Publication year 1983
Catalogue no. A.0318
Duration 15 minutes
De Fynske Katarakter
(1976)
(1976)
Publication year 1983
Catalogue no. A.0318
Duration 15 minutes
The cataracts of the Nile are well-known: The sudden steep slides, where the giant river ”changes gears”, so to speak, but cataracts on Funen? This gentle Danish island cannot boast any rivers or even waterfalls; therefore we will have to approach things from a more metaphorical and emotionally tinted point of view.
The octet is a ”homage” to Funen and serves as a musical booking of Ib Nørholm’s life on the island in the 60s and early 70s. Back then he was employed as a teacher of musical history and –theory at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense. His close ties with Funen caused significant personal consequences for the composer, meaning that this work serves as both emotional and musical ”water chutings”; a kind of compositional ”Funen Revisited”.
The music is in three levels: an almost classically rocking ”wave painting” as accompaniment to the somewhat solistic melodic lines in the oboe and the clarinet. Some loose and rhapsodic episodes block the way causing the current to be disconnected (cataract also means paropsis), but these singular rather brilliantly tinted cadences (cataracts) – solistic or ensemble – do not dislocate the general impression. On the contrary, they emphasize the pulsating and ongoing aspects of the work. It is in 4/4, but due to the almost consistent use of syncopes, links and triplets the movement has an obvious touch of ”barcarole”: the listener is almost literally ”on the water”, and more or less tangible landscapes rapidly pass the imaginary rail. Things go fast, and the undercurrents are treacherous.
- Poul Ruders, 1985
All categories Solo 2-6 Instruments 7+ Instruments Choir Orchestra Music Drama and Stage Music Educational Music
5 Digte af Inger Christensen
2017 • Ib Nørholm
2-6 Instruments
Voice and piano
Late Harvest, Op. 205
2016 • Ib Nørholm
2-6 Instruments
15 minutes
Alto saxophone and piano
Over strengene
2016 • Ib Nørholm
Educational Music
2 minutes
Violin solo
Myrens gang på jorden
2016 • Ib Nørholm
Educational Music
Piano solo
Tæl – og (be)hersk
2016 • Ib Nørholm
Educational Music
Piano solo
Metrik, kære ven, og fødder
2016 • Ib Nørholm
Educational Music
Piano solo
Grå vinter
2016 • Ib Nørholm
Educational Music
2 minutes
Violin solo
Musiker, violin og bue – et trekantdrama, op. 192
2010 • Ib Nørholm
Solo
7 minutes
Violin solo
Understrømme, op. 196
2011 • Ib Nørholm
2-6 Instruments
17 minutes
Tenor, pno
Partita
2008 • Ib Nørholm
Solo
11 minutes
Organ
Inspirationen
2010 • Ib Nørholm
Orchestra
17 minutes
Choir (SSA), 2.2.2.2/2.2.1.0/timp/perc/arpa/archi
September-Oktober-November
1962 • Ib Nørholm
2-6 Instruments
19 minutes
String Quartet
Kenotafium
1961 • Ib Nørholm
Orchestra
22 minutes
Soprano solo + mixed choir, 3.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/8 perc/arpa/cel/archi
Piano Trio
1959 • Ib Nørholm
2-6 Instruments
20 minutes
Pno, vl, vlc
12 Sange
1978 • Ib Nørholm
2-6 Instruments
A/pno, S/pno and mS/pno
Symfoni nr. 12
2009 • Ib Nørholm
Orchestra
26 minutes
Soprano and tenor soli + 3.3.3.3/4.3.4.1/timp/2 perc/2 arpa/archi
Syv Salmer
2007 • Ib Nørholm
2-6 Instruments
14 minutes
Voice solo + piano or organ
“Den følende blomst”
2008 • Ib Nørholm
Orchestra
25 minutes
Soprano solo + 2.2.2.2/4.3.2.1/timp/2 perc/arpa/archi
Sprækker i virkeligheden
2008 • Ib Nørholm
7+ Instruments
23 minutes
Soprano, & tenor soli + girls choir, mixed choir, org (+ cemb. ad lib)
Impressions (The Little Mermaid)
2004 • Ib Nørholm
Orchestra
20 minutes
Soprano solo + mixed choir, 2.2.2.2/2.2.2.1/timp/perc/pno/archi
Jubilate Deo in Primavere
2005 • Ib Nørholm
2-6 Instruments
7:20 minutes
fl dol, sax, perc
Impressioner
2004 • Ib Nørholm
Choir
20 minutes
Mixed choir and piano
Fluktuationer
1962 • Ib Nørholm
Orchestra
17 minutes
0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0/2 arpa/cemb/gui/mand/8.8.6.6.6
Lys
1979 • Ib Nørholm
7+ Instruments
Soprano solo + fl, perc, arpa, vlc
Sonata quasi variazioni
1974 • Ib Nørholm
Solo
22 minutes
Violin solo
Stilleliv
1968 • Ib Nørholm
7+ Instruments
15 minutes
Soprano solo + perc, gui
The Garden Wall
1976 • Ib Nørholm
Music Drama and Stage Music
60 minutes
20 solo singers + 1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/timp/perc/pno/archi
Lux Secunda
1984 • Ib Nørholm
Orchestra
20 minutes
Soprano, Baryton solo + 1.1.1.1/2.2.3.0/timp/perc/archi
Relief I-II
1963 • Ib Nørholm
Orchestra
13 minutes
1.0.1.0/0.0.1.0/perc/pno/8.0.4.2.1
A Discourse on Time
1982 • Ib Nørholm
Solo
14 minutes
Piano solo