Past Performances
July 20, 2017 :: Kuhmo Chamber Music festival :: Alberto Mesirca • Harri Lehtinen • Tuija-Maija Nurminen • Blanca Gleisner • Niall Chorell • Hugo Ticciati :: Kuhmo Arts Centre (Koulukatu 1), 6:15pm :: Kuhmo (Finland)
May 19, 2016 :: junctQín keyboard collective: Elai Lau • Joseph Ferretti • Stephanie Chua • Heidi Saario • Rob MacDonald :: Toronto (Canada)
Oct. 29, 2011 :: Curious Chamber Players: Anna Melander • Kristine Tjøgersen • Karin Hellqvist • Frederik Munk Larsen • Malin Bång • Rei Munakata, cond. :: sound, North East Scotland's festival of new music :: Newton Dee Community :: 19h30 :: Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)
Oct. 28, 2011 :: Curious Chamber Players: Anna Melander • Kristine Tjøgersen • Karin Hellqvist • Frederik Munk Larsen • Malin Bång • Rei Munakata, cond. :: sound, North East Scotland's festival of new music :: Salmon Bothy (Links Road, Portsoy) :: 19h30 :: Portsoy (Scotland, UK)
Oct. 27, 2011 :: Curious Chamber Players: Anna Melander • Kristine Tjøgersen • Karin Hellqvist • Frederik Munk Larsen • Malin Bång • Rei Munakata, cond. :: sound, North East Scotland's festival of new music :: King's College Chapel, University of Aberdeen (High Street) :: 19h30 :: Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)
Oct. 27, 2011 :: Curious Chamber Players: Anna Melander • Kristine Tjøgersen • Karin Hellqvist • Frederik Munk Larsen • Malin Bång • Rei Munakata, cond. :: sound, North East Scotland's festival of new music :: Aden Country Park :: 13h00 :: Mintlaw (Scotland, UK)
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5 musicians: Guitar, 4 Balloons
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Duration 4-5 min.
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First performance on October 27, 2011 in Aberdeen, Scotland by the Curious Chamber Players: Anna Melander, Kristine Tjøgersen, Karin Hellqvist, Frederik Munk Larsen and Malin Bång, conducted by Rei Munakata |
Programme Note
Balloon Work is written for five musicians. Four of them play balloons producing squeaky, breathy, rubbing and inflating sounds. The fifth musician (who is not required to be a guitarist) plays the back of the guitar with a friction mallet to create whalesong-like sounds. Not a single normal musical note is played in this piece. But then again, what is “normal” in music? :: Tomi Räisänen, 2021