerland), with lectures and leading the choral workshop.

REINTEGRATION OF NEOROMANTIC ELEMENTS WITH ELEMENTS FROM THE SPECTRO MORPHOLOGICAL PERIOD.

1995: A series with larger choral works, with texts from the Bahá'i religion, composed on commission by the Bergen International Festival. Narrative for Saxophone Quartet in its entirety premiered at "Music Factory" in Bergen by Saxophone Concentus. Carmel Eulogies awarded the "Work of the Year" by the Norwegian Society of Composers. Festival composer at the Bergen International Festival, 1996. The choral pieces and Helligkvad performed at a full-night concert: From the Sweet-Scented Streams of Eternity. A large number of other works, including Carmel Eulogies, performed during the festival. Lecture on sonology at Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm. Lectures at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Composes Aion, commissioned by Oslo String Quartet. Orchestral piece with elements from sámi yoik commissioned by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for performance in Oslo, Vienna, Athens in 1997. From the Sweet-Scented Streams of Eternity performed during the Ultima Festival in Oslo. AbUno performed in Canada twice by Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. Aion played in Germany at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival.

Dissertations, articles, textbooks by Lasse Thoresen

1971-75 Various articles on cultural philosophy and music in the periodical Dyade. (Nor.)

1973 Signs and Sonology. (Eng.) (30 p.) (unpublished)

1975-78 A number of concert reviews in the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet. (Nor.)

1978 På jakt etter lyttingens lover. (Nor.)
(In search for the Laws of Listening)
The magazine Ballade No. 1, 1978

1979 Møte med Pierre Schaeffer: Vi må lære å bli gode instrumenter for livet.(Nor.)
(Meeting with Pierre Schaeffer: We Have to Learn How to Become Good Instruments for Life.)
The magazine Ballade No. 2, 1979

1979 Feltutdannelse (Nor.) (40 p.)
(Timefields)
Library of the Norwegian State Academy of Music, Oslo

1979 Hastighetstyper (Nor.) (24 p.)
(Types of Velocity)
Library of the Norwegian State Academy of Music, Oslo

1980 Musikk som tegn og struktur (Nor.) (30 p.)
(Music as Sign and Structure. An extract of a larger unpublished manuscript)
The magazine Ballade No. 3 and 4, 1980

1981 Grunnlaget for en fenomenologisk tilnærmelse til musikkteorien. (Nor.) (45 p.)
(Fundamentals for a Phenomenlogical Approach to Music Theory)
Studia Musicologica Norvegica No. 7

1981 Tidsretninger (Nor.) (60 p.)
(Time Directions)
Library of the Norwegian State Academy of Music, Oslo

1981 Tempora Noctis. Muligheter og umuligheter. (Nor.)
(Tempora Noctis. Possibilities and Impossibilities)
The magazine Ballade No. 2/3, 1981

1982 Food and Poison. Thoughts on the Ingredients of Contemporary Music. (Eng.)
Presented at the Nordic Music Days in Oslo 1982.

1982 Det tidløse i musikken (Nor.) (12 p.)
(Timelessness in Music)
Published in En levende tradisjon, Norsk Musikforlag, Oslo.

1982 Auditive Analysis of Musical Structures. (Eng.) (60 p.)

1983 Layer Constellations and Contextual Meanings in Thorkell Sigurbjørnson's Eurydice. (Eng.) (35 p.)
Library of the Norwegian State Academy of Music, Oslo

1983 Aural Design and Compositional Technique. (Eng.) (40 p.)
Library of the Norwegian State Academy of Music, Oslo

1985 Un model d'analyse auditive. (Fr.)
Analyse Musicale No. 1, 1985

1986 Ornamentet som strukturens motpol. (Nor.)
(Ornament as the Counterpart of Structure)
Kunsthåndverk No. 21, 1986

1986 Utforskning av auditiv struktur. Et norsk sonologi-prosjekt. (Nor.)
(Exploration of Aural Structure. A Norwegian Sonology Project)
Nutida Music (Sweden) No. 2, 1986/87)

1989 Ladder of the Soul (Eng.) (15 p.)
Interview/article in the anthology The Creative Circle. Kalimat Press)

1993 Nøkler til forvandling. En bahá'í-tilnærmelse til åndelig vekst. (Nor.) (280 p.)
(Keys to Transformation. A Bahá'í Approach to Spiritual Growth)
Norsk Bahá'í Forlag.

