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Nils Henrik Asheim - LIST OF WORKS

Music for smaller ensembles / chamber music
INTERLUDES FOR BUXTEHUDE (2010) baroque ensemble
BEATS, BRIDGES, RUPTURES AND GAMES (2008) percussion and organ
BROKEN LINE (2003) string quartet (for the Vertavo quartet)
NICHT (2002) voice and ensemble (text: Kandinsky)
SCREAM SOFT (2002) tuba (+ live electronics) and percussion
CHASE (2001) for double string trio (version for string orchestra also availablea)
OBSTFELDER VARIATIONS (2001) cello and piano
GLASSHUS (2001) saxophone quartet
MEDUSA (1999) oboe, vln, vla, vlc
BURNING ICE (1999) brass quintet and percussion
NAVIGO (1999) violin and cello
GRIEGS AKKORD (1993/2007) 12 brass players + harp
STANS DIT SPILL (1993) (OBSTFELDERS NATT) soprano and cello (text: Sigbjørn Obsfelder)
SUMMER’S PLAY (1992) violin, piano
IN BETWEEN (1986) oboe and live elektronics
VANNSPEIL (1985) violin, cello and piano
SOM RINGER I VANN (1984) 4 percussionists and tape
GENESIS (1982) string quartet
VINDU (1979) violin and piano
ENSEMBLEMUSIKK FOR 5 (1977) fl, cl, vn, vlc, pft, perc

Music for orchestra ++
CONCERTO GROSSO (2010), for 22 string players
CELLO STORIES (2009), concerto for cello and string orchestra
CATCH LIGHT (2009), double concerto for violin, percussion and orchestra
CLOSE AT DISTANCE (2008) for Yang Qin and symphony orchestra
GRADER AV HVITT (2006) for speaking voice and orchestra, text by Johan Harstad, commisioned by Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
WIND SONGS (2003) orchestra and 2 girls’ choirs (text: Jon Fosse, for Orchestre de Montpellier, Det norske jentekor, Groupe vocal Opéra Junior, comissioned by Festival Présences)
TURBA (2000) orchestra, choir, soloists and electronics, text: Lucretius, commisioned by Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
DON GIOVANNI METAMORPHOSES (1997) commisioned by Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
SPEIL (1987)
OPENING (1983)
Improvisation-based music
GRAND MUTATION (2005) with Lasse Marhaug
ATEM (2005) for bagpipes and organ, with Elisabeth Vatn
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Div. releases with duo projects

Installations, computer-based work
PERMISSION FOR LANDING (2008) sound installation for Sonic Vista sound-bench project
FARTEINS HAGE (2005) sound installation in the Botanic Garden of Bergen Museum
AXIS (1995) sound sculpture installation, with Tor Lindrupsen

Music in public space
RESONANS (2008) for carillon and live electronics
WEDDING MUSIC (2001) for the Norwegian Crown Prince
CALLING SIGNAL (2000) for the lobby of Stavanger Concert Hall
STRANDHOGG (1998) for Stavanger Harbour, with brass instruments, steel pipes, electronics, singer and boats
BLOWOUT (1996) for Stavanger Harbour, with brass instruments and steel percussion
OFFICIAL FANFARE (1994) for the Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer

Theatre
TROUT (2008) collaboration with Kitchen Orchestra / Inbal Pinto Dance Company
BAKKANTINNENE (2007) music to Euripides’ play, for Rogaland Teater
MASINANDRAINA (2004) music for the play on the composer Fartein Valen, in collaboration with artists from Madagascar
ORKAN (2000) a concert performance on Sigbjørn Obstfelder’s poems – for soprano, cello, piano, voices, elektronics
VARDØGER (1999) outdoor historical play + installation, Harstad
MARTIN LUTHER KINGS HIMMELFERD, a church drama, text: Alfred Hauge

Works with organ
BEATS, BRIDGES, RUPTURES AND GAMES (2008) for organ and percussion
RIFT (2004) organ, percussion
VAAG OP (1997) variations for organ

Choir
YET THE SEE IS NEVER FULL (Text: Ecclesiastes) (2010) for Bergen Cathedral choir and Raschér Saxophone Quartet
THE BLOOM IS NOT A BLOOM (text: Bai Juyi) (2008) for the Hilliard Ensemble
FISH SVUMMEN (2008) text: Øyvind Rimbereid
EG OG DU (2008) for the opening of Stavanger European Capital of Culture
SPØR HAVET (2000) text: Odveig Klyve
SALMENES BOK (1998) choir and 2 organs
KYRIE & SANCTUS (1998), 8-part choir
SALME 90 (1983) 4 violins, organ, percussion, choir SSAATTBB