Sinfóníuhljómsveit Austurlands hélt tónleika sunnudaginn 21. apríl kl. 16:00 í Tónlistarmiðstöð Austurlands á Eskifirði. Á tónleikunum frumflutti hljómsveitin verkið -forStargazer- eftir -charlesross-, en hljómsveitin pantaði af honum verkið árið 2021. Óhætt er að segja að verkinu hafi verið afar vel tekið af þeim sem á hlýddu. Hljómsveitin flutti einnig sjöundu sinfóníu Ludwig van Beethoven. Gunnsteinn Ólafsson stjórnaði hljómsveitinni af nákvæmni og röggsemi og Martin Frewer var konsertmeistari.
Hér má heyra upptöku af verkinu frá tónleikunum: -forStargazer-
Hér má svo líta texta -charlesross- sem hann orti í tengslum við verkið:
-forStargazer-
light is either a wave or a particle
but when it reaches your eye…
when it reaches your eye it’s a particle
definitely a particle
and that particle of light has reached your eye uniquely
you can’t possibly share a particle of light with anyone else
no one else
not even with your other eye
so when you look up at night
at the stars
a particular star rather
when you look at that star
particles of light from that star
enter your eye after travelling light years
light years through space
just to land in your eye
so let’s say you are 25 years old
you look up at the star Vega
Vega… 25 light years away
and that means you are receiving light particles
light particles from the year you were born
time it right and it could be the day you were born
even the hour
later on when you are say 37
It would be Acturus
43… Capella
65… Aldebaran
different kinds of stars
different particles of light
different perspectives from when you were born
travelling endlessly through time and space
perhaps then you could look back at those nearer stars
Capella and 43 years ago when you fell in love for the first time
Vega and 25 years since your child was born
Arcturus and that’s when a loved one died 37 years ago
and in this way the stars will always speak to you
speak to you throughout your life
it’s their endless gift
to you
their gift of infinite light particles
and that’s also my gift to you stargazer
for you stargazer and for me
Það var vel mætt á tónleikana og við þökkum áheyrendum kærlega fyrir komuna. Einnig þökkum við samstarfsaðilum okkar í Tónlistarmiðstöð Austurlands kærlega fyrir frábært samstarf. Ennfremur þökkum við eftirtöldum styrktar- og stuðningsaðilum stuðninginn:
Alcoa
Áhaldaleiga Austurlands
Cargow/Thorship
Eimskip
Eskja
Fjarðabyggð
Hótel Eskifjörður
Íslandsbanki
Kaupfélag Fráskrúðsfirðinga
Landsbankinn
Landsvirkjun
Launafl
Lostæti
Múlaþing
Rarik
Rubix
Síldarvinnslan
Storvik
SÚN
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Tónlistarsjóður
Tónlistarskólinn á Akureyri
Tónlistarskólinn á Egilsstöðum
Tónskóli Neskaupstaðar
Uppbyggingarsjóður Austurlands
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