- Opus 351 - 375
- Opus 326 - 350
- Opus 301 - 325
- Opus 276 - 300
- Opus 251 - 275
- Opus 226 - 250
- Opus 201 - 225
- Opus 176 - 200
- Opus 151 - 175
- Opus 126 - 150
- Opus 101 - 125
- Opus 76 - 100
- Opus 51 - 75
- Opus 26 - 50
- opus 1 - 25
- Tone of The Day
- Chord of the Day
- Familiar / Serial compositions
- Manifestos & Squads
- IWS 36 & The Whatevers
Peter Wallin Opus 26 - 50
(1990 - 1994)
26. MEDITATION (1990)
Scoring:
Bassoon Solo
Duration:
5-6 min.
Solo version of "Homo Fonia" (1990, Opus 25)
Dedicated to Susanne Svensdotter
First performance:
1993-12-03 Academy of Music Esbjerg (Denmark)
Anne Borgen Paulsen
27. GIANT´S DANCE (1990, rev. 1995)
Movements:
1. Dance of Frustration
2. And (S)lemmy turned his ambitious white face. He spoke:
3. Let´s disco!
Scoring:
Grand Piano Solo
Duration:
9 min.
3 portraits of 3 piano giants (and friends of mine) from Sweden and Denmark. Also an attempt to create as many failures (theoretical, combinations, stuctures, titles...) as possible, and combine them in to an acceptable sound.
Dedicated to
Jørgen Hald Nielsen (1)
Karl-Erik Welin (2)
Marcus Moszny (3)
First performance:
1991-03-13 Håndværkeren Varde (Denmark)
Per Fomsgaard
28. KAPTAJN SØSTÆRK (1990)
Orchestration to a mini musical over melodies/lyrics by T. Kjellerup
Movements:
1. Udlængsel
2. Kaptajn Søstærks vise
3. Kaptajn Voms vise
4. Sørøver-reel
5. Sørøver-hopsa
6. Når stormen raser
7. I en storm på Atlanten
8. Ohøj derude
Scoring:
2*111 0210 00 Str.
Piano
Mixed Choir
2 Male Voice Soloists
1 Voice ad lib. Solo
Movement 1 originally composed by Troels Sørensen
Movement 2-8 originally composed by Thomas Kjellerup (They are brothers!!)
Duration (music):
16-17 min.
Commissioned by Troels Sørensen.
First performance:
October 1990 Statsskolen Esbjerg (Denmark)
Pupils from the Music School Esbjerg & Esbjerg Amatørorkester
Conductor: Troels Sørensen
29. HANG OVER AND OUT! (1991)
Scoring:
5 Bass Drums
5 Electrical Metronomes (Click Tracks)
Alarm clock
Voices
To be performed by 5 non-percussion players (preferable, but not a must).
Duration:
23 min.
A nocturne in 5 independant tempos, dealing with actions that may appear between friday night and saturday morning...
Dedicated to Esbjerg Headache Fashion Ensemble
First performance:
1992-05-20 Academy of Music Esbjerg (Denmark)
Esbjerg Headache Fashion Ensemble
(Mats Olofsson, Lone Gislinge, Dorte Bennike, Kerstin Thiele, Frederik Gislinge)
30. ARTIFICIAL COMBAT (1991)
"An architectural warplan"
Scoring:
Percussion solo (Free instrumentation, units i groups of 6, and a pedal bass drum).
Duration:
Variable.
An achitectural warplan for a solo percussionist. A map to an imaginary fight with... Perform it strategic, smart, hidden, open, however... An update version of my work COMBAT (1985), now never more to be performed.
Dedicated to Evelyn Glennie
Not performed yet (as far as I know)
31. INTRODUCTION AND FUNK (1991)
Scoring:
7 Violins
3 Violas
2 Violoncelli
1 Double Bass
Duration:
5 min.
The hidden melody, played in collective Künklicato, inspired by the in-official national anthem of Scania (southern Sweden, former part of Denmark). The Introduction dream on, and the Funk rip it off!!!
Commissioned by, and dedicated to, Wemmenhögs Kammarorkester 89
First performance:
1991-07-18 Klagstorps Kyrka (Scania, Sweden)
Wemmenhögs Kammarorkester 89
Conductor: Peter Wallin
32. BOLBDAKOFFA BUNKADABLASCH (1991 / Rev. 2021)
Scoring
Agogo-bells
Bongos
Whistle
Drum set
Duck whistle
Childrens voices
Duration:
45 seconds
Radio jingle, composed to the Swedish broadcast "Dagisradion".
