Agnete's Laughter - electro-acoustic music by Birgitte Alsted / Rasmus Schjaerff Kjoller

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Album Summary

Performers

• Birgitte Alsted (Electronics)
• Rasmus Kjoller (Accordion)

Composer

• Birgitte Alsted (1942 - )

Notes & Reviews:

Danish composer and violinist Birgitte Alsted (b. 1942) has been a pioneer of electro-acoustic music, finding the main inspiration for her music in literature and poetry. This album presents four of Alsted's key works for the first time on CD with the dramatic sound collage Agnete's Laughter, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen, as the captivating title work.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: DIEM, Aarhus (09/27/2012); Royal Danish Academy of Music (09/27/2012); DIEM, Aarhus (1997/2004); Royal Danish Academy of Music (1997/2004).

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Works Details

Alsted, Birgitte : Agnetes Latter (Agnete's Laughter), collage of recorded and computer processed sounds & vocals

• Performer: Birgitte Alsted (Electronics)
• Running Time: 29 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2007-2011

Alsted, Birgitte : Melencolia, for accordion solo

• Performer: Rasmus Kjoller (Accordion)
• Running Time: 12 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2001

Alsted, Birgitte : Sorgsang 5 (Lament 5), collage of recorded & computer processed vocals

• Performer: Birgitte Alsted (Electronics)
• Running Time: 9 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1996-1997

Alsted, Birgitte : Belletter, collage of computer processed recordings of church bells

• Performer: Birgitte Alsted (Electronics)
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2004