Stórval, by Charles Ross & Ensemble Stelkur

Stórval

by Charles Ross & Ensemble Stelkur

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1.	-introduction "forspil"- 00:43	buy track
2.	-overture "hestarnir"- 07:33	buy track
3.	-symphony#one "choral"- 09:28	buy track
4.	-mandolin concerto- 09:46	buy track
5.	-symphonic poem "herðubreið"- 09:14	buy track
6.	-divertimento- 08:22	buy track
7.	-requiem concerto for harmonium- 11:27	buy track
8.	-song without words- 01:55	buy track

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-stórval-

The paintings of outsider artist, Stefán from Möðrudalur (Stórval), are translated into music compositions by Charles Ross and performed by the contemporary ensemble, Stelkur with accompanying visual images. Stórval is probably Iceland's most celebrated "outsider" artist and his paintings of mount Herðubreið can be found inside some of the most prestigious buildings in Iceland.

-charles ross-

Charles Ross has for a long time been preoccupied with under documented music and art histories. Be it the music and art of Oceania, Art Brut, ancient chess games and contemporary experimental music he tends to be preoccupied with hidden cultures. Through this interest he is all but embracing "the other" and "the strange". With such interests, where he lives it doesn't take much for himself to be considered strange.

Having grown up in the countryside of Scotland and having decided to spend most of his adult life in the countryside of East Iceland he is a natural inhabitant of rural places.

His scores are strange art objects in and of themselves, looking like maps of the countryside or sailing paths in Oceania. Yet it all seems to have a function, like an ancient Persian chess game perhaps. It's relationship to the music of Christian Wolff is, however, not entirely co-incidental.

Charles Ross has been a resident of East Iceland since 1986.
He studied composition with Frank Denyer and briefly with Morton Feldman. He currently holds a Ph.D in music composition from University of Glasgow.

As an improviser he has performed with several improv ensembles including Ilan Volkov‘s band „Mines“,“ With Lumps” and the “Glasgow Improviser‘s Orchestra”. He has also performed with electric guitarist Fred Frith.

His works have been performed by members of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Orchestra. Works have been broadcasted on RUV and BBC radio 3.

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released March 15, 2019

-stelkur ensemble-

Stelkur is an ensemble of multi-instrumentalists, and has been organized and run by Charles Ross and Sunčana Slamnig for close to two decades, having it's home-base in Eiðar and Egilsstaðir in the east of Iceland.

Many of the works performed by Stelkur have been written especially for the ensemble, by composer/performer Charles Ross. These and other works performed by Stelkur typically focus on the extremely personalised musical languages that develop when composers´ visions exceed the confinements of conventional music praxis.

on this particular recording Stelkur consists of:

Berglind Halldórsdóttir
Charles Ross
Eyrún Eggertsdóttir
Gillian Haworth
Hildur Þórðardóttir
Sunčana Slamnig
Øystein Magnús Gjerde

Recorded and produced by Halldór Warén

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