Veronique Vaka
Lendh
Short instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 2 3 1, timp, perc(3), hp, str
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation details:
alto flute
1st flute
2nd flute (+picc)
cor anglais
1st oboe
2nd oboe
bass clarinet in Bb
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
contrabassoon
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F (2 players)
2nd horn in F (2 players)
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
trombone (2 players)
bass trombone
tuba
timpani
1st percussion
2nd percussion
3rd percussion
harp
violin I (12 players)
violin II (10 players)
viola (8 players)
violoncello (6 players)
1st double bass (3 players)
2nd double bass (3 players)
Lendh
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Veronique Vaka
Lendh
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Orchestration: for orchestra
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
This musical composition is an expression of what I see, hear and feel in unspoiled nature: a poetic linkage of the senses. The inspiration and guide for the work is the geothermal area in Krýsuvík. I have analysed the geologic and geographic features of the area and transformed the landscape as I perceive it into musical notation. From that abstract representation, time progression and structural events of the work evolved.
Nominated for Nordic Council Music Prize 2020 and the Icelandic Music Awards 2020 - Composition of the year.
"Lendh, an extraordinary canvas with an umbilical connection to the landscape of the place. […] emerging into a luminous, subtle, carefully formed and exquisitely detailed piece that floats as one ever-transforming entity, pulsating with micro-pressures and glistening details, unfolding organically with spectral-level colour-matching. Pedal notes on lur-like brass are pulled gently and microtonally out of line - the world seen at its most precarious and extreme. Lendh is a marvel.” -Gramophone Editor’s Choice
“Veronique Vaka’s Lendh operates on a geologic scale, with tectonic bass textures and a slowly changing shape.” -The New York Times
The world première of Lendh took place on 31. January 2019 at Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daníel Bjarnason.