o r c h e s t r a
Act (2004)
for Large Orchestra
Chester Music
3-3-3-3 4-3-3-1 timp 4 perc harp pno/cel str
duration: 10
Chi (1991)
3-3-3-3 4-3-3-1 harp keyb timp 2perc str
duration: 23
Id (1982)
3-3-3-3 4-3-3-1 harp timp 2perc str
duration: 15
Norsk Musikforlag
s o l o i s t (s)
a n d
o r c h e s t r a
Three Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke (1994/2007)
version for Soprano and Sinfonietta or small Orchestra(multiple strings)
Chester Music
1-1-1-1 1-1-1-0 perc pno soprano 2vn vla vc cb
duration: 13
Strange News (2007)
for young African actor, video, surround sound and orchestra
Chester Music
3-3-3-3 4-3-3-1 4perc timp pno actor str
duration: 35
program note
Das war schön! (2006)
for Percussion solo and Orchestra
Chester Music
2-2-2-2 2-2-0-0 timp solo perc str
duration: 27
program note
Tides (1998)
for 6 Percussionists and Orchestra
Chester Music
3-3-3-3 4-3-3-1 6 solo perc str
duration: 25
commissioned by the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
Premiered by the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, and Swedish
Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
program note
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra(1996)
Chester Music
3-2-2-2 4-2-3-0 pno(cel) timp 2perc solo cl str
duration: 14
- program note
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- listen to excerpt (mp3 file, 2.6MB)
Ground for Cello and 18 solo strings(1996)
Chester Music
solo vc 11vn 3 vla 3vc 1cb
duration: 14
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- listen to excerpt (mp3 file, 1.6MB)
Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra (1988)
Chester Music
3-3-3-3 4-4-3-1 harp keyb 4perc solo timp str
duration: 17
- program note
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- listen to excerpt (mp3 file, 1.3MB)
Concertino for trombone and string orchestra (1980)
duration: 10
c h a m b e r
o r c h e s t r a
Appearances (2002)
Version for large sinfonietta or small orchestra (multiple strings)
2-2-2-2 2-2-1-1 pno 2perc 3Vn 2 Vla 2 Vc Cb
duration: 25
Chester Music
- program note
Appearances (2002)
Version for standard sinfonietta (2007)
1-1-1-1 1-1-1-0 pno 2perc 2Vn Vla Vc Cb
duration: 25
Chester Music
- program note
Boyl (1995)
1-1-1-1 2-1-1-0 keyb 2perc 1-1-1-1-1
duration: 15
Chester Music
- program note
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- listen to excerpt (mp3 file, 1.3MB)
Onda di ghiaccio (1989)
1-1-1-1 1-1-1-0 harp keyb 2perc 1-1-1-1-1
duration: 10
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- recordings
w i n d / b r a s s
b a n d
Changes (1984)
Symphonic band
duration: 10
Toccata (1983)
Brass band
duration: 8
Recording
c h a m b e r
m u s i c
Phonotope 1 (2000)
Chester Music
string quartet and computer
duration: 27
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Frap (1998)
Chester Music
2, 3 or four percussionists
duration: 3
program note
Twine (1995)
Chester Music
xylophone and marimba
duration: 12-15
program note
Three Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
Drei Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke (1994)
Chester Music
Version 1: Soprano, piano
Version 2: Mezzosoprano, piano
duration: 13
Too Much of a Good Thing (1993)
6 electric guitars, 3 percussionists
duration: 20
Solve et Coagula (1992)
Chester Music
Flute / piccolo / alto flute, clarinet / bass clarinet,
perc, piano, string quartet
duration: 13
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- recordings
ning (1991)
Chester Music
oboe/English horn, violin, viola, cello
duration: 15
program note
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Recordings
Stonewave (1990)
Chester Music
Versions:
6 percussionists
Recording
3 percussionists
Recording
Listen to excerpt (mp3 file, 1.9MB)
solo percussion
duration: 12
program note
...though what made it has gone (1987)
Chester Music
mezzosoprano, piano
duration: 15
- recordings
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- listen to excerpt (mp3 file, 1.4MB)
Mandala (1985)
Chester Music
2 pianos, 2 perc.
