Work note by the composer: The title refers to crisis situations, for example in Kosovo during the years of 1998-1999. The first introductory measures express the threat of war in that region. The music is inspired by the shocking war footage from news broadcasts on television and in daily newspapers. You can imagine yourself experiencing the war in your own country, the terror and being forced to escape. In the background also underlies folk-musical structures ie african clave-rhythms (4:3 polyrhythm) as a connection with the crisis in the Congo-Kinshasa region in which went on at the same time as in Kosovo. This work was composed for the annual project called "The Composers of Tomorrow 2000" between the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of Music in Malmö. It was judged as "best orchestral work" by the musicians of the orchestra and was performed later on the Young Soloists Concert in the Concert Hall in Helsingborg. Other important performances could be mentioned like the Young Nordic Music Festival (UNM) in Reykjavik, Iceland and Stockholm New Music 2003. The Threat of War has been nominated by the Swedish Music Publishers Association (SMFF) Award in the category "The most significant contemporary music work of the year" in 2005.
Benjamin Staern
Sound samples: Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, cond. Stefan Solyom
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