(2020)
Composer Niels Rønsholdt
Instrumentation 1/AFL.1/EH.1/BCl.1/CBn - 1.1.1.0 - perc.pno - archi (quintet or ensemble) + speaker & cello solo
Category Orchestra
Publication year 2022
Catalogue no. B.0762
Duration 60 minutes
With Country Niels Rønsholdt reimagines the country genre as a concerto for singing solo cellist and chamber orchestra. Built around soloist Jakob Kullberg, Country shows off his fine singing voice and extraordinary ability to play the cello ‘alla chitarra’ – like a guitar.
Musically and conceptually the work is based on paraphrases of the rich American country tradition, paired with a sort of Nordic pastoral declaration of love on the one hand, and a critique of nationalism on the other.
The first part of Country was premiered in Poland in 2019, and the complete work, consisting of 18 songs, premiered 4 September 2020 in Aarhus, Denmark.
Buy CD on Dacapo Records.
All categories Solo 2-6 Instruments 7+ Instruments Choir Orchestra Music Drama and Stage Music Educational Music Other
Western (version for cello ensemble)
2024 • Niels Rønsholdt
7+ Instruments
25 minutes
10 cellos
Western
2024 • Niels Rønsholdt
7+ Instruments
25 minutes
Solo cello + 2.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/archi
Den sidste olie
2022 • Niels Rønsholdt
Music Drama and Stage Music
55 minutes
Eh, cl, bsn, 2hrn, tr, trb, 2perc, pno, vl, db & S, Ct, Mezz, Bar
Centalog
2021 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
45 minutes
String Quartet
Civilizations (version for sinfonietta)
2017 • Niels Rønsholdt
7+ Instruments
23 minutes
1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/hrp/pno/1.1.1.1.1 + speaker, sample playback, and choir
Breathless Moment
2016 • Niels Rønsholdt
Other
An interactive music-dramatic app for smartphone and tablet
Etude
2018 • Niels Rønsholdt
Educational Music
Cello solo
Archive of Emotions and Experiences, Book 2
2019 • Niels Rønsholdt
Solo
40 minutes
Prepared piano solo
Archive of Emotions and Experiences, Book 1
2019 • Niels Rønsholdt
Solo
40 minutes
Piano solo
Book of Prayers
2019 • Niels Rønsholdt
Choir
42 minutes
1.1.1.1/1.1.1/perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1 + Choir SATB w. soloists
Until Nothing Left
2017 • Niels Rønsholdt
Solo
25 minutes
Accordion solo/performing accordionist, objects and audience
Civilizations
2017 • Niels Rønsholdt
Orchestra
23 minutes
2.1.1.1/2.2.1.0/perc/hrp/pno/archi + speaker, Greenlandic choir & sample playback
Gaze for Gaze
2017 • Niels Rønsholdt
Music Drama and Stage Music
90 minutes
Bass cl, trb, perc, pno, gui, vl, vla, vlc, 2 singers (male and female), 2 extras (male and female)
Drink me, make me real
2002 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
7 minutes
Alto saxophone, percussion & tape
Exile
2016 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
20 minutes
Female and (/or) male voice, piano and audio playback
Wir I
2005 • Niels Rønsholdt
Solo
8 minutes
guitar and audio playback
Shame
2016 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
19 minutes
Amplified quartet (voice, alto saxophone, piano, percussion)
Songs of Doubt
2015 • Niels Rønsholdt
Choir
50 minutes
Choir, male solo voice, and ondes martenot
Gloomy Room
2009 • Niels Rønsholdt
Solo
8 minutes
Percussion Solo
Al-Aqsa
2008 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
5 minutes
Fl, ob, cl, hn
Americana
2013 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
String quartet
Fear and loath in g minor
2014 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
Fl, cl, vn, vlc, db, pno
Me Quitte (version for orchestra)
2014 • Niels Rønsholdt
Orchestra
35 minutes
Fm voc, ma voc soli + 2.2.2.2/4.2.1.0/2 perc/pno/gui/el-gui/1.1.1.1.1
The Merman (version for chamber orchestra)
2013 • Niels Rønsholdt
7+ Instruments
16 minutes
1.0.1(t-sax)1.0/0.0.1.0/ perc/pno/gui/1.0.1.1.0/live-elec
The Merman
2008 • Niels Rønsholdt
7+ Instruments
16 minutes
0.1.2.1/1.0.0.0/perc/pno/2.2.2.2.0 + electronics, audio & video playback
Me Quitte (full version)
2013 • Niels Rønsholdt
7+ Instruments
45 minutes
Female and male singers, pno, perc, gui, vl, vlc
Burning
2012 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
fl, vl, vlc, pno + film (optional electronics/audioplayback)
Me Quitte
2012 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
20 minutes
Two singers, guitar, percussion & piano
Die Wanderin
2007 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
vl, pno, perc and audio playback
Torso
2007 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
9 minutes
Female voice, clarinet and percussion
Archeopteryx Dances
2010 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
String trio
Unter den Lidern
2007 • Niels Rønsholdt
2-6 Instruments
13 minutes
Offstage string quartet, audio playback, lights and video