Composer Morten Olsen
Instrumentation 0.0.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc (24 tuned gongs)/1.1.1.1.1
Category 7+ Instruments
Publication year 2008
Catalogue no. B.0542
Duration 23:42 minutes
Oryq
(2007)
(2007)
Composer Morten Olsen
Instrumentation 0.0.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc (24 tuned gongs)/1.1.1.1.1
Category 7+ Instruments
Publication year 2008
Catalogue no. B.0542
Duration 23:42 minutes
The resonance of 24 tuned gongs add mystery to Oryq. First performed at an Esbjerg concert that included the Schubert Octet, it is scored for the same ensemble of clarinet, horn, bassoon and string quintet, and is also in six movements. In the composer's words, "the gongs are an extra element, a solo part in the work which, on the other hand, is not a solo piece for gongs and ensemble." Likewise, though Schubert's music is magically recalled in the rapt stillness of the second movement, it is not the point of the piece, though an undoubted accessory to the act.
Rather, and without anachronism, Oryq creates a modern divertimento from values of purely musical connectedness. Thus the second movement is both a point of arrival after the preludial opening, and is itself vested with a sense of incompleteness that in turn demands a sequel. In the final movement, the opening litanies for gongs and violin return conclusively. Before that, two brief and brutal scherzi (movements three and five) add to the unity of contrasts, the former both dogged and aggressive, the second offsetting gritty string chords with a chant-like horn and rebellious bass clarinet. Here, as in the opening movement, the persistent background of gongs in even notes suggests fluidity. Even so, the fact that in Uzbekian dialect Oryq refers to a kind of watering channel was unknown to the composer when he chose the word for its purely phonetic quality.
All categories Solo 2-6 Instruments 7+ Instruments Orchestra Educational Music
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7+ Instruments
39:18 minutes
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2017 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
60 minutes
1.1.1.1/1.0.1.0/2perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1 + jazz sextet
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2017 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
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Alto fl, bass cl, pno, vln, vla, vlc
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2016 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
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2016 • Morten Olsen
Educational Music
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2016 • Morten Olsen
Educational Music
3 minutes
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Nico
2015 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
14 minutes
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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
Kata
2008 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
15:30 minutes
1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc/pno/acc/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
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2007 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
11 minutes
Bfl, perc, acc, el-gui, vl, vla, vlc
Mercury
2005 • Morten Olsen
Orchestra
18 minutes
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Ictus
2005 • Morten Olsen
7+ Instruments
23 minutes
1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1
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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
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Square One
1999 • Morten Olsen
2-6 Instruments
13:20 minutes
perc, gui, vl, vla, vlc
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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