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Orchestral music with popular sub-culture references<\/p>\n
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra commissioned and premiered the work \u2018Low Jive\u2019 by Jon \u00d8ivind Ness in 2008, and now they release a portrait of this fascinating composer. Powerful symphonic music \u2013 with references to popular culture, post punk and Zappa. <\/p>\n
Mad Cap Tootling is a violin concerto written for Peter Herresthal. The political title of the piece depicts former president George W. Bush and his behaviour prior to the Iraq invasion. Low Jive for full orchestra and the duo Gust both share a mesmerizing dark atmosphere. The whole orchestra is on stage again for the Low Jive in grand, unhurried and vigorous movements \u2013 like a monumental dance in the depths. The title is derived from ‘Slowdive’, a song by 80s band Siouxie and the Banshees.<\/p>\n
Ness himself says: \u201cI hope to communicate something which is readily available to the listener, without the need to \u2018consult the manual\u2019. Complexity has been an ideal in its own right, and this has led to vagueness both aesthetically and in terms of expression.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra commissioned and premiered the work \u2018Low Jive\u2019 by Jon \u00d8ivind Ness in 2008, and now they release a portrait of this fascinating composer. Powerful symphonic music \u2013 with references to popular culture, post punk and Zappa.<\/p>\n
Mad Cap Tootling is a violin concerto written for Peter Herresthal, a violinist among the leading interpreters of contemporary music in Europe today. The political title of the piece depicts FORMER president George W. Bush and his behaviour prior to the Iraq invasion. Another prominent performer is \u00d8ystein Birkeland, to whom Ness wrote Wet Blubber Soup \u2013 the title is a play on words from a Godley and Creme remix. In this piece, Ness himself remixes the contrasting elements of the concerto.<\/p>\n
Low Jive for full orchestra and the duo Gust both share a mesmerizing dark atmosphere. In the latter piece for viola and double bass, Ness creates a disturbing gloom where flashes of icy light only occasionally brake through. The whole orchestra is on stage again for the Low Jive in grand, unhurried and vigorous movements \u2013 like a monumental dance in the depths. The title is derived from Slowdive, a song by 80s band Siouxie and the Banshees.<\/p>\n
Jon \u00d8ivind Ness (1968) wants to attract his listener with some sort of mood in his music. \u201cBut I hope that if the audience become aware of these moods it is because they are a part of the music. In general there are too many program notes about contemporary music. I hope to communicate something which is readily available to the listener, without the need to \u2018consult the manual\u2019. Complexity has been an ideal in its own right, and this has led to vagueness both aesthetically and in terms of expression.\u201d<\/p>\n
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