Composer Morten Olsen
Instrumentation 1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc/pno/acc/1.1.1.1.1
Category 7+ Instruments
Publication year 2008
Catalogue no. B.0561
Duration 15:30 minutes
Kata
(2008)
(2008)
Composer Morten Olsen
Instrumentation 1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc/pno/acc/1.1.1.1.1
Category 7+ Instruments
Publication year 2008
Catalogue no. B.0561
Duration 15:30 minutes
In the music for Kata, dedicated to the Esbjerg Ensemble, Olsen was concerned from the outset to avoid all verbal reference, and to apply his title retrospectively in relation to its abstract qualities. If the music suggested the name, then this Greek prefix was an inspired choice, denoting depth and descent in many cognates, as well as drills in computer programming and, as an oriental homophone, a strict routine in martial arts. It also relates to the Victorian mathematician Charles Howard Hinton, whose theories of four dimensions, involving the concept of Ana/Kata, Olsen found no less apposite to aspects of his music than these other associations.
All categories Solo 2-6 Instruments 7+ Instruments Orchestra Educational Music
The Heart of Darkness
2019 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
39:18 minutes
Solo violin + 1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/2perc/hrp/pno/1.1.1.1.1
Scream the Color Red
2017 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
60 minutes
1.1.1.1/1.0.1.0/2perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1 + jazz sextet
Hypnagogia
2017 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
Alto fl, bass cl, pno, vln, vla, vlc
Frenzy
2016 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
Piano quintet and electric guitar
Koncertstykke for solo violin
2016 • Morten Olsen
Educational Music
3 minutes
Violin solo
Tre små klaverstykker
2016 • Morten Olsen
Educational Music
3 minutes
Piano solo
Nico
2015 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
14 minutes
Solo female voice (ampl.) + 1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/2perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1
Ballistic Talent
2012 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
4:17 minutes
Fm voc solo + 0.0.0.0/0.1.0.0/2 perc/pno/key/el-gui/bass-gui/0.0.0.0.0/live-elec
Nanny
2012 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
5:02 minutes
Fm voc solo + 0.0.0.0/0.1.0.0/2 perc/pno/key/el-gui/bass-gui/0.0.0.0.0/live-elec
Cold Reading Gently Stroke
2012 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
6:45 minutes
Vocal, el-gui, cb, perc ad lib.
I'll Make You Cry
2012 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
3:44 minutes
Voice, pno, acc, vl, cb
Kuanos
2012 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
15 minutes
String quartet
Jernbyrd
1999 • Morten Olsen
Solo
8 minutes
Cello solo
Oryq
2007 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
23:42 minutes
0.0.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc (24 tuned gongs)/1.1.1.1.1
Quadruple
2007 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
8 minutes
1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1
Insomnia
2007 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
25 minutes
Violin solo + 1.1.2.1/2.0.0.0/perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1
In a Silent Way
2007 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
11 minutes
Bfl, perc, acc, el-gui, vl, vla, vlc
Mercury
2005 • Morten Olsen
Orchestra
18 minutes
Obo solo + 3.0.2.2/4.2.2.0/perc/8.8.6.6.5
Ictus
2005 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
23 minutes
1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1
Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne og andre eventyr
2004 • Morten Olsen
Orchestra
28 minutes
Narrator + 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.0/3 perc/archi
18
2001 • Morten Olsen
Solo
3 minutes
Accordion solo
Nine
2001 • Morten Olsen
Solo
7:31 minutes
Accordion solo
Freeze
2003 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
12:19 minutes
fl, pno
mirages
2002 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
17 minutes
fl, cl, pno, vl, vla, vlc
Irazz
2001 • Morten Olsen
Solo
10 minutes
Saxophone solo + tape, live-electronics
Square One
1999 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
13:20 minutes
perc, gui, vl, vla, vlc
I repeat myself when under stress, I re...
1998 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
7 minutes
Eb clarinet and accordion
Diptychon
1998 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
9:30 minutes
Bfl (dbl. picc), org
I repeat myself when under stress, I re...
1998 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
7 minutes
Recorder and accordion
Thunderstones
1998 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
17 minutes
1.0.1.1/0.1.0.0/arpa/pno/1.0.1.1.0 (exists also in a version wth French horn replacing the trumpet)
Dreifach
1995 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
17 minutes
fl, cl, perc, pno, el-gui, vlc
Anrufungen
1994 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
24 part chamber choir (SATB), perc, acc, vlc