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The Gift

by Halvcirkel

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Salome Dances for Peace for String Quartet: III. The Gift: Echoes of Primordial Time / Mongolian Winds 16:35
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The Gift is a 16 min long piece written by Terry Riley, taken from his 2 h long Salome Dances for Peace (1989), you will hear one single voice split in four equal parts, who simultaneously start breaking apart into callings and dance rhythms inspired by American and Mongolian folk music. The piece is centred around a mythological tale of Salome, using her alluring powers to raise the consciousness of people on earth. Halvcirkel visited Terry Riley in his home in California in 2020 and have since then worked closely with the composer.

”This performance is so stunning in it ́s austerity, because they ́re letting the resonance of the tones breathe - letting the tones be without doing a ton of shit. You can hear how they ́re listening in a very special way. There ́s a give and take which feels like they ́re improvising together. They are not executing a score, they ́re giving the music”

- Theresa Wong in The Wire Magazine, October 2021 on The Gift, Halvcirkel.


”What a happy surprise to hear the Danish string quartet, Halvcirkel, play The Gift. They have hit just the right mood and pacing and the last section 'Mongolian Winds' is exceptionally beautiful. These four imaginative women cast a spell in Echoes of Primordial Time."

- Terry Riley commenting on The Gift by Halvcirkel, 2019 on The Gift, Halvcirkel

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released July 20, 2018

Bettina Ezaki, violin
Caecilie Balling, violin
Mika Persdotter Svensson, viola
Nicole Hogstrand, cello

Recorded at the Royal Danish Concert Hall by Halvcirkel in 2018, released a few months later by Weltfreude Music.
Recording engineer, mixing and mastering by Frederik Brandt Jakobsen. Artwork by Jakob Steen.

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Halvcirkel Copenhagen, Denmark

Halvcirkel is a progressive string quartet based in Denmark who created attention both at home and internationally with their sometimes gentle, yet expressive sound that draws on new classical music, minimalism and improvisation. Halvcirkel strives to free themselves from rules and ideals in order to achieve greater cohesion and authenticity. ... more

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