Written by Gu\u00f0mundur Steinn Gunnarsson
\nmi\u00f0vikudagur, 09 j\u00fal\u00ed 2008
\n\u00deri\u00f0judagur.<\/p>\n
F\u00f6rum a\u00f0eins fram \u00ed t\u00edmann. \u00cd morgun \u00e1 mi\u00f0vikudagsmorgni f\u00e9kk \u00e9g sms fr\u00e1 Dav\u00ed\u00f0 um a\u00f0 hann og Hans Thomalla vinur hans v\u00e6ru \u00e1 n\u00e6rliggjandi kaffih\u00fasi \u00ed morgunmat. Seinna um daginn sag\u00f0i Hans Thomalla vi\u00f0 mig a\u00f0 Dav\u00ed\u00f0 hef\u00f0i sent skilabo\u00f0in \u00far s\u00edmanum s\u00ednum \u00feannig a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00e6tti a\u00f0 passa mig \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed ef ske kynni a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00e6tla\u00f0i a\u00f0 senda sms til Dav\u00ed\u00f0s til a\u00f0 segja a\u00f0 Hans hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00f6murlegt verk (skilurru). Hans vissi \u00fe\u00f3 ekki a\u00f0 \u00e9g hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 lei\u00f0inlegur vi\u00f0 hann \u00ed blogginu kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0 \u00e1\u00f0ur en eins og \u00e9g hugsa \u00feegar \u00e9g s\u00e9 gagnr\u00fdnir eftir R\u00f6p e\u00f0a J\u00f3nas Sen, \u00f6ll umfj\u00f6llun er g\u00f3\u00f0 umfj\u00f6llun.<\/p>\n
En \u00feri\u00f0judagurinn byrja\u00f0i einmitt \u00e1 Hans Thomalla fyrirlestri sem bar \u00fe\u00e1 undarlegu yfirskrift What is melody? \u00c9g var d\u00e1ldi\u00f0 seinn \u00e1 \u00feann fyrirlestur, h\u00e9lt a\u00f0 hann hef\u00f0i \u00e1tt a\u00f0 byrja seinna og missti \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0eins af byrjuninni. \u00dea\u00f0 t\u00f3k mig \u00fev\u00ed t\u00edma a\u00f0 fatta hva\u00f0 um var r\u00e6tt, virka\u00f0i d\u00e1ldi\u00f0 flj\u00f3tandi og s\u00ed\u00f0n\u00fahyggjukennt a\u00f0 koma svona beint inn \u00ed. En \u00ed stuttu m\u00e1li er \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g skyldi um mel\u00f3d\u00edu sem hva\u00f0 sem er sem ma\u00f0ur gerir a\u00f0 mel\u00f3d\u00edu. \u00cd sumum tilfellum getur \u00fea\u00f0 bara veri\u00f0 r\u00f6\u00f0 hlj\u00f3\u00f0a e\u00f0a beating p\u00falsar e\u00f0a \u00e1l\u00edka.<\/p>\n
4 ung t\u00f3nsk\u00e1ld kynntu svo verk s\u00edn fyrir g\u00e1rungunum. Fyrst var \u00fea\u00f0 norskur vinur okkar fr\u00e1 U.N.M., hva\u00f0 heitir hann aftur, \u00fei\u00f0 \u00feekki\u00f0 hann \u00feegar \u00fei\u00f0 sj\u00e1i\u00f0 hann. H\u00e1vaxinn me\u00f0 gleraugu. Hann kynnti sig \u00e1 \u00fe\u00fdzku og spila\u00f0i 3 m\u00edn\u00fatna \u201e\u00fatvarpsinnsetningu.\u201c Flott agress\u00edft verk sem var bara on og off \u00ed 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur, svo rifust ferneyhough og tsangaris vi\u00f0 hann um hugtaki\u00f0 \u00fatvarpsinnsetning, sem var ekki honum a\u00f0 kenna, hann var bara panta\u00f0ur. Er f\u00f3lk rei\u00f0ara \u00feegar \u00fea\u00f0 talar \u00e1 \u00fe\u00fdzku?<\/p>\n
