Peter Wallin - Music Creator

1. CONNECTIONS (1986, Opus 8)
A concertino for Trumpet solo & Wind orchestra
Composed in the autumn of 1986

Scoring:
Trumpet Solo in Bb
2 Flutes (with picc.), 1 Oboe, 2 Clarinets in Bb (with Bass Cl.), 1 Bassoon
2 French Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones, 1 Tuba
Euphonium, Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Whistle

Movements:
1. Smooth
2. Resolute, with power
3. Rough, with furiosity

Duration: 9 minutes

Made as a diary from my military service in the Swedish Army through 1985-86.

First performance:
Esbjerg Statskole 1991-12-08
Paul Terracini, Trumpet
Wind Orchestra from The Academy of Music Esbjerg (Denmark).
Conductor: Jesper Grove Jørgensen


2. HANSSON (1987, Opus 12)
Composed in the autumn of 1987. Double Bass Concertino No. 1

Scoring:
Double Bass solo & String Orchestra

Movements:
1. Intrada
2. Cadenza con irritatione
3. Epilogue

Duration: 8 minutes

Movement 1: Smooth colours from the orchestra, enemy acting from the soloist.
Movement 2: Cadenza for an irritated (tirred...) solo instrument
Movement 3: Friends at last...

All movements played attacca.

Dedicated to Christer Hansson, one of the biggest Double Bass Maniacs ever!!!

First performance:
"The Cultural Night"
University of Lund (Sweden) 1989-09-23
Double Bass Solo: Magnus Dagerhem
Lunds Nya Kammarorkester
Conductor: The Soloist


3. THE PEN (1988, Opus 16)

Scoring:
4 Percussion Soloists & String Orchestra

Perc. Instruments:
Marimba, Bass Drum, 2 Snare Drums, 4 Tom-toms, Tam-tam,
4 Timpany

Movements:
1. Introduction (Slow)
2.The Performance (Fast)
3. O.K. (Slow)

Duration: 8 min.

A tribute to my composing pen, a Parker. From that particular pen (now sadly lost) flew my "Visitor"-symphony (No. 1, 1987, Opus 13), chamber works and other good stuff.

First performance:
1989-04-26 Cassels Grängesberg (Sweden)
Peter Wallin, Niklas Broman (Vikersjö), Mikael Lönnbjer, Boddan Jansson
Strings from LHM, Falun
Conductor: Axel Herjö


4. 1984 (Revised version 1995, Opus 60)

Scoring:
2 Bassoon solo
0000 4321 13 Str.

George Orwell in memoriam, tragedies, war, collapse of human behaviour (negative, huh??).
Composed as a massive and very loving THANK YOU to Niklas Loman & Patrik Bartosch for the TERVE (1983, Opus 2)  performance in december 1983.

Duration: 10-11 Min.

First performance:
Original version (1984):
1985-03-17 Stadshallen Lund (Sweden)
Niklas Loman & Patrik Bartosch (Bassoon)
Lunds Ungdomsorkester
Conductor: Kjell-Åke Bjärming

Revised version:
Not performed yet!!


5. IMPULSE 3 (1997, Opus 75)

Scoring:
French Horn Solo
Marimba
String Orchestra

Movements:
1. Intro (Slow)
2. Stressed Blues (Fast)
3. Outro (Slow)

Duration: 8 min.

Once I thought a lot about the Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson, and in particular the stack of concertinos (Opus 45), for many orchestral instrument solo and amateur orchestra, he wrote between 1954-47. "If he could, so can I", was my direct thought. This was in 1984, and I started the "Av Tankar"-serie (Av Tankar = Because of thoughts) for Solo Instrument and String Orchestra, starting of with No.1 for Cello (to Louise Agnani), No. 2 for Flute (to Ulrika Ekblad), and No. 3 for French Horn (to Madeleine Dahlberg)... And after that... Complete silence!!! I did not get any further with the project, and it went into a kind of concious slumber. After 13 years sleep, I once again started the project, this time to re-compose the three pieces in to a bit more (at least for me personally) playable (both technical and compositorical) style. This time starting backwards, with "Av Tankar 3", transforming it to "Impulse 3". In 2004, I transformed "Av Tankar 1" to "Impulse 1" (Opus 129), and "Av Tankar 2" is yet to be transformed to "Impulse 2".
And after that...?
It can be, that I complete my original intention, to compose a brother-serie of compositions to the Lars-Erik Larsson serie. But future will show. Keep in touch!!

