IRDG011

Postcard-Music presents a cycle of sounds to be repeated, but in varied ways, and each element is only to be played once in a cycle. But they are contrasting: a short outburst - a very long tone or sound - and a jumping melodic figure.

The piece was inspired by the aleatoric cycles of Penderecki. But I asked myself: why play them so fast and mechanically so that just a rather monotonous mass of sound results? Why not do the playing through much more slowly and in a transparent way and make room for interesting improvisations? A further inspiration was serialism, understood as the use of musical material organised into continua.

Listen to the very different forms of playing!

Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen

Those who read German can see an analysis here

01 First session 1976 Group for Intuitive Music: Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen, Anders Keiding, J rgen Lekfeldt. Indeed, very first trying out and first take (probably after some explaining).

02 Tutors at Musicology, Univ. of Copenhagen 1976. Tutors' Choir at Institute of Musicology, University of Copenhagen, 1976

03 Sinfonietta: Chamber Ensemble of West Jutland. Recording from 1982. First released on cassette: SUDM 006 by edition-s.dk

04 Composers' Biennale, Copenhagen, 1996 Sound of Choice: Lars M ller, Lars Juul, Jens Thomsen, Thomas Sandberg, Hasse Poulsen.

05 Members of Danish Composers' Society below 40 years of age at Summer Celebration 2008: Eyvind Gulbrandsen, Martin Stig Andersen, Nicolai Worsaae, Regin Petersen, Rasmus Zwicki, Christian Winther Christensen, Jexper Holmen, Simon L ffler, Toke Brorson Odin, Rune Glerup.

06 Studiestr degruppen (the Studiestr de Group): John Tchicai (bass clarinet), Christian Kyhl (flute), Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen (French Horn), Noah Horstock (vla), Jan Kaspersen (cello). Recording from 1976.

This group was an experimental one created by John Tchicai. It only gave one concert later, in 1979.