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- Jullander, Sverker, 1951-, et al.
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Room for Interpretation : Musical Performance Interacting with Room Acoustics
- 2015
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The research project ‘Room for Interpretation: Musical Performance Interacting with Room Acoustics’, funded by the Swedish Research Council, is conducted at the Piteå School of Music, Luleå University of Technology. The project engages researchers within musical performance, musicology and audio technology, most of them professionally active as performers. The objective is to investigate how musical interpretation is influenced by and can interact with room acoustics. Important goals are to develop new ways for musicians to work consciously with room acoustics, using acoustic properties for artistic purposes, to facilitate a more profound exchange of ideas on artistic aspects of room acoustics between musicians, and to increase the possibilities for taking into account the musician’s perspective in the planning of concert rooms. The core of the project is a series of performances in the concert hall Studio Acusticum, Piteå, whose ceiling can be raised and lowered, enabling variable acoustic conditions. Performances within the project include solo instruments, chamber ensembles, and a choir. Each constellation performs in different acoustics but otherwise under identical conditions. The result is evaluated individually by each member of the research team, in addition to measurements of dynamics and tempo. Questions dealt with include how acoustic-related interpretive strategies can be formulated, and how acoustics can be tailored to a particular interpretative idea. Preliminary results show significant differences between the performer’s immediate post-performance evaluation and after listening to a recording of the same performance. Possibly acoustic-related discrepancies between experienced and measured tempi have been found among both performers and listeners.
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- Jullander, Sverker, 1951-, et al.
(författare)
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Room for interpretation : methodological aspects of a music research project
- 2018
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Ingår i: Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning. - Uppsala : Svenska samfundet för musikforskning. - 0081-9816 .- 2002-021X. ; 100, s. 89-115
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The artistic research project ‘Room for interpretation’ addresses questions concerning the influence of room acoustics on the performance of Western art music from the performers’ perspective. The empirical core of the project is a number of experimental performance sessions carried out in Studio Acusticum, Piteå, a concert hall with mechanically variable acoustics. The authors discuss issues relating to the project’s design and methodology; the focus of the article is thus the research process rather than the results. A presentation of the project, its preconditions, goals, design and methodology is followed by an overview of previous research, mostly in acoustic science, on the same or closely related topics. In the third part of the article, characteristics of the present project are compared to those of the previous studies. In the following part, ’Room for interpretation’ is related to the ongoing discussion on the purposes and means of artistic research. The authors argue that the project, while showing certain similarities to previous studies, differs considerably with respect to aims and important aspects of design, and that its characteristic features agree well with those usually regarded as typical of artistic research. The article concludes with a summary of the most important results concerning: differences between performers’ reactions in the live situation and when listening to their own recordings; differences between chamber ensembles, conducted ensembles and soloists as to the influence of the acoustics on the performance; and the prevalence of sound over other musical parameters in performers’ comments on their recorded performances.
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- Jullander, Sverker, 1951-, et al.
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Time and Space : Musical Tempo and Room Acoustics
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this presentation we discuss the influence of acoustics on temporal aspects of performance for different instrument constellations. In a concert hall with mechanically variable acoustics, professional soloists and ensembles each performed a programme of 3–4 pieces at three trials throughout the same day in the presence of an audience of experienced musicians–researchers. The instrument settings included solo instruments, chamber ensembles and a chamber choir. The trials were recorded for later analysis. The microphones were placed so as to minimize audible differences in acoustics between the recordings.For the solo instruments musicians tended to use slower tempi and allow themselves more agogic freedom in larger acoustics. A similar tendency, though less marked, was observed in conducted ensembles. For ensembles without conductor, the acoustics did not seem to influence the chosen tempi.When playing in larger acoustics, performers tended to feel more comfortable and relaxed – and more satisfied – which was often reflected in the choice of slower tempo as well as in a greater degree of tempo fluctuation. The listeners in the hall, on the other hand, did not always share the performers’ preferences. A different picture emerged in the evaluations of the recordings: here musicians viewed recordings made in drier acoustics, often using faster tempi with less fluctuation, in a more positive light. For some pieces in slow tempi, however, performances in larger acoustics were preferred. Generally, the preferences of musicians and listeners were more in agreement for the recordings than for the live performances.The results show that the room acoustic in many cases does seem to influence tempo and agogics, but also that this influence varies considerably between different instrument settings (especially solo vs. ensemble) as well as between individual pieces in different tempi and styles. Performers’ preferences may vary considerably between the live situations and listening to recordings.
