Øystein Wyller Odden, Jan Martin Smørdal and NyNorsk Messingkvintett
For Hauge Church
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024, from 6 PM to 7 PM
Location: Atelier Nord, Olaf Ryes plass 2 (entrance from Sofienberggata)
This concert is free and is part of the Ultima Festival.
Known for their openness to contemporary music and working across different art forms, the NyNorsk Messingkvintett premieres For Hauge Church (2024) a new composition by Jan Martin Smørdal in collaboration with Øystein Wyller Odden. The concert is connected to Hauge Church, a sound art installation by Wyller Odden featuring sounds of electricity and original organ pipes found at Atelier Nord dating from its former use as a place of worship.
Drawing on elements of hymns and church music, the piece attempts to evoke glimpses of the building’s history as a site of powerful religious experiences. The idea is that the exhibition and concert can be heard as a kind of aural double exposure, with the sound of the room today superimposed on top of all the imagined sound and music that has filled the room throughout the ages.