NOT PERFORMED YET!!!


6. CONCERTO (1999, Opus 82)

Scoring:
3 Bebsophones, 3 Assistants

Performer ages:
Bebsophones: 366 seconds - 366 days
Assistants: Free choice of age.

Duration: Ad lib.

The score, created for maximum artistic freedom for the Bebsophones, and a strict set of regulations for the Assistants. Include the Besophones favourite instrument in the performance.

First Performance:
"The Hugae Concerto"
Academy of Music, Esbjerg (Denmark)
1999-02-11
Sarah Marie Grydholdt Frost Nielsen + Svend-Erik Nielsen
Karoline Kock & Pia Hansen
Anna Degn Wallin & Peter Wallin

Dedicated to Sarah Marie Grydholdt Frost Nielsen, Karoline Kock & Anna Degn Wallin.

IN MEMORIAM MICHEL PETRUCCIANI


7. SENTENCE OF DEATH (1999, Opus 87)
Concertino No. 2 for Double Bass

Scoring:
Double Bass Solo, String Quartet & String Orchestra (without Double Bass)

Duration:12-14 minutes

Composed in 3 parts, all played attacca.

Just got the message that my father is deadly ill in cancer (= no hope), and the war in the former Yugoslavia peaks!!

First performance:
The Camp of Nordic Strings, Kungälv (Sweden)
Nordiska Folkhögskolan 1999-07-30
Double Bass Solo: Oskar Jonsson
Conductor: Peter Wallin

The first performance of Farewell (1999, Opus 88 for String Orchestra) also did take place at this concerto.

Commissioned by Ludvig Claeson for the Camp.


8. CONCERTO (2004, Opus 124)

Scoring:
Any number of Mega Bebsophones, the same number of Assistants

Performer ages:
Mega Bebsophones: 366-days - 366 months
Assistants: Free choice of age.

Duration: Ad lib.

The score, created for maximum artistic freedom for the Bebsophones, and a strict set of regulations for the Assistants. Include the Mega Besophones favourite instrument in the performance.

First performance:
"The slapping & crapping project, Part 1"
Kulturskolan, Lund (Sweden)
2004-09-18
Eske K. Leick + Michael Tøstesen
Michelle Frausing + Peter Wallin
Mikkel S. Olsen + Ninette Mortensen

IN MEMORIAM MICHEL PETRUCCIANI


9. CONCERTO (2004, Opus 125)

Scoring:
Any number of Maxi Bebsophones, the same number of Assistants

Performer ages:
Maxi Bebsophones: 366 months - 366 years
Assistants: Free choice of age.

Duration: Ad lib.

The score, created for maximum artistic freedom for the Bebsophones, and a strict set of regulations for the Assistants. Include the Maxi Besophones favourite instrument in the performance.

First performance:
"The slapping & crapping project, Part 2"
Kulturskolan, Lund (Sweden)
2005-09-17
Carl-Magnus Trygg, Peer Munkgaard, Peter Wallin. (Maxi Bebsophones)
Jesper K. Iversen, Barbro Stigsdotter Möller, Marie Weber (Assistrants)

Dedicated to participants of the universal show called life, death, glory, black humour & ...

IN MEMORIAM MICHEL PETRUCCIANI


10. IMPULSE 1 (2004, Opus 129)

Scoring:
Cello Solo & String Orchestra

Composed in 1 smooth movement.

Duration: 5-6 min.

Once I thought a lot about the Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson, and in particular the stack of concertinos (Opus 45), for many orchestral instrument solo and amateur orchestra, he wrote between 1954-47. "If he could, so can I", was my direct thought. This was in 1984, and I started the "Av Tankar"-serie (Av Tankar = Because of thoughts) for Solo Instrument and String Orchestra, starting of with No.1 for Cello (to Louise Agnani), No. 2 for Flute (to Ulrika Ekblad), and No. 3 for French Horn (to Madeleine Dahlberg)... And after that... Complete silence!!! I did not get any further with the project, and it went into a kind of concious slumber. After 13 years sleep, I once again started the project, this time to re-compose the three pieces in to a bit more (at least for me personally) playable (both technical and compositorical) style. This time starting backwards, with "Av Tankar 3", transforming it to "Impulse 3" (1997, Opus 75). In 2004, I transformed "Av Tankar 1" to "Impulse 1", and "Av Tankar 2" is yet to be transformed to "Impulse 2".
And after that...?
It can be, that I complete my original intention, to compose a brother-serie of compositions to the Lars-Erik Larsson serie. But future will show. Keep in touch!!