1993 Fließende Töne, fließende Zeit. (Ger.) (7 p.)
Paper for a Norwegian/German symposium in Berlin, Zentrum und Peripherie, arranged by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry.

1995 Den guddommelige kjærlighetens vei. (Nor.) (60 p.)
(The Path of Divine Love)
Texts prepared for the Norwegian Bahá'í summer school.
Norsk Bahá'í Forlag.

1995 Kan øret forske? (Nor.) (8 p.)
(Is the Ear Able to Research?)
Paper for a seminar on research, arranged by the art colleges in Oslo, published in 1997.

1996 Flerskiktighet is Olav AntonThommessens orkestermusikk. (Nor.) (25 p.)
(The Multilayered Structure of Olav Anton Thommessen's Orchestral Music)
Olav Anton Thommessen - Inspirator, tradisjonsbærer, Rabulist, Norsk Musikforlag.

1996 Samklang. Teknikker og virkninger. (Nor.) (30 p.)
(Chordal Texture. Techniques and Effects)
Textbook for the Norwegian State Academy of Music, in progress.

LASSE THORESEN - WORK LIST

OP. 2 ETTER-KVART <1971>
2 vln, vla, vcl
First performance in København, 1972, Finlandia Quartet
NMI(MS)

OP. 3 AETERNE RERUM CONDITOR <1975>
choir(SSAA), 2 voices(SS), 3 perc
Text(Lat): trad.
NMO

OP. 4 MAGNIFICETUR NOMEN TUUM <1974>
4 voices(SATB), choir(SSAATTBB)
Text(Lat): Bahá'u'lláh
NMI(MS)

OP. 5 THE GARDEN <1976>
voice(M), vln, vcl, 2 perc, pf
Text(Eng : Nor): 'Abdu'l-Bahá : Frances Esty : Lasse Thoresen
Commissioned by The Society of Norwegian Composers
First performance in Oslo Concert Hall , 24/5 1977
NMO 28'

OP. 6 WITH AN OPEN HAND OR A CLENCHED FIST? <1976>
fl
NMO 5'50"

OP. 7:1 VELATUS FOR BLANDET KOR <1976>
choir(SATB)
Text: Bahá'u'llàh
NMO 5'45"

OP. 7:2 TIDINGS OF LIGHT <1981>
choir(SATB), 4 voices(SATB)
Text(Eng): Bahá'u'llàh
NMI(MS)

OP. 8:A SKAPELSER <1977>
electronic and concrete music
NMI(MS)

OP. 8:B TWO DANCES <1977/80>
voice(S), cl, vln, vib, mar
Text: WW
First performance at Høvikodden Art Centre, June 1978
NMI(MS) 16'

OP. 9 STAGES OF THE INNER DIALOGUE FOR PIANO <1980>
NMO

OP. 10 ORIGINS <1980>
bsn, vib, cb
NMI(MS) 8'

OP. 11 INTERPLAY : FLUTE AND PIANO <1981>
Commissioned by Manuela Wiesler
First performance in Reykjavik, Iceland, December 1981.
NMI(MS) 16'

OP. 12 RETTFERDIGHETENS SOL : SYMPHONIC POEM <1982>
3(1)-3(1)-3(1)-3(1) 4-3-3-1 timp perc cel pf str
Commissioned by Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
First performance in Bergen, December 1982
NMI(MS)

OP. 13 SOLSPILL <1983/86>
pf
NMO

OP. 14 BIRD OF THE HEART : PIANO TRIO <1982>
First performance at Bergen International Festival, June 1982
NMO 25'

OP. 15 SYMPHONIC CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA <1984/86>
vln solo, orch: 3(3)-3(2)-3(1)-3(3) 4-3-3-1 timp perc hp pf/cel str
First performance in Oslo Concert Hall, March 1985
NMI(MS) 42'

OP. 16 LES TROIS RÉGÉNÉRATIONS <1985/91>
2 vcl, hp, 2 perc, tape, electronics
Text(Fra): Bahá'u'lláh
Commissioned by Charles Chayne, Radio France
First performance in Paris, October 1985
NMI(MS) 32'

OP. 17 QUDRAT FOR 3 PERCUSSION PLAYERS AND 3 SYNTHESIZERS
(Yamaha DX7) <1987>
Commissioned by Norwegian Broadcasting Co. for EBU
First performance in Oslo, March 1987
NMI(MS) 15'

