Listen to the music and see the paintings and texts by Edvard Munch simultaneously
The Munch suite
Composition for flute, harp and string ensemble inspired from 8 pictures and related texts from The Frieze of life by Edvard Munch.
Project developed by Kjell Habbestad, composer, and Andreas Sønning production and flute soloist.
MUNCH Paintings and poems
Premiered at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC January 6. 2013 with musicians from the Nation Symphony Orchestra at the J. F. Kennedy Centre of Performing Arts. Pictures and edited text were projected on the screen behind the orchestra.
Recording: Andreas Sønning, flute with musicians from the Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Per Kristian Skalstad
Listen to the music and see the paintings and texts for each movement simultaneously.
Movements