3/1: Started the process of "The John Skou Song Booklet" A good friend of mine - the bass player John Skou - turns 50 very soon. My gift to him on that special day is a small book of instrumental pieces (7 pcs.), composed in the easiest way - to be played the Manifesto way! Based on the chords from "Chord of the Day - Week 2". Happy day, John! :-)
8/1: A request for new music for Mandolin & Guitar. The German duo "Duo Ahlert & Schwab" have sent a request for a new composition. This is interesting - I´ll hang on this! :-)
9/1: Completed "The John Skou Song Booklet" Have a nice time playing! :-)
February & March 2014
Nothing special to report - business as usual.
April 2014
12/4: Started the process of "von Falkenstein - en underhållning" A commission from NUO in Lund (Sweden) - to be performed at a concert in Genarp (also Sweden) 2014-06-25 as a salute to the great organ player & composer Karl-Erik Welin - 80 year old this year. (Well, he actually died on Mallorca in 1992...)
To be composed on "the NUO Tones" from Music Manifesto 2002 - The first movement is completed today (a prelude for Recitation & Synchronized Sofa(s)).
To be continued...
May 2014
Continuing the composing progression of the "von Falkenstein" suite.
A couple of concerts at work complete this month...
To be continued...
June 2014
7/6: The suite "von Falkenstein - En underhållning" (von Falkenstein - An entertainment) is ready to enter the stage. It will be done in Genarp (Sweden) 25/6 this year. Concert venue: Medborgarhuset at 7 pm. Mikael Roupé will be the recitator, and members from NUO 2014 play all instruments. Be there - it will be a blast!
15/6: Tone 166 from "Tone of the Day" premiered! The entire Nordiska Ungdomsorkestern (Summer Youth Symphony Orchestra) in Lund (Sweden) made it first - 7 years after the composing day. For the first time (as far as I know) - a complete symphony orchestra takes the challenge - Respect! Conducted by Carl-Magnus Trygg
24/6: Movements 4 & 17 from "von Falkenstein - en underhållning" premiered! Erik Rönér, Johannes Elmberg, Peer Munkgaard, Carl-Magnus Trygg, Alexandra Hjortswang & Peter Wallin did the work at "Nattväktarens kommentar" at 10 pm in Lund (Sweden) We also managed to get an encore on John Cage´s epic 4´33´´ - my first experience on that! :-)
25/6: "von Falkenstein - en underhållning" - the complete suite premiered! Ensemble Stortorget 9 (participants from NUO 2014) made the 19 movements - supplemented by Peer Munkgaard, Carl-Magnus Trygg & myself as recitators. It was a great night at Medborgarhuset in Genarp (Skåne) - the village of my rise. Loved to be back! :-)
August 2014
11/8: 7 corny pieces for Marimba - start of the composing proces. 7 small pieces for 5 octave marimba - to be composed to the gifted Jesper Eg Pedersen. These pieces will later on be composed in a version for Bass Clarinet & Marimba to Duo Clarimba.
15/8: Premiere of the complete "Talk!" announced! 8/3 2015 - Head for Esbjerg Kulturskole (Denmark). Duo Clarimba is playing (among other stuff) "Talk!", and the 1995 version of "Tre stämningar" - both scored for Clarinet & Marimba.
21/8: 7 corny pieces for Marimba - ready to enter the stage! Ready to go - Music of week 30 from "Tone of the Day". 10 minutes of divertimento music for the 5 octave Marimba. To be continued with the Bass Clarinet & Marimba version.
September 2014
2/9: 7 corny pieces... Composing proces of a version for Bass Clarinet & 5 octave Marimba started
21/9: von Falkenstein- en underhållning New video of Movement 4 ("Metal Ode") on the Video page. Performed by Maestros Peer Munkgaard & Carl-Magnus Trygg.
Oktober 2014
26/10: von Falkenstein- en underhållning New video of Movement 17-19 on the Video page. Performed by "Ensemble Stortorget 9" (members of NUO 2014) from the worls premiere in Genarp (Sweden).
November 2014
2/11: 7 corny pieces - Bass Clarinet & Marimba version completed! Hear it for the first time by the dedicatees DUO CLARIMBA in Esbjerg (Denmark) 2015-03-08 at 16 pm. in "Esbjerg Kulturskolas sal".
5/11: Composing process of Ei saa peittää - a fanfare festivo for Grand Piano to Signe Thule Hansen - started.
16/11: Ei saa... finished - A true 3 minute blast! To be premiered 2015-04-19 in Esbjerg - same place as the 7 corny pieces above.
December 2014
14/12: Earth Song - Version for Otamatone de Luxe & Strings completed! Sometimes life is more a party than else - and so it is right now! I was presented for the "instrument" Otamatone de Luxe in september, and was 1 second later clear of the fact "I have to do something about this!" - and now it has happened... A neat version of the original English Horn piece... I will definetly return to this phenomenon soon... :-)
28/12: "The Genarp Concerto" from 2014-06-25 can now be seen on the Video page 2 (or Youtube). With (among other music): Tone of the Day - Day 176 (2007) Space (1984) von Falkenstein - en underhållning (2014, World premiere)