Kjell Habbestad: Munch suite, flute concerto

Listen to the music and see the paintings and texts by Edvard Munch simultaneously

The Munch suite

Composition for flute, harp and string ensemble inspired from 8 pictures and related texts from The Frieze of life by Edvard Munch.

Project developed by Kjell Habbestad, composer, and Andreas Sønning production and flute soloist.

MUNCH Paintings and poems

Premiered at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC January 6. 2013 with musicians from the Nation Symphony Orchestra at the J. F. Kennedy Centre of Performing Arts. Pictures and edited text were projected on the screen behind the orchestra.

Recording: Andreas Sønning, flute with musicians from the Norwegian Radio Orchestra

Conductor: Per Kristian Skalstad

Listen to the music and see the paintings and texts for each movement simultaneously.

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Movements

1 THE VOICE.

2 EYE TO EYE/ATTRACTION.

3 SEPARATION

4 WOMAN/SPHINX

5 KISS

6 LOVE AND PAIN/VAMPIRE

7 MADONNA