N\u00e6sta unga t\u00f3nsk\u00e1ld var kanadama\u00f0ur sem var me\u00f0 mj\u00f6g hlj\u00f3\u00f0l\u00e1tt verk sem var allt a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed mel\u00f3d\u00edskt en v\u00edst byggt \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0skenndum spektral p\u00e6lingum. Hann tala\u00f0i \u00far manni \u00e1hugann me\u00f0 tilger\u00f0arlegri Kafka tilvitnun og hugt\u00f6kum eins og \u201cself-degration\u201d og \u201cthesis, thesis, thesis but not arsis\u201d og h\u00e9lt sig \u00e1 b\u00f3kmenntafr\u00e6\u00f0ilegum n\u00f3tum. \u00de\u00fd\u00f0andi var a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 skilja hva\u00f0 hann meinti svo hann g\u00e6ti \u00fe\u00fdtt yfir \u00e1 \u00fe\u00fdzku, og \u00fe\u00e1 sag\u00f0i sj\u00e1lfur Ferneyhough: \u201evandam\u00e1li\u00f0 er bara \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 skiljum ekkert hva\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa ert a\u00f0 segja \u00e1 neinu tungum\u00e1li.\u201c Drengurinn tala\u00f0i sj\u00e1lfan sig \u00ed hel ekki n\u00e1\u00f0ist almennilega a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a sj\u00e1lft verki\u00f0 \u00fat af vitleysunni sem drengurinn sag\u00f0i.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00e1 n\u00e6st kom \u00cdsraelsk stelpa sem er b\u00fainn a\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra hj\u00e1 chayu chernowin \u00ed v\u00edn og spila\u00f0i brot \u00far l\u00f6ngu verki me\u00f0 d\u00e1lti\u00f0 opinni n\u00f3tasj\u00f3n. \u00deetta var svona l\u00ednuleg opin n\u00f3tasj\u00f3n, semsagt frekar venjuleg me\u00f0 mj\u00f6g miklu ger\u00f0u bara eitthva\u00f0 svona og haltu \u00e1fram me\u00f0 \u00feetta. Verki\u00f0 var f\u00ednt en n\u00f3tasj\u00f3nin sem sl\u00edk var ekki skilvirk fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 sem h\u00fan \u00e6tla\u00f0i s\u00e9r, sag\u00f0i h\u00fan. \u00datfr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed var fari\u00f0 \u00ed klisjukennda umr\u00e6\u00f0u um \u201ea\u00f0ra n\u00f3tasj\u00f3n\u201c bygg\u00f0a \u00e1 vantr\u00fa og van\u00feekkingu en r\u00e1\u00f0leggingar sem voru g\u00f3\u00f0ar. Ferneyhough kom me\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 p\u00e6lingu a\u00f0 ef ma\u00f0ur gefur almennar sk\u00fdringar til hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6raleikara \u00fe\u00e1 ver\u00f0ur \u00fatkoman almenn en ekki n\u00e1kv\u00e6m og\/e\u00f0a \u00e1 \u00e1kve\u00f0inn h\u00e1tt (e. specific). Ef a\u00f0 hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6raleikarnir eru \u00fear a\u00f0 auki almennir hl\u00fdtur \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u a\u00f0 vera r\u00e9tt. En \u00feetta \u00e1tti svo sem vel vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 n\u00f3tasj\u00f3n sem \u00e1tti \u00ed hlut.<\/p>\n
