Dalia Stasevska, BBC Symphony Orchestra & SØS Gunver Ryberg
COEXISTENCE - EP
Album · Classical · 2024 · Platoon
Low growls on woodwind and brass cast ominous shadows at the start of SØS Gunver Ryberg’s 2022 Coexistence, a commentary on the nature of creation and destruction. Within the space of a minute, the music coalesces into a colossal wall of sound, layers piled upon layers, orchestral sections jostling for attention. This extreme intensity soon gives way to a collage of textures: shrieking strings, fiery brass, thundering percussion, and oases of calm. “Ryberg is a fascinating composer,” conductor Dalia Stasevska tells Apple Music Classical. “She’s a sculptor of sound, and molds the sound of an orchestra like a synthesizer, concentrating more on effects than on harmonies or melodies.”
In the music’s final few minutes, Ryberg combines the incessant drumming of bow-wood on strings with flutter-tongued flutes and bass drum rolls, and brings Coexistence to an uncertain end, woodwind and brass halted as if midsentence.
In the music’s final few minutes, Ryberg combines the incessant drumming of bow-wood on strings with flutter-tongued flutes and bass drum rolls, and brings Coexistence to an uncertain end, woodwind and brass halted as if midsentence.
COEXISTENCE - EP
Dalia Stasevska, BBC Symphony Orchestra & SØS Gunver Ryberg
Low growls on woodwind and brass cast ominous shadows at the start of SØS Gunver Ryberg’s 2022 Coexistence, a commentary on the nature of creation and destruction. Within the space of a minute, the music coalesces into a colossal wall of sound, layers piled upon layers, orchestral sections jostling for attention. This extreme intensity soon gives way to a collage of textures: shrieking strings, fiery brass, thundering percussion, and oases of calm. “Ryberg is a fascinating composer,” conductor Dalia Stasevska tells Apple Music Classical. “She’s a sculptor of sound, and molds the sound of an orchestra like a synthesizer, concentrating more on effects than on harmonies or melodies.”
In the music’s final few minutes, Ryberg combines the incessant drumming of bow-wood on strings with flutter-tongued flutes and bass drum rolls, and brings Coexistence to an uncertain end, woodwind and brass halted as if midsentence.
In the music’s final few minutes, Ryberg combines the incessant drumming of bow-wood on strings with flutter-tongued flutes and bass drum rolls, and brings Coexistence to an uncertain end, woodwind and brass halted as if midsentence.
