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• Description +

  • Many years ago, I wrote a piece called KNOCK ON WOOD for clarinet (or violin) and marimba where I was inspired by National Romanticism like music from Wilhelm Stenhammar and Johannes Brahms. The harmonies I choose breathe perhaps a more French expression than national romanticism? Jazz dyeing’s in the chords shines most clearly in the middle of the piece where the marimba blossoms out into a dance. But certainly, it sounds national romanticism ...knock on wood...
    
    I’ve been asked many times to write something similar as KNOCK ON WOOD and finally I got the idea! Together with clarinet player Karin Dormbusch and violin player Tobias Granmo I formed the chamber music festival FRONTSIDE some years ago. As a trio, we were asked for touring in the countryside with a mission to find new listeners for classical music.  For that tour I got the idea for a piece with strong energy, romantic harmonies and the joy of playing chamber music - a FRONTSIDE for violin, clarinet, and marimba!

• Instrumentation +

  • Violin
    Clarinet
    Marimba

• About the composer +

  • Daniel Berg is a Swedish composer, musician, and professor in classical percussion at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at the Academy of music and drama in Gothenburg.
    
    In his passion to promote the marimba as a solo- and chamber music instrument, Daniel has worked intimately with a number of composers who have written original music for the instrument. This includes more than 300 world premier for solo and chamber works. Daniel Berg is a marimba artist of Bergerault and Elite Mallets.
    
    As a composer Daniel has written a lot for solo marimba like Mistral (for Michael Burritt), Phoenix (for Robert van Sice) and Yán Jiâng (for  the Taiwan World Percussion Competition). His music for percussion ensemble have been appreciated and often performed like Kroumata (for sextet) and Arctic Nights (for quintet) - all published by Edition Svitzer.

• Credits +

  • Artwork (photo): Bengt Berglund
    Photo (Daniel Berg): Jon Liinason
    Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
    Copyright © Edition SVITZER
    www.editionsvitzer.com

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