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Voice – Sculpting Sound with Maja S. K. Ratkje --- 2015

Released ©2015 in a 6-panel digipak with 16 page booklet Filmed between March 2010 and April 2013 Germany/Norway 2015 documentary feature HD/DCP/Blu-ray 93 minutes (25 fps) colour | Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Stereo | 2,39:1  audio versions in English and Norwegian subtitles: English/German DVD-9 all regions The first documentary about Norway's most renowned contemporary female composer and experimental musician Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje follows the artist through the seasons all over Europe, presenting the variety and universalism of her work. Performances, sound recordings and intimate personal scenes are composed into a complex portrait of an uncompromising artist challenged between conflicting poles of family and vocation. A film about an individual’s voice whose vigor and enthusiasm are increasingly passed on to the viewer. music from »Birds and Traces« (film edit) composed by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje performed by Ratkje | Frode Haltli | Kathy Hinde »Tokyo Map« and »Metafysik« written and performed by Mori | Courvoisier | Ratkje | Olla | Balestrazzi edited by Melanie Lischker and Ralf Stadler with IJB different edit of the music released on »Treasure Hunt« | TiConZero 2012 »Solo at NTK3« (Improvisation | edited) written and performed by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje edited by Ralf Stadler with Maja S. K. Ratkje »Fanfar« from »Three tangos to texts by Gunnar Ekelöf« lyrics by Gunnar Ekelöf music by Ratkje | Haltli performed by POING + Maja S. K. Ratkje published by the sheet music department at The National Library (MIC.no) »Incident at Sound of Mu« (Improvisation) written and performed by Andersen | Ratkje | Tafjord compiled by Melanie Lischker and Ralf Stadler with Maja S. K. Ratkje SPUNK usually includes Lene Grenager on cello Christina Lindgren introduces instruments for a work in progress for children 0-3 years old: »Høyt oppe i fjellet« (»Up in the mountains«). »Asylos« for alto solo, girls' choir and female Gregorian chant singers composed by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje premiered in the Nidaros Cathedral | Trondheim | August 2013 by Marianne Beate Kielland with The Norwegian Girls’ Choir conducted by Anne-Karin Sundal Ask and Schola Sanctae Sunnivae conducted by Anne Kleivset | commissioned by Olavsfestdagene published by the sheet music department at The National Library (MIC.no) »ET OS« text by Karin Sveen music by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje performed by Marianne Baudouin Lie | Sigrid Elisabeth Stang | Bendik Bjørnstad Foss | Hanne Dieserud published by the sheet music department at The National Library (MIC.no) recording available on the album »Snowblind« by Trondheim Sinfonietta | Øra Fonogram | Trondheim 2011 »Double Bass and voices, singing, laughing« (Improvisation | excerpt) written and performed by Joëlle Léandre and Maja S. K. Ratkje »Alle fugler (små de er)« German folksong (c. 1835) Norwegian text by Johan Nicolaisen »Fanfare for stroh-instruments and voice« composed by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje performed by Maja S. K. Ratkje and string players from Avanti! Chamber Orchestra published by the sheet music department at The National Library (MIC.no) »Incident at the Art Factory« (Improvisation | excerpt) written and performed by Maja S. K. Ratkje and Frode Haltli Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht: »Der Song von Mandelay« aus »Happy End« mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Universal Edition AG, Wien www.universaledition.com performed by POING + Maja S. K. Ratkje studio recording available on »Wach Auf!« | Øra Fonogram | Trondheim 2011 »Afro-Svensk« written by Frode Haltli perfomed by Frode Haltli | Garth Knox | Arve Henriksen | Maja S. K. Ratkje sound engineer: Ingar Hunskaar recorded during rehearsal at Concertgebouw Brugge | June 2010 »Concerto for Voice (moods IIIb)« composed by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje performed by Avanti! Chamber Orchestra conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk published by the sheet music department at The National Library (MIC.no) »Summer Day in Svartskog« (Improvisation) written and performed by Maja S. K. Ratkje | Else Olsen Storesund | Guro Skumsnes Moe | Håvard Skaset | Marte Ingeborg Haltli compiled and edited by Lischker | Stadler | IJB