duration: 15
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- recording
Kaleidophony (1984)
Chester Music
4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba
duration: 10
Topologie d'une cité fantôme (1982)
clarinet / bass clarinet, horn, piano, violin, cello
duration: 15
Norsk Musikforlag
Two Poems by Rolf Jacobsen (1982)
Mixed choir a capella
duration: 7
Norsk Musikforlag
Three Part Intention (1981)
flute, clarinet, bassoon
duration: 8
Brass Quintet (1979)
2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
duration: 9
Norsk Musikforlag
Elegi (1979)
For Trumpet and Organ
duration: 3
Norsk Musikforlag
s o l o
w o r k s
Seven Imperatives (2000)
Chester Music
for solo piano
duration: 20
Stream (1999)
Chester Music
for solo cello
duration: 12
Stream (1997)
for solo timpani
duration: 8
Four Etudes for Piano (1993)
duration: 9
m i x e d
m e d i a /
e l e c t r o a c o u s t i c
m u s i c
feelings (2003)
installation with TV, Macintosh computer and Yamaha MIDIpiano
duration: 3'20" per user
LautLeben (1999)
A RadiOpera
Female voice and 4 track tape
duration: 25
Yo (1994)
Computer and controller suit
duration: 12
Drømspel (1994)
Music for a film by Unni Straume
based on A. Strindberg's "A Dream Play"
Lyddusj (1993)
Sound installation for the Grieg anniversary exhibition
duration: 8
Scratch (1991)
for amplified balloon
duration: 10
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Diaphony (1990)
Group composition with the composers Alfred Janson and Kåre Kolberg. For 4
wind band groups, bugle corps, 4 percussionists, 8 actors/musicians and
tape. Visual concept: Kjetil Skøien
duration: 45
Purge (1984/89)
percussion and tape
duration: 12
- recording
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Strøk (1989)
Electroacoustic music based on a Norwegian Hardanger Fiddle tune(tape)
duration: 7:20
- buy and download mp3
Crossroads (1988)
Design and musical/theatrical interludes for a 3 hours concert for 3 jazz
groups and 2 contemporary music ensembles
duration: 45
Depart (1986)
Chester Music
Acting flautist (or other instrumentalist) and tape
duration: 12
program note
So Far Unchanged (1985)
For acting mixed choir and tape. Visual concept: Kjetil Skøien
duration: 50
m u s i c
f o r
s t a g e
Four Places Including Sjoa and Sjåk (2004)
Electroacoustic music
For the contemporary dance ensemble Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt
duration: 20
Seven Imperatives (2000)
Piano solo - see under: chamber music
For the contemporary dance ensemble Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt
duration: 20
The Solitary Shame Announced by a Piano (1997)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
For the contemporary dance ensemble Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt
duration: 70
Skjør (1997)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
For a ballet by the choreographer Un-Magritt Nordseth
duration: 17
Northern Lights (1996)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
For a show presenting Norwegian clothing design
at the Osaka International Fashion Trade Fair
Choreography: Dans Design
duration: 17
Det tålmodige (1996)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
For an outdoor midnight performance
at a Bronze Age stone circle in Vestfold
duration: 17
Konsekvens (1993)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
For the contemporary dance ensemble Scirocco
duration: 60
Vårnatt (1992)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
Music for a theatre piece by Kjetil Skøien, based on a novel by Tarjei
Vesaas
duration: 60
Da-Ba-Da (1990)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
For the contemporary dance ensemble Scirocco
duration: 10
I høstløv løper grønne damer (1989)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
For the contemporary dance ensemble Scirocco
duration: 50
Mannen som fant en hestesko (1989)
Live electroacoustic music
For the performance art group Passage Nord
duration: 80
The Road between Water and Thirst (1987)
Electroacoustic music (tape)
For the performance art group Passage Nord
duration: 50
