Works written for Between Strings

Between Strings #3 (2022)
Written for and performed by Damkapellet (DK) at Teater S/H in Copenhagen
Written for six performers incl. 2 celli, 1 viola, voice, gesture and Between Strings
Commissioned by ALICE works and Gong Tomorrow and supported by The Danish Arts Foundation.

Between Conditions (2022)
Written for and performed by Between Feathers (AT) with the support of The Danish Arts Foundation and Koda Kultur.

Between Strings #2 (2021)
Written for 1 performer, 5 participating audience members and Between Strings.
Commissioned by and premiered at Frequenz – Festival der Klangkunst in Kiel, Germany.

More about each piece

Between Strings #3

Written for and commisioned by Damkapellet and ALICE cph the piece was written for 2 celli, 1 viola, gestures and Between Strings. Based on the idea of merging the installation with the acoustic string instruments in long unisono lines, each musical figure rotates within the repetition of a fixed structure and transforms between the parts.

Line up: Ida Nørby (DK), Irene Bianco (IT), Josefine Weber Hansen, Nicole Hogstrand (SE), Pauline Hogstrand (SE) and Randi Pontoppidan (DK).
Premiered at Teater S/H on September 3rd 2022.

Between Conditions

The installation was developed on the initiative of the Vienna-based quartet, Between Feathers, for whom the first commissioned piece was made: Premiered July 2022 at Brick-15, Vienna.
The quartet consists of percussionist Hannes Schöggl, accordionist Maria Mogas Gensana, flutist Audrey G. Perreault and singer Elīna Viļuma-Helling.
The piece Between Conditions was written for accordion, voice and 4 moving performers.

Click below to see a movie about the collaboration and our residency at Aabne Scene, Godsbanen, winter 2022.

Picture from the rehearsal period before the premiere of the piece, Between Conditions, at Brick-15, Vienna, Austria

Between Strings #2

For 1 performer, 5 participating audience members and Between Strings.
Between Strings #2 was developed on the request of Frequenz – Festival der Klangkunst, Kiel, Germany.
With the intention of creating a new way of dealing with audience-participation, Between Strings #2 was made.
5 audience members were invited to arrive 40 minutes in advance of the concert to learn the piece and then perform for the rest of the audiences.
They were lead through the piece by the performer and the light settings.
The piece was developed during residencies at ALICE cph and Inter Arts Center, Malmö 2021.

Click below to see the video from Frequenz – Festival der Klangkunst 2021.