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In Memoriam

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Catalogue numberBIS-8004
Release date2015-05-01
Discs1
Orig. sample rate96000Hz
Total time32:04

Composed in 2012, In Memoriam is dedicated to the memory of the composer's father, who died of Alzheimer’s disease, with the dissolution of consciousness that condition produces. And consciousness, or rather a fragmentation of it, is at the heart of the work’s inspiration for Hellstenius, who has said that ‘the way the world blurs, and becomes less present for you when you have Alzheimer’s is kind of a model for the piece - and of course there is a lament from my side which is present throughout the piece.’ These ideas aren’t turned into programmatic representation, however, instead resulting in what Tom Service, the author of the liner notes, describes as 'a sound world of vivid but liminal beauty, of fragile yet elemental extremes of dynamic, register, and expression'Read more
 
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  Composer: Hellstenius, Henrik
  Like Objects in a Dark Room
01 Like Objects in a Dark Room for orchestra (2007, rev. 2014) 09:38 $ 2.31 USD
 
  In Memoriam (Violin Concerto No. 2)
02 In Memoriam (Violin Concerto No. 2) for violin solo, string
orchestra and percussion (2012, rev. 2013)
21:58 $ 5.27 USD
 
  Album total 32:04
ComposerHellstenius, Henrik
ConductorGupta, Rolf
OrchestraStavanger Symphony Orchestra
ViolinHerresthal, Peter

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