OP. 18 ILLUMINATIONS : CONCERTO FOR TWO CELLI AND ORCHESTRA <
1986/90>
2 vcl solo, orch: 2(1)-2-2-2(1) 4-3-3-0 timp perc:3 hp pf str
Commissioned by Norwegian Broadcasting Co.
First performance in Stavanger February 1991
NMI(MS) 28'

OP. 19:A HELLIGKVAD <1979-1996>
voice
Contents: Forfrisk og gled min ånd ; Skap i meg et rent hjerte ; O du som er vårt
liv og lys ; La meg næres av din skjønnhet ; Bønn for menneskeheten ; Gud
bevitner at han er en.
Text(Nor): 'Abdu'l-Bahá : Baha'ulláh
NMI(MS)

OP. 19:B HELLIGKVAD <1979-1996>
voice
Contents: Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá ; Mortal Charm Shall Fade Away ; The City of God ; But a Tiny Seed.
Text(Eng : Nor): 'Abdu'l-Bahá : Baha'ulláh
NMI(MS)

OP. 20 NARRATIVE FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET <1988/95>
Commissioned by Harald Bergersens Saxofonkvartett
First performance in Bergen, May 1995
NMI(MS) 27'

OP. 21 CANTIO PM CL <1989>
4 voices(TTC/BarB)
Text(Eng): Bahá'u'lláh
Commissioned by Norwegian Broadcasting Co.for "Quattro Stagioni"
NMI(MS)

OP. 22 THUS FOR FLUTE, CLARINET, 3 PERCUSSIONISTS, YAMAHA DX7 II
SYNTHESIZER <1990>
Commissioned by the Norwegian section of ISCM
First performance in Oslo, ISCM World Music Days, September 1990
NMI(MS) 22'

OP. 23 YR FOR SOLO VIOLIN <1991>
Commissioned by NorCOncert for Stig Nilsson
First performance in February 1991
NMI(MS) 9'

OP. 24 ABUNO FOR FLUTE, CLARINET, STRING QUARTET, PERCUSSION,
SYNTHESIZER <1992>
Commissioned by the Norwegian section of ISCM for Cikada
First performance in Oslo, Ultima Festival, October 1992
NMI(MS) 18'

OP. 25 CARMEL EULOGIES : A SYMPHONIC POEM IN TWO MOVEMENTS
INSPIRED BY BAH'U'LLÀH'S "TABLET OF CARMEL" <1994/1996>
4(2)-3(1)-4(1)-3(1) 4-3-3-1 timp perc:5 hp pf synth str
Contents: Fragrances of Mercy ; Circumambulations
Commissioned by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
First performance in Oslo Concert Hall, November 1994
NMI(MS) 27'

OP. 26 AION : FOR STRING QUARTET <1996>
Commissioned by Oslo String Quartet
NMI(MS) 13'

OP. 27:1 FROM THE SWEET-SCENTED STREAMS OF ETERNITY <1995>
4 choirs(SATB)
Text(Eng): Bahá'u'lláh
Commissioned by Bergen International Festival
NMI(MS) 12'30"

OP. 27:2 THE TABLET OF THE HOLY MARINER <1995>
choir(SMATBarB), choir(TTBB)
Text(Fra): Bahá'u'lláh
Commissioned by Bergen International Festival
NMI(MS) 25'

OP. 27:3 MON DIEU, MON ADORÉ <1995>
choir(SMATBarB)
Text(Fra): Bahá'u'lláh
Commissioned by Bergen International Festival NMI(MS) 6'

OP. 27:4 THE LIGHT THAT IS SHED FROM THE HEAVEN OF BOUNTY <1995>
choir(SMATBarB)
Text(Eng): Bahá'u'lláh
Commissioned by Bergen International Festival
NMI(MS) 8'

OP. 27:5 YA KAFI, YA SHAFI <1996>
2 choirs(SATB)
Text(Arab): Bahá'u'lláh
Commissioned by Bergen International Festival
NMI(MS) 18'

OP. 28 EMERGENCE - LOUHTI BOADE'
symph orch: 3-3-3-3 6-4-4-1 timp perc:5 cel pf hp str
NMI(MS) 15'

OP. 29

No.1 Say: God is the Lord <1986>
2 choirs(SATB)
Text(Eng): The Bab.
NMI(MS)

No. 2 Einige die Herzen deiner Diener <1995>
choir(SATB)
Text(Ger): Bahá 'u'llah
NMI(MS)