Ungt\u00f3nsk\u00e1ldakynningin enda\u00f0i svo \u00e1 lei\u00f0inlegu \u00fe\u00fdzku s\u00f6ngverki eftir eitthvern gaur sem er a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra hj\u00e1 Spahlinger. Mj\u00f6g vont svona \u201en\u00fat\u00edmaeins\u00f6ngvarak\u00f3rverk.\u201c Illindi. Kennararnir gagnr\u00fdndu textame\u00f0fer\u00f0 hans. \u00c9g skildi ekki textann hvort e\u00f0 er og fannst verkinu ekki vi\u00f0 bjargandi.<\/p>\n
Eftir h\u00e1degi k\u00edkti \u00e9g inn \u00ed p\u00ednul\u00edti\u00f0 herbergi \u00fear sem 20 manns h\u00f6f\u00f0u tro\u00f0i\u00f0 s\u00e9r inn til a\u00f0 heyra Marco Stroppa sko\u00f0a verk \u00fe\u00e1ttakennda fyrir allra augum og kr\u00edt\u00edsera. Hann t\u00f3k fyrir Aubrey, vinkonu okkar Dav\u00ed\u00f0s fr\u00e1 Buffalo, en h\u00fan var me\u00f0 verk fyrir bl\u00e1sarasveit. Verki\u00f0 haf\u00f0i ekki veri\u00f0 spila\u00f0 og var \u00fev\u00ed bara til \u00e1 n\u00f3tum og \u00ed m\u00edd\u00ed \u00fatg\u00e1fu. H\u00fan f\u00f3r ekki a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0um Dav\u00ed\u00f0s og spila\u00f0i verki\u00f0 \u00ed midi-\u00fatg\u00e1funni fyrir vi\u00f0stadda, svo sem f\u00ednt, gaf gr\u00f3fa hugmynd af \u00feessu en alls ekki n\u00f3gu f\u00ednt fyrir f\u00f3lk sem s\u00e1st k\u00edma felulega \u00ed horni (svona er stemningin, \u00f3h\u00f3flega miki\u00f0 af f\u00f3lki sem er betra en allir hinir). Marco var skilvirkur og sk\u00fdror\u00f0ur, eins og \u00ed fyrirlestri s\u00ednum. Haf\u00f0i miklar till\u00f6gur og p\u00e6lingar sem snertu \u00fatsetningar. Hann er mj\u00f6g skilvirkur og beinn \u00ed tali. En \u00fea\u00f0 var svo \u00fer\u00f6ngt um mann a\u00f0 \u00e9g var\u00f0 a\u00f0 beila eftir \u00feessa kynningu og f\u00f3r \u00feess \u00ed sta\u00f0 \u00e1 trompet kynningu.<\/p>\n
Fyrrum trompetleikari Ensemble Modern, Eitthva\u00f0 Foreman tala\u00f0i um trompet, skort \u00e1 trompetp\u00f6rtum \u00ed gl\u00e6n\u00fdrri kammerm\u00fas\u00edk, og gagnr\u00fdndi \u00e1s\u00fdnd t\u00f3nsk\u00e1lda \u00e1 hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6raleikara sem v\u00e9lar og a\u00f0 l\u00edta \u00e1 t\u00e6kni framlengingart\u00e6kni kunn\u00e1ttu \u00feeirra sem eins konar s\u00edmaskr\u00e1. \u201eHva\u00f0 getur\u00f0u spila\u00f0 h\u00e1tt\u201c e\u00f0a \u201ehva\u00f0 getur\u00f0u glissa\u00f0 langt\u201c er \u00e1l\u00edka og a\u00f0 spyrja t\u00f3nsk\u00e1ld \u201eHva\u00f0 getur\u00f0u sami\u00f0 m\u00f6rg hlj\u00f3msveitarverk, \u00e1 n\u00e6stu m\u00e1nu\u00f0um\u201c, \u201egetur\u00f0u sami\u00f0 fyrir mig strengjakvartett sem sirka 80% pizzicato og 20% m\u00edkr\u00f3t\u00f3nal gliss\u201c. Skemmtileg \u00e1deila sem var kannski mi\u00f0u\u00f0 a\u00f0 Lachenmann epygogunum eins og Lachenmann kalla\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1. Hann haf\u00f0i margt sni\u00f0ugt a\u00f0 segja, \u00fatsk\u00fdr\u00f0i starf sitt, finnst \u00fea\u00f0 oft vera misskili\u00f0. \u00datsk\u00fdr\u00f0i hvernig t\u00e6knileg atri\u00f0i breytast eftir samhengi og reyndi a\u00f0 \u00fatsk\u00fdra bara