Landscape with figures II
Antiphonal duos
The ensemble setup works like a map for the antiphonal fragments. Through Antiphonal duos, each singer is accompanied by a nearby musician. 5 duos have fixed roles:
- Static, frozen blocks with the very high soprano Stine Motland and celesta.
- Overtone or nasal singing with almglocken.
- Quartertone melodies in a narrow range. Liv Runesdatter's background from folk music give the material a context, through vocal colour, intonation and ornaments. The microtonal organ is some times sustained through the irregular circular attack cycles of the groups. The 'Expansion of Grains tuning'[1] contain intervals of overtone ratios where every octave is a new world to explore. These variable intervals can well coexist with a folk music vocal expression, while exactly doubling pitches from the organ proved less realistic.
- Noisy multiphonic or subharmonic voice sounds are accompanied by noises of a tam-tam.
- Quartertone melodies in large range are accompanied by harp arpeggios. Eva Bjerga Haugen's jazz background give entrances a transparent colour.
CQ Antiphonal duos 2