No. 3 Mein erster Rat <1996>
choir(SATB)
Text(Ger): Bahá 'u'llah
NMI(MS)

No. 4 Seit unvordenklichen Zeiten <1981/94>
choir(SATB) | choir(SMATBarB)
Text(Ger): The Bab
NMI(MS)

No. 5 These are Thy Servants <1995>
voice, women's choir | voice, male's choir | 3 voices | voice, mixed choir
Text(Eng): 'Abdu'l-Bahá
NMI(MS)

OP.30 FIRE AND LIGHT : CANTATA AND TRANSFORMATION FOR TWO FEMALE FOLK SINGERS, INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE AND CHOIR
<1998>
NMI(MS) 32' MISCELLANEOUS

2 AUKRUST-SANGER <1967>
choir(SMA)
Text(Nor): Olav Aukrust
NMI(MS)

MARM <1973>
electro acoustics
NMI-tape 11'45"

THREE ABHA SONGS <1975>
voice, piano
Contents: Sjå Gud ; Vår ; Guds Port
NMI(MS)

UTSTRØMNING <1976>
electro acoustics
NMI-tape

ARISE <1980>
pf
NMO (Norwegian Pianorama)

TRANSITION <1983>
str orch
NMI(MS) 3'30"

THE WONDERLAMP <1984>
Children's Operetta
soprano, male voice, guitar, violin
MS

MIRANDA'S FLOURISH FOR SOLO RECORDER <1985>
NMI(MS)

BANNERS OF PEACE : A CANTATA <1986>
2 voices(MM/A), vcl, 2 perc
Text(Eng): 'Abdu'l-Bahá
NMI(MS) 9'

BICINIUM NUPTIALE <1989>
2 voices
Text: 'Abdu'l-Bahá
NMI(MS)

MIDNATTSBØNN <1993>
voice(Bar)
NMI(MS)

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DISCOGRAPHY

ARISE!
Aurora, p. 1984 - NC 4903
Geir Henning Braaten, piano

Pro Musica, c. 1995 & p. 1993 - PRS 1105
Torgeir Torgersen, piano

BIRD OF THE HEART
Aurora, p. 1988 - NCD-B 4938
Oslo Trio

CANTIO PM CL
Quattro, c.& p. 1994 - QCD 9303
Quatro Stagioni

FOUR INVENTIONS IN MEMORIAM FARTEIN VALEN
Pro Musica, c. 1995 & p. 1993 - PRS 1105
Torgeir Torgersen, piano

FROM THE SWEET-SCENTED STREAMS OF ETERNITY
Pro Musica, c.& p. 1998.
Anne Lise Berntsen, soprano
Norwegian Soloist Choir
Grete Helgerød, cond.

INTERPLAY
Aurora, p. 1985 - NC 4909
Manuela Wiesler, flute
Julia Jackson, piano

QUDRAT
Aurora, p. 1993 - ACD 4968
Christian Eggen, cond.
Einar Fjærevoll, Kjell Samkopf, Rob Waring, percussion
Iver Kleive, Kennet Karlsson, Per Skoglund, synthesizer

SOLSPILL
Pro Musica, c. 1995 & p. 1993 - PRS 1105
Torgeir Torgersen, piano

STAGES OF THE INNER DIALOGUE
Aurora, p. 1985 - NC 4909
Eva Knardahl, piano

Pro Musica, c. 1995 & p. 1993 - PRS 1105
Torgeir Torgersen, piano

THE GARDEN
Aurora, p. 1988 - NCD-B 4938
Ole Wiggo Bang, cond.
Toril Carlsen, soprano
Stig Nilsson, violin
Aage Kvalbein, cello
Trygve Wefring, percussion
Geirr Alnæs, vibraphone
Jens Harald Bratlie, piano

THUS
Aurora, p. 1993 - ACD 4968
Newband

VELATUS
Aurora, p. 1980 - NC 6008
The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

WITH AN OPEN HAND OR A CLENCHED FIST?
Aurora, p. 1988 - NCD-B 4938
Sissel Dørum, flute

YR
Aurora, p. 1993 - ACD 4968
Stig Nilsson, violin

SYMPHONIC CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
ILLUMINATIONS : CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLINCELLI AND ORCHESTRA
Title of Phonogram: The Sonic Mind
Aurora, c. & p. 1998 - ACD 5008
Stig Nilsson, violin
Liv Opdal Eggestad, violincello
Aage Kvalbein, violoncello
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Marcello Viotti, cond.

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