hvernig trompetleikari hugsar, hva\u00f0 hann gerir og hvernig hann n\u00e1lgast efnivi\u00f0inn. Spila\u00f0i \u00fdmsa fr\u00e6ga b\u00fata \u00far Scelsi, Harvey, Stockhausen, Erickson og a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u Mahler til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna hvernig hlutir eru spila\u00f0ir mi\u00f0a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hvernig \u00feeir eru skrifa\u00f0ir. F\u00ednt bara.<\/p>\n
Svo voru tvennir t\u00f3nleikar, fyrri klukkan 17 og seinni klukkan 20.30. Ja h\u00e9rna j\u00e6ja.<\/p>\n
Fyrri t\u00f3nleikarnir voru 2 blokkflautu og koto d\u00faettar, 2 harm\u00f3n\u00edkkus\u00f3l\u00f3, og eitt tr\u00ed\u00f3 fyrir allt \u00f6nnur hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri. \u00deetta voru svokalla\u00f0ir kennarat\u00f3nleikar, hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rakennarar af h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0inni a\u00f0 s\u00fdna sig. Byrja\u00f0 var \u00e1 Koto og blokkflautu d\u00faett eftir Klaus Lang sem var \u00e6\u00f0islegur. A\u00f0allega \u00fe\u00f6gn og kontrabassablokkflautan l\u00e9k svona tv\u00e6r n\u00f3tur um \u00fea\u00f0 bil. Handhafi typpahausk\u00fapunnar fr\u00e1 deginum \u00e1\u00f0ur, hann Brice Pauset \u00e1tti \u00e1g\u00e6tis verk fyrir s\u00f3l\u00f3harm\u00f3n\u00edkku sem virt\u00fa\u00f3sinn Teodoro Anzelotti flutti af mikilli natni. Skemmtilegur krampi. Svo kom tokkata fyrir blokkflautu og koto eftir Misato Mochizuki, rosalega vel skrifa\u00f0 verk, flott \u00ed formi, a\u00f0gengilegt, \u00fe\u00f3 ekki \u00f3\u00fearflega me\u00f0 svona skemmtilegum kototrixum og blokkflautan f\u00e9kk alveg slatta af n\u00f3tum \u00ed \u00feetta skipti\u00f0. Jose Luis Tora orti anna\u00f0 harm\u00f3n\u00edkkus\u00f3l\u00f3 sem var mj\u00f6g \u00e1n\u00e6gjulegt \u00ed m\u00edn eyru en kannski ekkert gott verk, veit ekki, rennur d\u00e1ldi\u00f0 saman vi\u00f0 hitt harm\u00f3n\u00edkkuverki\u00f0 \u00ed minningunni, en Anzelotti er bara ge\u00f0veikur flytjandi og \u00fea\u00f0 var bara mj\u00f6g \u00e1n\u00e6gjulegt a\u00f0 heyra hann spila \u00e1 dragspili\u00f0, hann hef\u00f0i geta\u00f0 spila\u00f0 bubba og \u00fea\u00f0 hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 f\u00ednt, gr\u00fav en enginn f\u00edlingur. \u00c9g skil ekki hva\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0asta verki\u00f0 var en \u00fea\u00f0 var b\u00e6\u00f0i eftir Isabel Mundry og Brice Pauset, fyrir flautu fagott og sell\u00f3. Bara svona lala. Flott spila\u00f0, vel skrifa\u00f0 fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rin.<\/p>\n
