Kristin Bolstad
MORGON / KVELD
Kristin Bolstad
Eira Sjaastad Huse
Linnéa Sundfær Casserly
ACD5113
2023
Aurora Records is pleased to present the album MORGON / KVELD (MORNING / EVENING) of the Norwegian composer Kristin Bolstad, MORGON / KVELD is written as a site-specific work, with an emphasis on the emotional aspect of the music.
MORGON and KVELD are originally two site-specific works for 3 vocalists and James Turrell’s light installation, Hardanger Skyspace in Øystese. MORGON and KVELD serve as reflections of each other, where one piece starts where the other ends, and vice versa. In context, the two works form a cycle without a clear beginning or end. The works have a contemplative nature and seek to reflect the cycle of light through dusk and dawn, and the eternal repetition of awakening and going to rest. Slow changes are pivotal to the works and can, in many ways, resemble an auditory meditation, much like Hardanger Skyspace operates as a meditation on light.
Hardanger Skyspace aims to observe the sky during sunrise and sunset. Through an elliptical opening in the ceiling, one gazes upon the sky and observes how the light changes through dawn and dusk, while shifting colors inside the room manipulate the perception of what one sees. Hardanger Skyspace invites a contemplative experience while simultaneously questioning our own perception through the visual illusions that arise in encountering the light installation.
MORGON and KVELD premiered in Hardanger Skyspace during the autumn equinox, September 2022. In the concert version, the works align with sunrise and sunset, just like Hardanger Skyspace, and their length changes accordingly throughout the year. However, this recording has been made in studio, and the works have also been adapted and tailored for a shorter version in consideration of release.
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Photo: Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard
KRISTIN BOLSTAD is a composer, vocalist, and musician. She is known for her interest in sound, physical space, and music as an expression of emotions. Through several site-specific works, she has explored acoustics and psychoacoustic phenomena while connecting the music to the place it is composed for. Kristin has composed for ensembles such as the Alpaca Ensemble, CRAS ensemble, Telemark Chamber Orchestra, Quatuor Bozzini, Scenatet, and the 1982 trio. Her music has been performed at festivals such as the Borealis Festival in Bergen, the Ultima Festival in Oslo, and the Klang Festival in Copenhagen.
LINNÉA SUNDFÆR CASSERLY is a singer and recorder player with education from the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Linnéa’s main repertoire includes baroque music and contemporary music, and she regularly collaborates with contemporary composers both in Norway and abroad.
EIRA SJAASTAD HUSE has sung at opera houses such as Opéra National de Lyon, Royal Opera House Muscat, and the Norwegian Opera & Ballet, as well as at festivals like The Verbier Festival, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and the Oxford Lieder Festival. Eira is also a composer and has written, among other things, a chamber opera.
Foto: Leikny Havik Skjærseth
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MORGON / KVELD
Kristin Bolstad
Kristin Bolstad
Eira Sjaastad Huse
Linnéa Sundfær Casserly
ACDLP5113
22. September 2023
39:16
LP, digitalt
7090057990129
Audun Strype
Kristin Bolstad
Audun Strype
Strype Audio (september 2021)
Ester Grossi
BLUNDERBUSS
SIDE 1: MORGON
1. Demring I
2. Demring II
3. Demring III
4. Demring IV
5. Demring V
6. Demring VI
7. Demring VII
8. Demring VIII
SIDE 2: KVELD
9. Skumring I
10. Skumring II
11. Skumring III
12. Skumring IV
13. Skumring V
14. Skumring VI
15. Skumring VII
16. Skumring VIII
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