Works

Chronological order of works. You'll also find recordings and videos of the pieces (where they exist), scores and some instructional videoes.


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Aleatüde

Midjourney Bot: "aleatoric, etude, new complexity"

1998; Oboe; Score on request

Amarcord

Midjourney Bot: "nostalgic revocation"

2003; Double Bass; dur. 3'30''; Score at NB Noter

Heartbreak Motel/a dog named garage

Midjourney Bot: Heartbreak Motel/a dog named garage, lo-fi

2004; Double Bass, Percussion; dur. 17'46''; No Score

oibbinadocS

Midjourney Bot: consonance and dissonance sliding into each other

2004; Double Bass; dur. 9'00'', Score at NB Noter

Menuet in C

Midjourney Bot: a minuet, social dance, like an old French painting

2004; String Trio, Percussion; dur. 1'30''

Sonate in B: Andante - Allegro

Midjourney Bot: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

2004; Double Bass, Percussion; dur. 3'16''

oibbinadocS (version for violin and bass)

Shared moments

Midjourney Bot: shared moments, non-figurative, abstract pencil drawing

2008; Double Bass, Tape; dur. 10'55''; Score at NB Noter

Light

Midjourney Bot: Light, abstract expressionism

2009; Double Bass, Violin; dur. 10'25''; Score at NB Noter

Glasperlenspiel

Midjourney Bot: the glass bead game

2010; Double Bass, Vocal Tenor; dur. 18'10''; Score at NB Noter

Kárma

Midjourney Bot: a blooming lotus flower

2010; Double Bass, 4 Female Voices; Score at NB Noter

Melodía de los sueños

Midjourney Bot: dream melody, flamenco theme

2012; Double Bass, French Horn; dur. 8'30''; Score at NB Noter

El bajo cantaor

Midjourney Bot: a singing double bass, flamenco theme

2012; Double Bass; dur. 8'; Score at NB Noter

Tablón-Táctil-Pulsar-Sonar

Midjourney Bot: Tablón-Táctil-Pulsar-Sonar

2012; Double Bass; dur. 3'20''; Score at NB Noter

Melodía (solo en el sueño)

Midjourney Bot: dream melody, flamenco theme

2012; Double Bass; dur. 6'45''; Score at NB Noter

Solen/The Sun

Midjourney Bot: the sun, in style of Edvard Munch

2013; String Quartet; dur. 20'; Score at NB Noter; Commisioned by the Faust Quartet

h-moll

Midjourney Bot: sorrow and loss, rain, fjord, mountain, boathouse

2014; Double Bass, Folk Singer, Glass Harmonica; Score at NB Noter

Maltstein-suiten

Midjourney Bot: big flat stone in rural Norwegian scenery

2014; Double Bass, Cello; Score at NB Noter

Kristiania

Midjourney Bot: medieval Oslo, large overview of city, abstract mode

2014; Double Bass; dur. 8'30''

H-moll/D-dur

Draumkvedet - vil du meg lye

2015; Double bass, folk singer, electroacoustic sound and video projection; dur. 42'

Microtonal Tuning Pieces: Bukkehornspolsen

Microtonal Tuning Pieces: Blått

Midjourney Bot: microtonal tuning pieces, head of the double bass

2016; Double Bass; dur. 6'

Microtonal Tuning Pieces: Hør en kråke

Microtonal Tuning Pieces: Leken hass Håkon

Midjourney Bot: microtonal tuning pieces, head of the double bass

2016; Double Bass

Microtonal Tuning Pieces: Maltsteinen

Midjourney Bot: microtonal tuning pieces, head of the double bass

2017; Double Bass; dur. 3'; Score on request

North of the Mountains

Midjourney Bot: north of the mountains. aerial view

2016; Eight Double Basses; dur. 17'30''; Commisioned by Kristian Henriksen (DNO&B); Score at NB Noter


Also in version for 2 double basses; Score at NB Noter

Høstlått (Autumn tune)

Midjourney Bot: autumn tune, a fiddler beating the rhythm with his foot

2017; 4 double basses in microtonal tunings and 4 prepared mini harmonicas;

Commisioned by the Warsawa Autumn Festival; Score at NB Noter

The Ark

Midjourney Bot: the ark, abstract, in style of  Scandinavian decorative painting

2017; Solo Double Bass and Ensemble; dur. 25'; Commisioned by Oslo Sinfonietta; Score on request

Snurr/Spin

Midjourney Bot: Spin a spinning top and play when the top spins Spin the top again as many times as you like and play when...

