List of works

About the Nature (wp)

Idea,music and concept by Henrik Hellstenius with director Kai Johnsen, video by Boya Böckmann. Performed by Njål Sparboe, Silje Aker Johnsen, Stine Janvin Motland, Dans les Arbres, Oslo Sinfonietta and conductor Andrea Pestalozza.

Already a River

3 Minutes 30 Seconds
Orchestration: 1(pic).0.1(bcl).0/1100/vib/pf/str 1.0.1.0.1
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

As Above So Below

Duration: 9 minutes 15 seconds
Orchestration: 3(1)-3(1)-3(1)-3(1) 4-3-3-1 perc:3 hp pf/cel str
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

As if the law is everything

33 Minutes
Solo Instrument(s): mezzo-soprano
Orchestration: 3(2pic.afl).3(ca).3(2Ebcl.bcl)3(cbn)/4330/4perc/hp.pf/str
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

As the Last Blow Falls

Durata: 13 Minutes
Orchestration: Mezzo-soprano/ Piano
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Bennett talks

Duration: 12 minutes, 33 seconds
Orchestration: elektro acoustics
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Between Two

Orchestration: gtr, vln
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Book of Songs I

17 Minutes
Orchestration: vn, vc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Book of Songs II

13 Minutes
Orchestration: vn, vc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Book of Songs III

7 Minutes
Orchestration: vc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Breathings

2 Minutes 30 Seconds
Orchestration: 1.ca.1.1/1110/2perc/pf/str (1.1.1.1.1)
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

By the Voice a Faint Light is Shed

23 Minutes
Solo Instrument(s): Violin
Orchestration: 1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/2perc/hp/pf/str(1.1.1.1.1)
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Concerto for Ensemble and Orchestra

Duration: 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Soloists: tpt, vln, vla, vcl, pf
Orchestration: 3(1)-3-3(1)-3(1) 4-3-3-1 perc:3 hp pf str
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Dream of Late

Duration: 14 minutes
Orchestration: vln, tape
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Evighetsmaskinen

Orchestration: voice(M), cl, vib, hp
Text: (Lat) Hildegard av Bingen
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Fase en

Orchestration: nar, sax, tpt, gtr, pf, synth, mar
Text: (Nor) Hans Fredrik Dahl
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Four Fragments

10 Minutes
Soloist: Baritone, Bass, Mezzo Soprano, 2 Sopranos, Tenor
Orchestration: 2 S, Ms, T, Bar, B
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Fragments of a Teaching

22 Minutes
Soloist: Bar
Orchestration: perc.vn.va.vc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Framing Time

8 Minutes
Orchestration: vn, vc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Golden Fleece

Premiered January 28th 2016, at Dansens Hus, Oslo, Norway
January 28-31, 2016

Hesteguden

Orchestration: tensax, 2 vln, vla, vcl
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Hi – Ophelia!

9 Minutes
Orchestration: fl.cl.vib.perc.pf.vn.va.db
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Imprints

20 Minutes
Orchestration: vn, va, vc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Imprints of Time II

17 Minutes
Orchestration: 3perc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Instrument of Speech

24 minutes
Orchestration: Bb Clarinet/bass clarinet, guitar/ el-guitar, piano, percussion, cello

Kall meg en krakk

Orchestration: voice(S), fl, vln, vla, pf
Text: (Nor) Jan Erik Vold ; Tage Danielsson
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Karitas Habundat

Orchestration: voice(M), cl, perc, hp
Text: (Nor) Hildegard av Bingen
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Lise L.

Orchestration: perc, pf, 2 vln, vla, vcl, perc, tape
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Love Songs

14 Minutes
Orchestration: 1(pic).1(ca).1.1/1110/2perc/pf/str (1.1.1.1.1)
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Love Songs II

14 Minutes
Soloist: S,A,T,B
Orchestration: 1(pic).1(ca).1.1/1110/2perc/pf/str (1.1.1.1.1)
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Loven : Mange lover, flere liv

50 Minutes
Solo Instrument(s): Narrator.Ms.Video
Orchestration: 3(pic.afl).3(ca).3(ebcl.bcl).3(cbn)/4330/4perc/hp.pf/str (16.14.12.10.8)
Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen
Text: Øivind Rimbereid
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Lyd – en lyd

Orchestration: voice(A), pf
Text: (Nor) Axel Hellstenius
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Merry Well

Orchestration: 4 tpt
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Nachruf

