IVAR FROUNBERG composer/works Epitome (1999)

Da jeg komponerede værket ...to arrive where we started, startede processen i S-toget mellem Birkerød og Allerød, hvor jeg hastigt skitserede en solo for bratch som en model for værket. Denne bratch-solo endte med at optræde i to formafsnit. Hele tiden havde jeg en fornemmelse af, at enne bratch-solo kunne udvikles til et egentligt solo-stykke, og det blev en kærkommen lejlighed da Anette Slaattho spurgte om jeg havde et stykke for solo-bratch. Den oprindelige solo voksede nu ind i en større kontekst som beskriver en stor gestus fra dybet mod højden, nye elementer blev udvundet af de eksisterende og stykket endte med den form som det høres i her.

When I composed the piece: ...to arrive where we started the first scetches of a solo for viola were made in the metro between two suburbs of Copenhagen. This scetch was supposed to be a model for the whole piece. It was then used in two greater formal parts, but I allways had the feeling that it could become a solo-piece by itself. I was happy when Anette Slaattho asked if I had any pieces for solo-viola. The original solo grew into a bigger context as one huge gestical sweep from low to high. New matherial was deducted from existing matherial, and the solo ended as you hear on the recording.

Ivar Frounberg