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- Kjekshus, Helge, 1968-
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Fading Time
- 2019
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Konstnärligt arbete (refereegranskat)abstract
- Halvorsen Musikkfest 17-24 mars 2019A la Carte, Börsen Festlokaler, Telemark Kammerorkester, 20 mars 2019:Uruppförande av Fading Time, konsert för violin och stråkar, av Björn Bolstad Skjelbred:Shrinking SpacePresent PastFading TimeDirigent: Helge KjekshusTelemark KammerorkesterSolister: Heloise Geoghegan och Birgitte StærnesKonserten sändes i NRK P2 söndag 31 mars 2019 kl 17:03.Konserten och festivalen är sponset av Kulturrådet
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- Kjekshus, Helge, 1968-
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Irgens-Jensen, Halvorsen, Sinding
- 2017
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Konstnärligt arbete (refereegranskat)abstract
- Fonogram.MedverkandeJonas Båtstrand, violinHelge Kjekshus, pianoRepertoarLudvig Irgens-Jensen – Violinsonat i B-dur.Johan Halvorsen – Capriccio, allegro de concert, op. 9.Christian Sinding – Svit för violinsolo, op. 123Erhållit stöd från Norsk kulturråd samt Musikernes Fellesorganisasjon.
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- Kjekshus, Helge, 1968-
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Klassisk i Börsen : Danser og Romanser
- 2018
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Konstnärligt arbete (refereegranskat)abstract
- Medverkande:Helge Kjerkshus, pianoBirgitte Stärnes, violinProgram:Johan Halvorsen: Norske danser nr. 1,2,3 og 5Robert Schumann: Romanse i A durBela Bartok: 6 Rumenske danserMaurice Ravel: Sonate nr. 2 i G durChristian Sinding: Romanse i e moll, Op. 30Astor Piazolla: Le grand TangoKonserten har fått stötte fra: Kulturrådet, Drammen Kommune og Fondet for utövende Kunstnere, Norge
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- Kjekshus, Helge, 1968-
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[Konsert under musikfestivalen "Valdres sommersymfoni"]
- 2017
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Konstnärligt arbete (refereegranskat)abstract
- Konsert 29 juli i Valdres folkehögskole under musikfestivalen "Valdres sommersymfoni"MedverkandeChangbo Wang, barytonHelge Kjekshus, pianoProgramBenjamin Britten – från Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74Ah! Sun-flowerEvery Night and Every Morn Konserten har erhållit stöd av bl.a. Kulturdepartementet, Norsk kulturråd, Utenriksdepartementet. För fullständig förteckning, se bifogat program.
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- Kjekshus, Helge, 1968-
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[Konsert under konsertserien "Kammermusik i Dorf gl. Skole"]
- 2017
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Konstnärligt arbeteabstract
- Konsert 9 juli 2017 i Dorf, Dannmark, under konsertserien "Kammermusik i Dorf gl. Skole".MedverkandeChristian Svarfvar, violinHelge Kjekshus, piano ProgramEdvard Grieg – Sonat för violin och piano i G-dur, op. 13Leos Janáček – Sonat för violin och pianoRobert Schumann – Sonat nr. 2 för violin och piano i d-moll, op. 121 Konserten har erhållit stöd av Statens Musikråd (Dannmark), Augustinusfonden, Det Obelske Familiefond, Oticon, Brönderslev Kommune, Solistforeningen & Dansk Musikerforbund
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- Kjekshus, Helge, 1968-
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Nordiska romanser
- 2017
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Konstnärligt arbete (refereegranskat)abstract
- FonogramMedverkandePia-Karin Helsing, sopranHelge Kjekshus, piano Repertoar1. Svarta Rosor. Op. 36 nr. 1 (Jean Sibelius)2. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte. Op. 37, nr. 53. Den första kyssen. Op. 37, nr. 14. Var det en dröm? Op. 37, nr. 45. Ensom vandrer. Op. 43, nr. 2 (Edward Grieg)6. Säf, säf, susa. Op. 36, nr. 4. (Sibelius)7. Illalle. Op. 17, nr. 6. (Sibelius)8. Demanten på marssnön. Op. 36, nr. 6 (Sibelius)9. Hjemve. Op. 57, nr. 6. (Grieg)10. Notturno. Op. 54, nr. 4 (Grieg)11. Stjärnorna äro så stilla. Op. 48, nr. 3 (Yrjö Kilpinen)12. Saa tag mit hjerte. (Hugo Alfvén)13. Jag längtar dig. Op. 28, nr. 5. (Alfvén)14. Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen. Op. 65, nr. 6. (Grieg)15. Pan (Ture Rangström)16. Avskedet (Rangström)17. Skogen sover. Op. 28, nr. 6 (Alfvén) Publikationen har erhållit stöd av Svenska kulturfonden och Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet.
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- Kjekshus, Helge, 1968-
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Og i morgen skinner solen igjen : Konsert under Valdres Sommersymfoni 2018, Norge
- 2018
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Konstnärligt arbete (refereegranskat)abstract
- Program:Robert Schumann: Fra 3 romanser, op. 94; Nr.1 Nicht schnell med Klara Bergqvist, oboRichard Strauss: 6 sangerMorgen, op. 27 nr.4Befreit, op. 34 nr.4All mein Gedanken, op.21 nr.1Heimliche Aufforderung, op 27 nr.3Wiegenlied, op. 41 nr.1Ständchen, op.17 nr.2Med Ivi Karnezi, sopranFestivalen Valdres Sommersymfoni er stöttet av: Norsk Kulturråd, Kulturdepartementet, Dextra Musica med flere
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