NOT PERFORMED YET!!!

11. THE SOUND OF H.C. (2005, Opus 135)

Scoring:
French Horn solo
Glockenspiel (solo or multiple ad lib.)
Vibraphones (solo or multiple ad lib.)
String Sections (at least 3-3-3-1-1)

My private comment to the not very qualified comment from a commissioner to the connection of the expected sound of the fabulous writer Hans Christian Andersen. How does a writer sound? Exactly as a composer look!
Making sence??? No way!!!
This piece is an example of these statements. My 5th symphony (2005, Opus 133) was the result of the commission, and these two compositions represent my audio idea of H.C. Andersen. And also my piano suite "Hard-Core Andersen" from 2004 (Opus 126)! Respect!!!

Duration: 5-6 min.

Dedicated to Carl-Magnus Trygg

NOT PERFORMED YET!!!


12. THE JOHNNY K. FIGHT SONG (2005, Opus 138)

Scoring:
Metal Band Solo ad lib (with Growl)
4 French Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, 1 Tuba
Timpany (set of 4), 6 Percussion players
String Orchestra

Duration: 13 minutes

Commissioned by Carl-Magnus Trygg for Nordiska Ungdomsorkestern 2005 and Pandemonium.
Composed in 2 sections (slow/fast)

Part 3 of the "SONG"-suite:
1. Peace Song (2002, Opus 102 for Marimba Orchestra / Sextet)
2. Love Song (2002, Opus 116 for Marimba Orchestra)
3. The Johnny K. Fight Song
4. Party Song (2008, Opus 179E for 2 Pianos / Harmoniums)

5. Earth Song (2009, Opus 187 for English Horn (& String Orchestra)

First Performance:
2005-07-01 Kulturmejeriet, Lund (Sweden)
Pandemonium (Metal Band) & NUO 2005
Cond: Peter W.

Dedicated to Pandemonium & NUO 2005

Hey there Pandemonium & NUO!! THAT was a superior experience. Music styles sucks, this was (and still is) PURE musical ecstasy!! Keep on knockouting!!!

Have a look on "The Johnny K. Fight Squad"!! Join the squad, and get the true story of Johnny K.!!!


13. LAMENTO DESPERATO (2005-06, Opus 145)

12 versions for
1-3 Solo Horn Instruments ad lib.
1-2 String Orchestras (Orchestra 1: String Orchestra - Orchestra 2: 4 Violin Sections & 4 Viola Sections)
Percussion (Woodblock, Temple Block & Log Drum)
Electric Bass


14. LA LIS (2006, Opus 148)
"Raketski-Polka"

Scoring:
Trumpet Solo
Marimba Solo
Salon Orchestra (4000 0211 01 40001)
2 Alto Sax., 2 Tenor Sax.
2 Pianos (can be executed on 1 Piano - 4 Hands)
Accordion

Duration: 4-5 min.

Composed and dedicated to Skjern Salonorkester (Denmark).

In january 2006 I was hired to be marimba soloist at the New Years Concert with the Salon Orchestra in Skjern (Denmark) by their conductor Lis Theilgaard.
This was really nice, and we played some mallet classics together, and I also played my own "Space" (1984, Opus 4) for Marimba Solo. But I also wanted to contribute my part to the not very large (I do not know if there is any before this...) repertoire, so I asked if I could compose a new piece for this occasion. That was accepted, and I started... several months later. In fact, I got the impulse to the piece when the Vienna Philharmonic started their last encore at their New Years Concert from Vienna in 2006; the Radetzky-March.
I was from the start (in september 2005, when Lis T. asked me to be soloist) clear with the fact, that the piece should be a polka. But the Vienna concerto started the composing process. Before that, I was blank. I also used the orchestras second conductor as lead soloist, a very funny & nice trumpet player (originally from Norway) named Thor-Erik Langseth, to do some serious wailing on stage with me (together with the rest of the orchestra), in the "Corpo Scossone Molto"-sessions. This piece continue the "worldwide on stage bodybanging movement", which I started in my piece "Fanfare for three" (2003, Opus 122) for Recorder, Trombone/French Horn & Viola (all muted, including the Viola player).

First performance:
2006-01-28 Skjern Kulturcenter (Denmark)
Thor-Erik Langseth (Trumpet) & Peter W. (Marimba)
Skjern Salonorkester
Cond.: Lis Theilgaard