Commissioned by Tove Jonstoij (Swedish Radio Broadcasting)
First performance:
Swedish Radio Broadcast in 1991.
Peter Wallin played all instruments (overdubs)
33. -APPING MUSIC SUITE (1992)
"4 scenes of sounds"
Movements:
1. Rapping Music
2. TRapping Music
3. SLapping Music
4. CRapping Music
Scoring:
1.
6 Voices
2.
2 Mouse traps
Jumping balls
2 Ball throwers
3.
4 performers
4 tambourines
4 beds
4.
"Slapping Music" performers and equipment
The performers of "Rapping Music" (or others)
A whole lot of crap.
Duration:
Variable, but a standard performance takes about 11-12 min.
This composition makes a solid mark in the worklist. What to expect, what to believe.... Music or not??? These 4 compositions are visual, as well as audio pieces!!! Composed during a stay at the hospital in Esbjerg (and that was not the last time I made a stay there!!). I really love this one!!!!
At the same hospital stay, the work "FAR OUT" (for 2 identical instruments) was composed.
Dedicated to Steve Reich & John Cage
In 2005 published by SAMFUNDET
First performance:
1992-05-20 Esbjerg Academy of Music (Denmark)
"The Huga Concerto"
Slimey Fish Ensemble
34. FAR OUT (1992)
Scoring:
2 equal instruments after own choice
Duration:
14-34 min.
Follow the leader, find the leader, BE the leader, defeat as a leader... Microscopism piece, based on the classic theme B-A-C-H, and how to get the music through yor body instead of through your ears...
Composed during the same stay at the hospital in Esbjerg (and that was not the last time I made a stay there!!) when I composed "-APPING MUSIC SUITE".
Dedicated to PS Duo Esbjerg
First performance:
1992-04-05 Esbjerg Academy of Music (Denmark)
Peter Rønn-Poulsen & Peter Wallin (both playing the marimba)
35. DUEL (1992)
Scoring:
2 (toy) Guns
2/4 Microphones
2 Loudspeakers (with amplifier)
2 heating plates
Vegetable oil
Unpopped corn
2 metal bowls
2 pots
In the Micro Wave version:
2 Micro Wave Ovens replaces the 2 heating plates.
Executed by 2 performers.
Duration:
Variable
An undangerous fight for/between 2 persons. In this duel, nobody gets hurt, dead, or worse... Real POP music... :-).
Dedicated to music maniac Svend-Erik Nielsen.
First performances:
Original version:
1992-05-20 Esbjerg Academy of Music (Denmark)
"The Huga Concerto"
PoppaPappa Duo (Svend-Erik Nielsen & Peter Wallin)
Version for Micro Waves:
2004-09-18 Kulturskolan Lund (Sweden)
"The Slapping & Crapping Project, Part 1"
Carl-Magnus Trygg & Peter Wallin
36. WHATEVER! (1992)
Scoring:
Whatever!
Duration:
Whatever!
Afraid of performing in a wrong manner...??? FORGET IT!!! It is impossible (and I really mean that!!) to perform this piece of work with any kind of failures in the performance. Let your mind rule, and set your own limits (prefrerable none at all), and enjoy TOTAL artistic freedom!!!
Dedicated to all mathematic freak composers, Mel Brooks & Pizza the Hutt
First performance:
1992-11-26 Academy of Music Esbjerg (Denmark)
Peter Wallin (Playing the marimba)
To be continued by IWS 36.
37. (MAY BE) A NEW START (1992)
"A Requiem..."
Movements:
1. Meditation
2. Schizophrenia
3. In memoriam K.E.W
Scoring:
Flute Solo (Bass Flute recommendable in movement 3)
Duration:
8 min.
During the progression of work with movement 1, the message that Maestro Karl-Erik Welin passed away reached me. Hereafter, the work took a new direction.
This is my death song to the Maestro.
Dedicated to Birgit Nielsen
First performance:
1992-10-26 Guldager Kirke (Denmark)
Birgit Nielsen
38. JUNK CONTRA FUNK (1992)
Scoring:
Svend-Erik (Knödelgesang)
Contra Bassoon
Melodica
Piccolo Trumpet
Timpano
Molto Piccolo Violin
Duration:
4 min.
Composed in the style of so called 10-tone music (tones E and F are not allowed permission to get in to the score).
