Solitaire
by Arne Nordheim


About the Work

This 作品 was written for the opening of the Henie Onstad 艺术 中心 near Oslo in 1968 with Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal as the underlying 材料 There was especially one line in the poem Les Bijou that captured Nordheim’s attention

“The 处理 of diamonds makes 可能 the refraction of light in different angles and the 词 ‘solitaire’ points to the simplest 可能 mounting where a diamond stands alone ”

In this 作品 we 经验 a tonality that is ambiguous because of the 关系 between the two 谐/泛音 系列 that the 作曲家 employed

Programme 音符 by Jøran Rudi


About the Composer

Arne Nordheim b 1931 was a leading light of 当代 樂/乐 is regarded as the 当代 Norwegian 作曲家 who has 实现 the greatest 识别 beyond the borders of his own country

Nordheim’s name is inextricably linked to the arrival of 樂/乐 modernism in Norway In his roles as 作曲家 樂/乐 critic and champion of composers’ rights he ensured that international trends gained a foothold during a period when Norwegian 樂/乐 was still 影响 by national romanticism as was the rest of the Norwegian 艺术 world in the wake of World War II

He 研究 at the GRM in 1955 and afterwards continued to 作曲 電聲學/电声学 作品 at the Norwegian 广播 Corporation In 1965 he was invited to 作曲 at the Polish 无线电 实验 工作室 in Warsaw and he continued to visit the 工作室 until the mid 1970s where this 作品 and many others were composed