Orchestration: hp
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Noe der

Orchestration: voice(S), fl
Text: Norwegian translation of Samuel Beckett by Jan Erik Vold
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

O’Virtus Sapentia

Orchestration: voice(M), cl, perc, hp
Text: (Nor) Hildegard av Bingen
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

O’Vos regales virtutes

Orchestration: voice(M), cl, perc, hp
Text: (Nor) Hildegard av Bingen
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Ombra della Sera

16 Minutes
Orchestration: db, perc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Ophelias: Death by Water singing

1 Hour 30 Minutes
Text Writer: Cecilie Løveid
Solo Instrument(s): 2 Sopranos, 2 Mezzo Sopranos, Alto, Baritone
Orchestration: 1.0.1.0/0.0.0.0/perc/pf/str(1.0.1.0.1)
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Perte de Memoire

15 Minutes
Solo Instrument(s): bandoneon
Orchestration: 3(pic).3.2+bcl.3(cbn)/4330/3perc/hp.pf/str
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Petites Machines

12 Minutes
Orchestration: 3(afl).3(ca).3(bcl).2+cbn/4330/4perc/hp.pf/str
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Places of Sound

45 Minutes
Soloist: S,T
Orchestration: str 5.4.3.2.1
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Places of Sounds and Words

Places of Sounds and Words is a work for vocalists, ensemble, and sounds from the “real” world: from parks, squares, stairways, conversations, and arguments. Music, texts and sounds of reality are combined to form brief music–theatrical encounters that touch on the subject of how we are present in the world yet do not participate in it.

Praeambulum

Music for dance performance with Ingun Bjørnsgaard Project
Julia Strelchenko – piano
Morten Pettersen – sound design

Proforma

Duration: 10 minutes
Orchestration: acc
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Public Behaviour

26 minutes
Solo Instrument(s):
perc, S,S,A,T,Bar,B
Orchestration:
2(pic).2.2(bcl).2(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn/
3perc/hp.pf(syn)/str
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Readings of Mr. G.

18 Minutes
Solo Instrument(s): Percussion
Orchestration: str
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Remains

12 Minutes
Orchestration: 2vn.va.vc
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Rock Crystal

18 Minutes
Sinfonietta
Solo Instrument(s): 2S,Bar
Orchestration:
1(pic).1(ca).1.1/1110/2perc/pf/str (1.1.1.1.1)
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Sera

Voices: 4 Voices(SA/MTB-Bar)
Choir(SSMTBarB)
Orchestration: 2(1)-2(1)-0-0 1-1-1-0 perc pf/synth/sample
Tape: 2 vln:2 vcl:2 cb
Text: (Nor) Axel Hellstenius
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Sera, English version

Voices: 4 Voices(SA/MTB-Bar)
Choir(SSMTBarB)
Orchestration: 2(1)-2(1)-0-0 1-1-1-0 perc pf vln:2 vcl:2 cb + 2 CD players
Tape: 2 vln:2 vcl:2 cb
Text: (Nor) Axel Hellstenius
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Sigis

Orchestration: vlc, perc (mar crotales, cymb)
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Slideshow

Orchestration: alsax/sopsax, tensax, barsax/alsax, tpt, 2 tbn, tu, pf, perc, tape
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Songs From the Outside

Duration: 13 minutes
Orchestration: alsax/sopsax, tensax, barsax/alsax, tpt, 2 tbn, tu, pf, perc, tape
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Søkk

12 Minutes
Orchestration: tape, acn
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Still Panic

15 Minutes
Solo Instrument(s): bcl
Orchestration: 3(pic).3.3(bcl).3(cbn)/4320/3perc/pf/str
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Stirrings Still

16 Minutes
Orchestration: vn, vc, fl, cl, perc, pf
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

The Argonaut

10 Minutes
Orchestration: Violin
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen

Theatre of Sleep

Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds
Orchestration: 4(2)-3(1)-3(2)-4(1) 4-3-3-1 timp perc:3 hp pf str
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Til Arne Nordheim

Orchestration: 3(1)-3-3(1)-3 4-3-3-1 timp perc hp pf str
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Tre bevegelser

Duration: 15 minutes
Orchestration: strorch
Publisher: Norsk Musikforlag, Oslo

Up and away

Duration: 7 minutes
Orchestration: Strings
Publisher:Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Victoria

Text: (Nor) Knut Hamsun
Publisher: NB noter, Oslo

Victoria Counting II

Publisher: NB noter
For el-violin and electronics (may also be performed at acoustic violin) <2007–2010>
Durata: 16´