Dedicated to Svend-Erik Nielsen, Anne Borgen Paulsen, Henrik Pedersen (now Gunde), Karina Thygesen (now Bock), Hanne Rath Degn & Heine Steensen
First performance:
1999-02-11 Academy of Music Esbjerg (Denmark)
"The Hugae concerto"
Svend-Erik Nielsen, Anne Borgen Paulsen, Laila Nielsen, Karina Bock, Peer Munkgaard & Heine Steensen
Conductor: Peter Wallin
39. FOUR MOVEMENTS ABOUT INTOXICATION (1992)
Movements:
1. Genarp
2. Remembering Long time, no see
3. Almost there
4. HOME!
Scoring:
Flute & Marimba
Duration:
8 min.
Nearly at the end of a year of hard studying, composing, playing, performing... Longing for home is a kind of intoxication too...
Second Duet for Flute & Marimba.
Dedicated to my former home village Genarp (Scania, Sweden), and my parents Erik & Margot Wallin
First performance:
1992-11-17 Grundtvigskirken Esbjerg (Denmark)
Duo Stracciatella
40. CLA(O)P I (1992 / Rev. 2002)
Scoring:
3 Handclappers / Woodblock players
Duration:
Version 40a (1992):
3 min
Version 40b (2002):
5 min.
Toured with KUSO (the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Copenhagen) to Sysmä in Finland during 2 weeks in the summer of 1992. Composed this piece to be able for all members of the orchestra to participate.
3 Finnish Numbers also got composed on this tour.
Version 40b is an extended version
This composition exists in 3 different versions:
1. Cla(o)p 1 for 3 executors
2. Cla(o)p 2 for 48 executors (Opus 47)
3. Cla(o)p 3 for 144 executors (not complete yet)
Dedicated to KUSO Copenhagen
First performance
Version 40a:
1992-12-05 Academy of Music Esbjerg (Denmark)
Helen Poulsen, Dennis Stylsvig Pedersen & Peter Rønn-Poulsen (Handclapping version)
Version 40b:
Not perfrormed yet!
41. THREE FINNISH NUMBERS (1992)
Movements:
1. Yksi
2. Kaksi
3. Kolme
Scoring:
Opus 41:
4 French Horns
Timpany
Crotales
2 Marimbas
Tamtam
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Bongos
(4-5 Perc. players)
Opus 41a:
2 French Horns
2 Trombones
Timpany
Crotales
2 Marimbas
Tamtam
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Bongos
(4-5 Perc. players)
Duration:
7-8 Min.
Finnish SISU, composed in Sysmä, Finland, during a stay with the KUSO orchestra in july 1992. Cla(o)p 1 (for 3 Handclappers/Woodblocks) was also composed on this tour.
First performance:
Opus 41:
Not performed yet!
Opus 41a:
Esbjerg Academy of Music (Denmark) 1999-10-26
French Horn: Lisbeth Ebbensgaard & Mathilde Thisted
Trombone: Sven-Jørgen Larsen & Mette Krüger
West Jutland Percussion
Conductor: Peter Wallin
42. UPDATED CONNECTIONS (1992)
Movements:
1. Very smooth
2. Resolute, with power
3. Rough, with furiosity
Scoring:
Trumpet in Bb
Piano
Duration:
8-9 Min.
Chamber version of my concertino for Trumpet & Wind Instruments from 1986, CONNECTIONS. The trumpet part is identic with the Connections trumpet part, the piano part is a real bastard one!!! Watch out!!
Dedicated to Paul Terracini (who played the solo part in the first performance of CONNECTIONS in december 1991), and piano giant Jakob Westh.
Not performed yet (as far as I know)!
43. KUSIN VAKEN & NAKEN (1992)
Scoring:
Egg Maraccas
Bongos
Pod Rattle
3 Marimbas
Duration:
1,5 min.
Radio jingle, composed to the Swedish broadcast "Kusin Vaken". Remembering the gigantic headache through the composing process. In spite of that, the result is quiet calm and nice.
Re-scored in 2017 to COUSIN RUDE & NUDE
Commissioned by Tove Jonstoij (Swedish Radio Broadcasting)
First performance:
Swedish Radio Broadcast in 1992
Peter Wallin played all instruments (overdubs)
43a+b. COUSIN RUDE & NUDE (1992 / 2017)
Scoring:
Egg Maraccas
Bongos
Pod Rattle
3+4 Marimba parts
Duration:
1,5 min & 7 sec.
The 2017 version of the original Opus 43 - with a little bit of development, but in the same childish tone colour... No headache this time - just pure joy to be back creating again. :-)
Not performed yet!
44. DÄGÄ DÄGÄ (1993)
Scoring:
2 female voices / 2 part treble choir
Duration:
2-3 minutes
Text:
M. A. Numminen
A composition, dealing with true values in the world... Text in a kind of Swedish style.
