Aagard-Nilsen: Urd
From "The Daughters of Erda"
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- Composer: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen (1964-)
- Instrumentation (this edition): Bass Trombone
- Originally for: Trombone, Bass Trombone
- Work: No. 1 from Erdas døtre (The Daughters of Erda) (2003)
- Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
Description
A trilogy composed between 2001 and 2003. It consists of the pieces Urd, Skuld, and Verdande.
- Urd - for bass trombone solo, written on commission for Clare Farr.
- Skuld - for tenor trombone solo, written for Jesper Juul Windahl.
- Verdande - composed as a duet for trombone and bass trombone.
When the three works are performed together, the title is The Daughters of Erda.
The earth goddess Erda is taken from Richard Wagner's interpretation of the Norse universe, and not quite as she is portrayed in the original Norse texts. Erda (the primal woman), who plays an important role in Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, does not appear in Norse mythology.
In the Eddaic poetry, the goddesses of fate, the Norns, are three women (Urd, Skuld, and Verdande) who sit at the root of Yggdrasil and spin, or weave, each human's thread of life or fate.
Each piece attempts to characterize these mysterious female figures. Urd represents the past, also understood as origin; Skuld the future, what is to come; while Verdande connects the two by being the present.
For me, music is a destiny? Something I once realized I simply had to do.
--Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen
Duration:
- Urd: ca. 5 min
- Skuld: ca. 5 min.
- Verdande: ca. 6 min. 30 sek.
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Aagard-Nilsen: Urd
