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Composer: Rolf Wallin (Norway)
Commissioned by Integra and Stephen Newbould for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (United Kingdom)
Instrumentation: actor, ensemble, electronics and video screen
Duration: 30 minutes
Words & Images by Josse de Pauw. Live electronics by Jonathan Green, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (UK),
First performance: Arthur Kisenyi (actor) and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Pierre-André Valade, Birmingham, 7 June 2008
Additional Integra performances with Arthur Kisenyi : Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Pierre-André Valade, Shrewsbury, England, June 2008; Athelas Sinfonietta, Den Sorte Diamant, Copenhagen, 26 September 2009 and Gymnasium, Espergaerde, Denmark, 27 September 2009; Athelas Sinfonietta conducted by Pierre-André Valade, Tage für Neue Musik, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, 14 November 2010

Image of Rolf Wallin © Benjamin Ealovega