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Sjömansblock |
Text by Bengt Emil Johnson |
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| Instrumentation: |
| Reciter (with a megaphone) |
| Singer of any register (with a megaphone) |
| Flute |
| Sound Objects (Stones, Sea shells, Wine bottle with cork, Cafe Latte Electric Beater) |
| Electronics (14 sound files with a triggering program such as Ableton Live) |
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| Durata: 10' |
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| Program note: |
Sjömansblock (2007), scored for reciter, singer, flute, auxiliary, and electronics, is based on Bengt Emil Johnson´s ¨text block¨, Till Skillnad. Johnson approaches life and humanity from many different angles with different expressions and fonts. This creates a sense of three dimentional space and time. All these aspects are connected through boundaries and differences. Sjömansblock's boundaries explore the limit and relationship of the instruments (reciter and singer with voice, singer and flute with air, flute and auxiliary/electronics with mechanics etc), of the text and musical instruments, and of the identities of each instrument and musical phrases.
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| Performances: |
| November 6th 2007 Nybrokajen 11 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Bengt Emil Johnson, Kerstin Ståhl, Sabine Vogel, and Malin Bång |
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| November 22nd 2007 Konstmuseet Norrköping, Sweden |
| Bengt Emil Johnson, Kerstin Ståhl, Sabine Vogel, and Malin Bång |
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| November 25th 2007 Artisten Göteborg, Sweden |
| Bengt Emil Johnson, Kerstin Ståhl, Sabine Vogel, and Malin Bång |
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| November 26th 2007 Folkhögskola Härnösand , Sweden |
| Bengt Emil Johnson, Kerstin Ståhl, Sabine Vogel, and Malin Bång |
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| November 28th 2007 Palladium Malmö, Sweden |
| Bengt Emil Johnson, Kerstin Ståhl, Sabine Vogel, and Malin Bång |
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| December 1st 2007 Palladium Växjö, Sweden |
| Bengt Emil Johnson, Kerstin Ståhl, Sabine Vogel, and Malin Bång |
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| March 13th 2008 Artisten Göteborg, Sweden |
| Esaias Fogelvik Järnegård, Sarah Riedel, Rei Munakata, and Malin Bång |
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