Month: May 2021

It’s easy today, I think, to take realistic, natural-sounding virtual instruments and other high quality sampled sounds for granted. In fact, today we consider technology that used to be regarded as cutting edge and true-to-nature more as something quaint and possessing a particular sound that is desirable in itself. Take FM synthesis, for example. As… Continue reading The Sound of the Future

Another week, another composition sent off to the musicians. Not an entirely new work this time, but still! Since I was a teenager, I’ve wanted to be able to play the bassoon. It’s one of those instruments that aren’t as obvious as violin, guitar, drums, piano, or even flute, bass guitar, cello or trumpet. I… Continue reading Better Late than Never

Norway celebrates its Contitution Day and my latest work, the septet ”Books on a Bookshelf”, is finally finished! To be honest, I had forgotten how much work preparing a score and parts actually involves, and how long it takes. That also says something about how long it has been since I last finished a more… Continue reading A Very Special Release Day

Everybody knows about Pictures at an Exhibition. When will we get to hear Books on a Bookshelf? A local bookseller and a very dear friend of mine pitched me this idea several years ago – half in jest, half in earnest – and has reminded me of it every once in a while since. Far from… Continue reading Books on a Bookshelf

Three years ago, I could not have imagined where I would be at today. A statement like that is of course really easy to make; it’s hard to predict one’s future, and especially so when a once-in-a-century pandemic suddenly upends many parts of everyday life. Still, I would never in a million years have guessed… Continue reading The times, they are a-changin’