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Ronsholdt - Country | Dacapo 8226713

Ronsholdt - Country

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Label: Dacapo

Cat No: 8226713

Barcode: 0636943671320

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 3rd December 2021

Contents

Artists

Jakob Kullberg (cello)
Annekei (vocals)
Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej

Conductor

Szymon Bywalec

Works

Ronsholdt, Niels

Country for cello and chamber orchestra

Artists

Jakob Kullberg (cello)
Annekei (vocals)
Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej

Conductor

Szymon Bywalec

About

With Country, composer Niels Rønsholdt widens the scope of his music, reimaging the country genre as a concerto for singing solo cellist and chamber orchestra. Country shows off the fine voice of soloist Jakob Kullberg and his extraordinary ability to play the cello ‘alla chitarra’, like a guitar. Here Rønsholdt finds expressive connections among far-flung sources, creating music which reflects and refracts its inspirations in the rich American country tradition and a sort of Nordic pastoral yearning for love, with a critique of nationalism.

This album is the world premiere recording of Niels Rønsholdt’s (b. 1978) cello concerto Country, written for cello and chamber orchestra. The concerto consists of 18 individual songs.

Niels Rønsholdt describes his approach as ‘method composing’ which involves referencing or paraphrasing e.g. mainstream music or historical music forms, in this case the country genre.

In the work, the country singer songwriter’s guitar is replaced with the cello, played alla chitarra, while singing ballad-like snippets. The music swings back and forth between pop and folk elements, the Romantic symphonic orchestral tradition and material which sounds closer to a film soundtrack.

Niels Rønsholdt recently received the Danish award Carl Prisen 2021 for Country. The work is written for cellist Jakob Kullberg, who is nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

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