Peter Wallin - Music Creator

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)

Scoring:
Grand Piano Solo

Movements:
1. Dance of Frustration  Score Sample!
2. And (S)lemmy turned his ambitious white face. He spoke:
Score Sample!  See video!
3. Let´s disco!  Score Sample!

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

Scoring:
2*111 0210 00 Str.
Piano
Mixed Choir
2 Male Voice Soloists
1 Voice ad lib. Solo

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
Movement 1 originally composed by Troels Sørensen
Movement 2-8 originally composed by Thomas Kjellerup
(They are brothers!!)

Duration (music):
16-17 min.

These orchestrations were commissioned by Troels Sørensen at springtime 1990, and they were made in september-october 1990.

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. It has been performed by very qualified percussion players, with a marvellous result).

Duration:
23 min.

See Video of the Orchestral Version here!

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)

Scoring
Agogo-bells, Bongos, Whistle, Drum set, Duck whistle, Childrens voices

Duration:
45 seconds

Radio jingle, composed to the Swedish broadcast "Dagisradion". This score is not published, and it will never be either.

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"

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.

Movements:
1. Rapping Music
2. TRapping Music
3. SLapping Music
4. CRapping Music

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), two 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 Svend-Erik Nielsen, one of my greatest partners & friends. He is a music maniac, all by the best, and always a great fellow.

First performance:
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!!!   See Score!    LISTEN!

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)

Scoring:
Flute Solo (Bass Flute recommendable in movement 3)

Movements:
1. Meditation
2. Schizophrenia
3. In memoriam K.E.W

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.  Listen to Movement 2 here!

Dedicated to Birgit Nielsen, my musical partner in Duo Stracciatella

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). Composed especially to the dedicated musicians, a lovely bunch of music maniacs.   Score Sample!

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)

Scoring:
Flute & Marimba

Movements:
1. Genarp
2. Remembering; Long time, no see
3. Almost there
4. HOME!

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.   Listen to Movement 2 here!

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)

Scoring:
3 Handclappers / Woodblock players

Duration:
Version 40a: 3 min  Score Sample!
Version 40b: 5 min  Score Sample!

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 from 2002 is an extended version

This composition exists in 3 different versions:
Cla(o)p 1 for 3 executors 
Cla(o)p 2 for 48 executors (Opus 47)
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)


41. THREE FINNISH NUMBERS (1992)

Scoring:
Opus 41: 4 French Horns, Timpany, 4-5 Perc. players
Opus 41a: 2 French Horns, 2 Trombones, Timpany, 4-5 Perc. players

Movements:
1. Yksi  1992 Score Sample!   1999 Score Sample!
2. Kaksi   1992 Score Sample!   1999 Score Sample!
3. Kolme   See Music of 1992 here!  1999 here!

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.   Listen to Movement 1 from 41a here!

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)

Scoring:
Trumpet in Bb & Piano

Movements:
1. Very smooth
2. Resolute, with power
3. Rough, with furiosity

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!!

First performance:
Not performed yet (as far as I know)!

Dedicated to Paul Terracini (who played the solo part in the first performance of CONNECTIONS in december 1991), and giant piano player Jakob Westh.

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". This score is not published, and it will never be either. Remembering the gigantic headache through the composing process. In spite of that, the result is quiet calm and nice. LISTEN!

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

Dedicated to Ingelise & Rikke



45. GOOD EEEEVENING!!! (1993)
"A material rendez-vous between a Speaker, a Bass Recorder, a Bass Tuba and indefineable co-players".

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

Dedicated to Jette, Laila, Susanne & Hanne R. Degn


46. FOUR ENGLISH EPISODES AND A FINAL CONCLUSION (1993)

Scoring:
Mezzo soprano & Trombone

Movements:
1. Bloody vikings
2. White Diamond
3. Triumph Flashes
4. In the bathroom
5. A final conclusion

Text:
Peter Wallin

Duration:
5-6 Min.

Two danish friends on vacation in England, with many episodes coming through...

First performance:
1995-06-07 Esbjerg Academy of Music (Denmark)
Rikke Lender (Mezzo Soprano) & Harry Lender (Trombone)

Dedicated to Rikke Lender & Hanne R. Degn


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:
Cla(o)p 1 for 3 executors (Opus 40)
Cla(o)p 2 for 48 executors
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... That was a marvellous moment!
Thank you Martin! It is lovely to meet great men with humour!!

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

Scoring:
Clarinet (Bass Clarinet) & Violoncello

Movements:
1. Die Sonne
2. Träume
3. Schlaf
4. Der Mond

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
Version No. 1 (for Brass and Percussion)

Scoring:
Cornet in Eb
Fluegelhorn
3 Cornets in Bb
3 Horns in F
Baritone & Euphonium
3 Trombones
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.