Veronique Vaka
Flowen
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation details:
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
Flowen
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Veronique Vaka
Flowen
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Orchestration: for string quartet
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
Flowen (2019) revised in 2023
The work Flowen is my translation of different colours and
behaviours of the sea when covered by coastal fog; between clarity and haze,
moving towards oneness.
The World Premiere took place on the 8. mars 2020 in Norðurljós, Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík (IS), performed by Siggi String Quartet.
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, violin
Helga Þóra Björgvinsdóttir, violin
Þórunn Ósk Marínósdóttir, viola
Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson, cello
Other performances of the work:
• Arrangement for string orchestra has been commissioned by Opus XX Orchestra and performed in Berlin on the 15. November 2021, Conductor: Vanessa Chartrand-Rodrigue, at Kultur Büro Elisabeth (Germany)
• 27. January 2023, Siggi String Quartet performed Flowen during Myrkir Músíkdagar / Dark Music Days Festival, at Norðurljós, in Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík. (Iceland)
• 22 april 2023, Penderecki String Quartet, Toronto (Canada)
• 14. mai 2023, String Quartet, Sinfóníuhljómsveit Norðurlands, Akureyri (Iceland)