2017'; Free instrumentation; dur. open; Score at NB Noter

Og graset ut

Svie

2017; Two songs with texts by Ingebjørg Loe Bjørnstad;

Commisioned by Josefine visescene

Evening hymn

The day recedes and passes away. The sky becomes heavy and black. The sun has left us all. Close to us is the dark night.

2018; Double Bass; dur. 8'; Score at NB Noter

Für Irma

Midjourney Bot: slowly almost a little going (adagio quasi un poco andante)

2020; String Quartet; dur. 7'30''; Commisioned by Oslo Quartet Series;

Score at Musikkforlaget

Malted Earth

Midjourney Bot: malted earth, in style of jackson pollock

2020/2022; Double Bass (solo), Violin (solo), Prepared Piano (solo), String Ensemble, Hardanger Fiddle with Transducer; dur. ca 17'; Score on request; Commisioned by Ensemble Allegria


Also in version for Double bass, Violin, Prepared Piano and Hardanger Fiddle with Transducer; Score on request

Die Uniform (text Peter Scher)

Immer wieder "neue Herrn" (text Karl Kinndt)

An AH (text Peter Scher)

Lied im Herbst (text Emmy Ball-Hennings)

2020; Songs for the theater play Simplicissimus by Knut Nærum and Tormod Lindgren;

Commisioned by Theater Corpus

Random Partials

Midjourney Bot: random partials, abstract minimalism

2020; Double Bass, Piano; Score at NB Noter

Random Partials (1-12th harmonic) Version 1

Midjourney Bot: random partials, abstract minimalism

2020; Double Bass, Piano; Score on request

Random Partials (1-12th harmonic) Version 2

Midjourney Bot: random partials, abstract minimalism

2020; Double Bass, Piano; Score on request

Random Partials (1-16th harmonic) Version 2

Midjourney Bot: random partials, abstract minimalism

2020; Double Bass, Piano; dur. 42'55''; Score at NB Noter

Random Partials (1-7th harmonic) Version 1

Midjourney Bot: random partials, abstract minimalism

2021; Violin, Piano; Score on request; Dedicated to Erik Carlson

Random Partials (1-11th harmonic) Version 3

Midjourney Bot: random partials, abstract minimalism

2021'; Four Double Basses, Piano; dur. 15'49''; Score on request

Ferrytail

2021; Double Bass; dur. 7'+

Nostalgia -

Cancion Mixteca di Stefano Scodanibbio, arrangiamento per quartetto di contrabbassi di Håkon Thelin

2021; Four Double Basses; dur. 5'28''; Score on request; Arranged for Rodrigo Mata and Ensemble Mushamukas

Twinings

2022; Double bass, Piano; dur. 13'40''; Score not published yet

Spektralkompass 1

Midjourney Bot: spectral compass

2021; Two Sine Tones; dur. 7'30''; Score at NB Noter

Spektralkompass 2 

Midjourney Bot: spectral compass

2022; Two Sine Tones and Two Double Basses; dur. 7'30''; Score at NB Noter

Spektralkompass 3

Midjourney Bot: spectral compass

2022; Two Sine Tones and Two Double Basses; dur. 7'30''; Score at NB Noter


Spektralkompass 4 

Midjourney Bot: spectral compass

2022; Two Sine Tones and Two Double Basses; dur. 7'30''; Score at NB Noter

Spektralkompass 5

Midjourney Bot: spectral compass

2022; Multiple Sine Tones and Four Double Basses; dur. 7'30''; Score at NB Noter; Commisioned by Rodrigo Mata

Spektralkompass 6 

Midjourney Bot: spectral compass

2022; Eight Double Basses; dur. 7'30''; Score at NB Noter

Sterbendes Hertz

Midjourney Bot: descending frequencies, abstract

2022; Double bass, Sine tones; dur. 33'39''; Score at NB Noter

Traditional Norwegian Folk Tunes

Trad. transcribed for Double Bass