Ellen Sejersted Bødtker - SONaR (2010) [Hi-Res]

The music is insistent, powerful and existential, bringing out the dramatic qualities of the instrument. In the cadenza the electric harp with all its effects carries on a dialogue with its acoustic counterpart, as if the new and the ancient world were melting together; a Mongolian shepherd's song winds its way between the strings.

SONaR - A celestial sonic world of harps, strings and angels. Composed and performed specially for the surround sound format.

vere meininga – concerto for harp and strings det var mjukt – for soprano and harp dette blanke no – concerto for harp and angels

'SONaR is a sound signal sent out to create an echo from whatever it may encounter and thus reveal the unknown. I think we all send our symbolic sonars into physical and spiritual space, in a constant search for meaning. At least I do. And my life and music represent both this child's sonars and the universe's ever-unfolding answer.' - Magnar Åm

Magnar Åm / Ellen Sejersted Bødtker – SONaR

Magnar Åm, composition
Ellen Sejersted Bødtker, electric & acoustic harps
Hildegunn Riise, recitation
Berit Norbakken Solset, soprano

Oslo Kammersolister: Jon Gjesme & Atle Sponberg, violins Catherine Bullock & Jon Sønstebø, violas
Øystein Sonstad & Anne Brit Sævig Årdal, cellos

Grex Vocalis; Carl Høgset, conductor