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Ars Nova/Lars Lundehave Hansen: Reformation

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Ars Nova/Lars Lundehave Hansen: Reformation

Taking the church space as his starting point, Lars Lundehave Hansen has created REFORMATION, a surround sound work for electronics and choir written for the vocal group Ars Nova. 

Loudspeakers and singers are placed throughout the room according to the architectural and acoustic form of the church, which is an integral part of the work. The choir forms a vortex of choral textures while the electronics gather and accelerate the pulse of the work. REFORMATION seeks to deliver the intense and unexpected, the overwhelming and exhausting, with catharsis as the ultimate goal. The work operates with ruptures on every level, creating surprising progressions and disharmonic collisions where harmony breaks into smoldering surfaces of noise - like a rumble from the earth's core reaching for the vault of heaven.

Ars Nova Copenhagen – singers

Sopraner: Kate Browton, Kirse Kampp, Nina Bols Lundgren
Alter: Thórgunnur Anna Ôrnulfsdóttir, Laura Lamph, Elenor Wiman
Tenorer: Jakob Skjoldborg, Tyler David Ray, Kristoffer Emil Appel
Basser: Asger Lynge Petersen, Rasmus Lykkeberg Thomsen, Mikkel Tuxen
Støttes af / Supported by Dansk Komponistforening, William Demant,
Dansk Tennis Fond, Aage og Johanne Louis Hansen, Knud Højgaards Fond, Statens Kunstfond, Ars Nova og Dansk Musiker Forbund.

Venue

St Alban's Church

Churchillparken 11 1263 Indre By

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Artists

Ars Nova

Ars Nova Copenhagen is a Danish-based vocal group with singers from seven countries and concerts in more than 40 countries. Their repertoire spans from Josquin to Cage, placing Renaissance music alongside the music of our time.

Lars Lundehave Hansen

Lars Lundehave Hansen is a composer and sound artist. In his practice, sound is never immaterial, it takes presence in the room, occupies a sculptural position and becomes visible. With more than 25 years of experience, he is one of Denmark's pioneers in sound art.