The Danish composer Martin Lohse (b. 1971) writes contemporary music drawing on musical history. The sensitive elegance of Baroque and Romanticism meet the rigorous certainty of Minimalism - a simplicity of expression approaching the insisting and touching which is evident in all three works on this album. They are thus written with the featured artists in mind, fronted by the pianist David Lau Magnussen with the Danish Chamber Players (Ensemble Storstrom) and an exclusive team of instrumentalists. Martin Lohse is not only a composer; he is also a visual artist and poet. These forms of artistic expression as such need not have anything to do with one another, although the man behind them is the same; but Lohse engages in what appears to be a consistent, fruitful dialogue between expressiveness and a structural, theoretical approach to this urge to express himself. The music by Lohse hangs in front of the listener as independent figures- mobiles- and although they constantly show new sides of themselves one recognizes them easily. The music provides references to the dance suites of the Baroque through the elegance of the Rococo and the emotional outbursts of Romanticism to the rhythmic swing and motif repetitions of Minimalism.

Tracklist:

Collage De Temps: I. Presto Con Sonore
Collage De Temps: II. Andante Poco Dolente
Collage De Temps: III. Andante Cantabile
Collage De Temps: IV. Moderato Più Mosso
Collage De Temps: V. Allegro Poco Agitato
5 Momenti Mobile: No. 1, Allegro Con Passione Sostenuto
5 Momenti Mobile: No. 2, Andante Con Dolore Sostenuto
5 Momenti Mobile: No. 3, Moderato Con Brio
5 Momenti Mobile: No. 4, Menuetto. Allegro Grazioso Con Espressione
5 Momenti Mobile: No. 5, Allegro Meno Mosso
Moto Immoto

UPC: 636943659021
Label: Dacapo
Release Date: 6.22.18
Format: CD

Lohse / Magnussen / Moldrup - Collage de Temps (CD)