Concert #1
Time: 16 May, 2019, twenty minutes past two o’clock in the afternoon. Place: Pilestredet park, Oslo. Entrance: Free. A blackbird is sitting in one of the trees in the square, singing. The afternoon is warm and sunny, with a pleasant breeze passing by between the buildings. |
Concert #2
Time: 14 June, 2019, a few minutes past eight o’clock in the morning. Place: The platform at the train station in Fredrikshavn, Denmark, track 2. Entrance: Free. A seagull performs La Monte Young’s #10 from Compositions 1960 (“Draw a straight line and follow it”), not in a very strict manner, but it compensates for this by walking with impeccable grace. The seagull shat on the platform half a second after the performance had ended. |
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Concert #3
Time: 15 June, 2019, ten minutes before ten o’clock in the morning. Place: Outside the church in Løgumkloster, Denmark. Entrance: Free. Carillon and dawn chorus (w/ front pigeon): improvisation. |
Concert #4
Time: 28 June, 2019, around ten minutes before eight o’clock in the morning. Place: Politisk kvarter, NRK P2. Entrance: Free. Schrödinger’s Catnap (2019) – premiered in Norwegian by Erna Solberg, accompanied by Astrid Randen. |
Concert #5
Time: 7 July, 2019, around twenty minutes past eight o’clock in the evening. Place: Frognerparken, Oslo. Entrance: Free. Canards enchainés (2019) – premiered by three male ducks (names undisclosed). Live footage: |
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Concert #6
Time: 9 July, 2019, around a quarter to three in the afternoon. Place: Tjuvholmen, Oslo. Entrance: Free. Two adolescent seagulls not having it, with sparrow cameo. |
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Concert #7 – season finale (?!)
Time: 30 October, 2019, a bit before ten in the morning. Place: Akerselva/Sagene, Oslo. Entrance: Free. medstrøms [EXEUNT OMNES] (2019) – special season finale commission, ensemble performance. |
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Concert #8
Time: 17 February, 2021, a bit before one o’clock in the afternoon. Place: Grønland, Oslo. Entrance: Free. Debussy Alpine Parallel Mix (2021). |
Concert #9
Time: 14 April, 2022, around noon (it’s always around noon, isn’t it?). Place: Grønland, Oslo. Entrance: Free. Ithaka (2022). (Live recording with studio overdubbing.) |