Seinni t\u00f3nleikar kv\u00f6ldsins voru sko ekkert slor. Bara Ensemble Recherche. Svaka gr\u00fappa. En \u00fe\u00e1 fengum vi\u00f0 aftur a\u00f0 heyra verk eftir Isabel Mundry. M\u00e9r fannst \u00fea\u00f0 bara mj\u00f6g f\u00ednt. Svona f\u00edn n\u00fat\u00edmat\u00f3nlist, fallegar vel ortar gest\u00farur, f\u00edlingur en ekki gr\u00fav. G\u00e6lir kannski a\u00f0eins vi\u00f0 borgaralegan smekk en \u00fe\u00f3 ekki. Innan rammans en mj\u00f6g flott bara. Wolfgang Amadeus Rihm var me\u00f0 fokking alltof langt verk fyrir tv\u00f6 ten\u00f3r p\u00edan\u00f3. Kannski allt \u00ed lagi m\u00f3ment en ekkert \u00e6\u00f0islegt, f\u00e9kk aulahroll \u00ed eitthverju sem \u00e9g t\u00falka\u00f0i sem djasshlj\u00f3ma, voldugt og miki\u00f0 verk, en bara frekar langt og lei\u00f0inlegt. En haldi\u00f0i a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hafi ekki bara veri\u00f0 spl\u00e6st \u00ed Stockhausen eftir hl\u00e9, \u00e9g skal n\u00fa bara segja ykkur \u00fea\u00f0. Prozession fr\u00e1 1967 sem er held \u00e9g alveg \u00f6rugglega sami\u00f0 fyrir Stockhausen gruppuna, og er \u00ed h\u00f3pi svona opnari verka Stock\u00e1lfsins sem hann samdi s\u00e9rstaklega fyrir s\u00e9r\u00fej\u00e1lfa\u00f0a h\u00f3pinn sinn. \u00dea\u00f0 var leiki\u00f0 \u00e1 \u201cperiod\u201d hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri, gamlar s\u00ednusbylgjuv\u00e9lar og \u00feess h\u00e1ttar og hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri sem l\u00edtur \u00fat eins og harm\u00f3n\u00edkka en er \u00ed raun eitthva\u00f0 skr\u00fdti\u00f0 rafhlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri innan \u00ed, ekki lengur framleitt, f\u00e6st \u00e1 ebay. Svo var n\u00e1tt\u00farulega tamtam og m\u00edkr\u00f3f\u00f3nleikari og svo var bara d\u00fandra\u00f0. Bara d\u00fandur stu\u00f0 verk og rosaleg spilagle\u00f0i. \u00deetta var n\u00e1tt\u00farulega svaka retr\u00f3 s\u00edkadel\u00eda a\u00f0 heyra filtera\u00f0 tamtam skj\u00f3tast fram og til baka milli fremri og aftari h\u00e1talara. \u00der\u00e1tt fyrir a\u00f0 verki\u00f0 s\u00e9 mj\u00f6g opi\u00f0 og hafi veri\u00f0 unni\u00f0 me\u00f0 s\u00e9r\u00fej\u00e1lfu\u00f0u li\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 alveg a\u00f0 virka me\u00f0 \u00feessum flytjendum. \u00c9g skal \u00fe\u00f3 ekki segja a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00feekki upprunalegu \u00fatg\u00e1funa af \u00feessu verki akk\u00farat, en \u00e9g \u00feekki f\u00edlingin og \u00fea\u00f0 var hann sem skila\u00f0i s\u00e9r \u00ed h\u00e1va\u00f0a og dj\u00f6fulgangi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Written by Gu\u00f0mundur Steinn Gunnarsson mi\u00f0vikudagur, 09 j\u00fal\u00ed 2008 \u00deri\u00f0judagur. F\u00f6rum a\u00f0eins fram \u00ed t\u00edmann. \u00cd morgun \u00e1 mi\u00f0vikudagsmorgni f\u00e9kk \u00e9g sms fr\u00e1 Dav\u00ed\u00f0 um a\u00f0 hann og Hans Thomalla vinur hans v\u00e6ru \u00e1 n\u00e6rliggjandi kaffih\u00fasi \u00ed morgunmat. Seinna um daginn sag\u00f0i Hans Thomalla vi\u00f0 mig a\u00f0 Dav\u00ed\u00f0 hef\u00f0i sent skilabo\u00f0in \u00far s\u00edmanum s\u00ednum \u00feannig […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slatur.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}