Composer Niels Rønsholdt
Instrumentation Eh, cl, bsn, 2hrn, tr, trb, 2perc, pno, vl, db & S, Ct, Mezz, Bar
Category Music Drama and Stage Music
Publication year 2022
Catalogue no. D.0059
Duration 55 minutes
Den sidste olie
(2022)
(2022)
Composer Niels Rønsholdt
Instrumentation Eh, cl, bsn, 2hrn, tr, trb, 2perc, pno, vl, db & S, Ct, Mezz, Bar
Category Music Drama and Stage Music
Publication year 2022
Catalogue no. D.0059
Duration 55 minutes
Den sidste olie / The last rites is a chamber opera which deals with exploitation as the driving force in the world. The story begins in 1721 – the year of the colonization of Greenland - and unfolds the theme of eternal over-exploitation of territories and people.
Østerbro Ice Skating Rink formed the framework for the world premiere of a monumental, sensuous and chilled opera experience where audience and artists alike experienced the ice in all its forms. The cold and the score slowly envelops, and the fatal story of man who ventures out to conquer new land is brought to life.
‘The last rites’ plays out as a form of baroque opera – the predominant style in Europe in the Age of Enlightenment. Based on the musical idiom of baroque, the award-winning composer Niels Rønsholdt creates a brand new and original work which takes us from the beginning of oil extraction to the destruction that we are clearly seeing the signs of today.
Premiered at Copenhagen Opera Festival, August 2022.
All categories Solo 2-6 Instruments 7+ Instruments Choir Orchestra Music Drama and Stage Music Educational Music Other
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
Country – Parts 1 & 2
2020 • Niels Rønsholdt
Orchestra
60 minutes
1/AFL.1/EH.1/BCl.1/CBn - 1.1.1.0 - perc.pno - archi (quintet or ensemble) + speaker & cello solo
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
for 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
7+ 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
7+ 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