With Country, composer Niels Ronsholdt widens the scope of his music, reimaging the country genre as a concerto for singing solo cellist and chamber orchestra. Country shows off the fine voice of soloist Jakob Kullbergand and his extraordinary ability to play the cello 'alla chitarra', like a guitar. Here Ronsholdt finds expressive connections among far-flung sources, creating music which reflects and refracts it's inspirations in the rich American country tradition and a sort of Nordic pastoral yearning for love, with a critique of nationalism. Niels Ronsholdt is a Danish composer born 1978. His works include experimental operas, installations, performances and concert music. Ronsholdt works with a kind of 'method composing' where conceptual constructions involve performance, text and a musical expression that reference e.g. mainstream music and historical musical forms. Ronsholdt is educated at the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus with Karl Aage Rasmussen and Bent Sorensen and in Berlin with Helmut Oehring. He has been commissioned by esteemed international ensembles and performed on most European contemporary music festivals.

Tracklist:

Country~Part One. We Will Dissolve
Country~Part One. Trees (I)
Country~Part One. Island
Country~Part One. We Don't Ride the Same Horse
Country~Part One. Train to Glory
Country~Part One. Someday
Country~Part One. Man of Honor
Country~Part One. My Guitar
Country~Part One. Your Land, Your Love
Country~Part Two. Death, Where Is Your Sting?
Country~Part Two. Trees (IIa)
Country~Part Two. Gone Like a Turkey Through the Corn
Country~Part Two. Frozen Rose
Country~Part Two. This Road Belongs to You
Country~Part Two. Kneel in the Grass!
Country~Part Two. Heavy Is the Heart
Country~Part Two. Trees (IIb)
Country~Part Two. Alphabet Song

UPC: 636943671320
Label: Dacapo
Release Date: 11.19.21
Format: CD

Ronsholdt / Kullberg / Bywalec - Country (CD)