compositions
compositions
Bamsens Vals
Duration: 2 minutes
Written: 1987
Premiered: February 14, 1987
Trisil, Norway
Flute: Per Oien
Trisil, Norway
Flute: Per Oien
- Flute Solo
Background
Composed as an encore piece in a light and playful vein, Bamsens Vals owes its name to the shy and artful bears that haunt the mountains of Trysil, Norway.
Bamsens Vals appears as a small digression for the composer to a more traditional harmonic language, while retaining his usual flair for lyricism and colour. A humorous little piece, it stands in almost total contrast to Koprowski’s earlier Flute Concerto (1982), a work of intense emotions, surrealistic drama, and virtuosity.