First Performance:
"The Hugin Concerto"
1993-02-09 Academy of Music, Esbjerg (Denmark)
Ingelise Nygaard & Rikke Lender
45. GOOD EEEEVENING!!! (1993)
"A material rendez-vous"
Scoring:
Speaker
Bass Recorder
Bass Tuba
Undefineable Co-players ad lib.
Duration:
Variable
A materialistic rendez-vous at the seashore (watch out for bastards...)
Text:
Peter Wallin 1993
First Performance:
"The Hugin Concerto"
1993-02-09 Academy of Music Esbjerg (Denmark)
Jette Skovbakke Jensen (Speaker) Laila Nielsen (Bass Recorder) Susanne Pedersen (Bass Tuba)
Co-players from "Ensemble Øøøhh..." Esbjerg
2004 Version (Roaring tubes replaces the Tuba):
2004-10-28 Billundcentret (Denmark)
Rain Stick Sextet
46. FOUR ENGLISH EPISODES AND A FINAL CONCLUSION (1993)
Movements:
1. Bloody vikings
2. White Diamond
3. Triumph Flashes
4. In the bathroom
5. A final conclusion
Scoring:
Mezzo soprano
Trombone
Text:
Peter Wallin
Duration:
5-6 Min.
Two danish friends on vacation in England, with many episodes coming through...
Dedicated to Rikke Lender & Hanne R. Degn
First performance:
1995-06-07 Esbjerg Academy of Music (Denmark)
Rikke Lender (Mezzo Soprano) & Harry Lender (Trombone)
47. CLA(O)P II (1993)
Scoring:
48 Handclappers / Woodblock players
Duration:
20 min.
Toured with KUSO (the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Copenhagen) to Sysmä in Finland during 2 weeks in the summer of 1992. Composed the piece Cla(o)p 1 to be able for all members of the orchestra to participate. This second version is a really extended one... Things can develop in a monstruous direction sometimes....
3 Finnish Numbers (4 French Horns / 2 French Horns & 2 Trombones, Timpany & Percussion) also got composed on this tour.
This composition exists in 3 different versions:
1. Cla(o)p 1 for 3 executors (Opus 40)
2. Cla(o)p 2 for 48 executors
3. Cla(o)p 3 for 144 executors (not complete yet)
Dedicated to KUSO Copenhagen
First performance:
Handclapping version:
2002-06-11 Aarhus University (Denmark)
48 Music Students
Cond: Martin Røen Hansen
It can be done...
Woodblock version:
Not performed yet!
48. GREETINGS TO WK 89 - THE DEMOCRATIC ORCHESTRA (1993)
Scoring:
6 Violins
3 Violas
2 Violoncelli
1 Double Bass
Duration:
Variable (app. 15 min.)
Once again, the democrats in WK 89 hits the road!! This composition deals with the questioning of responsibility, democratic processes, communication... Give one the lead before the start of the performance, send the lead to one of your orchestra fellows when the time has come (with the same rights as yourself had during your lead), and conclude in fellowship....
Commissioned by, and dedicated to, Wemmenhögs Kammarorkester 89
First performance:
1993-07-16 Östra Hoby Kyrka (Scania, Sweden)
Wemmenhögs Kammarorkester 89
49. SCHÖN IST DAS LEBEN (1993)
Movements:
1. Die Sonne
2. Träume
3. Schlaf
4. Der Mond
Scoring:
Clarinet (Bass Clarinet) & Violoncello
Duration:
5 minutes
The sun and the moon, making their work in the most concentrated manner, with som serious snoring and dreaming placed in the center...
First Performance:
"The Huge Concerto"
1994-04-26 Academy of Music, Esbjerg (Denmark)
Clarinet: Simon Kovacs
Violoncello: Mihai Fagarasan
Dedicated to Simon & Mihai.
In greatest respect and honour of Maestro Kurt Sanderling
50. SEKEL-MARCH ´94 (1994 / rev. 2021)
Version No. 1 (for Brass and Percussion)
1994 Version withdrawn!
2021 version::
Scoring:
Cornet in Eb
Fluegelhorn in Bb
3 Cornets in Bb
3 Alto Horns in Eb
Baritone 1 & 2 in Bb
Euphonium in Bb
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba in Eb & Bb
Glockenspiel
Snare Drum
Bass Drum
Cymbals
A tribute to the town of Esbjerg 100 years young in 1994.
Duration:
5 minutes
Not performed yet!
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