Reed, chanting

for oboe and tape

Reed, chanting for oboe and tape was written for Dimas Ruiz Santos (part I, 2007) and Magdalena Fronzcak (part II, 2008).

The piece was selected to Nordic Music Days in Stockholm 2012, performed by Kennet Bohman.

Part I explores the multiphonics of the oboe and concentrates on timbre and harmony. The tape part consists mainly of ringmodulations of the multiphonics. In part II (played attacca) the ”silent” sounds are exposed; air, keyclicks and simultaneous song.

Durata 13′ (part I: 8’10”)

Score (part I) available for download.

Premiered by Dimas Ruiz Santos 2007 (part I) and Magdalena Fonzcak 2008 (part II) @Academy of Music and Drama, Göteborg
Performed by Kennet Bohman @Nordic Music Days, Stockholm 2012
Performed by Sara Svensson @Atalante, Göteborg 2021

Recording (excerpt) by Swedish Radio P2, Kennet Bohman, oboe:

Program note (English)

Reed, chanting (2007/2008)
for oboe and tape

Part I of Reed, chanting explores the multiphonics of the oboe and concentrates on timbre and harmony. The tape part consists mainly of ring modulations of the multiphonics. In part II (played attacca) the ”silent” sounds are exposed; air, keyclicks and simultaneous song. The music is also figurative, melodic; a development of those less obvious elements in part I. The parts are also more independent, as opposed to the fusion of instrument and electronics in part I.