Summer Gardens

for guitar and harpsichord
composed 1990; duration 14 minutes
commissioned by Duo Dolce
world premiere Copenhagen (Denmark) 1991
Duo Dolce: Lars Trier – guitar; Karen Englund – harpsichord

The piece is a set of variations on 5 songs by Carl Nielsen. These songs are well hidden inside the texture, but all material is nevertheless derived from these songs. The compositional focus is on the timbrical possibilities inherent in the combination of the softer colours of the guitar with the bright colours of the harpsichord. A certain chordal bi- and polytonality is used throughout, and this points in some degree to the origin of the composition.

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