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Works for Guitar Solo and Chamber Works with Guitar

Guitar Solo

WorksCollection List

Shimmering Landscapes (2009) for Solo Guitar
Sunrise at Alishan (雲海粼波之阿里山日出)

Instrumentation: Solo guitar

Durata:

06:30

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Short description: Shimmering Landscape is inspired by the sunrise at Alishan (阿里山) in Taiwan, capturing the shimmering light, the calm atmosphere, and the slow movement of the “sea of clouds” drifting through the valleys.

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Fantasia No.2 (2006, rev.2015) for Solo Guitar

Instrumentation: Solo Guitar

Durata:

06:30

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Short description: Fantasia No. 2 unfolds in a single movement with contrasting sections, moving from pastoral calm to virtuosic energy and returning to its opening material in a cyclical, reflective form.

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Fantasia No.1 (2004) for Solo Guitar

Instrumentation: Solo Guitar

Durata:

11:30

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Short description: Fantasia No. 1 explores the guitar’s contrasting sound worlds — from calm, singing lyricism to rhythmic, virtuosic energy — using an alternative tuning and recurring motivic connections.

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Allegro ma non troppo
Spirende vår
Allegro ritmico

Chamber Works with Guitar

WorksCollection List

Voyage II (2019) for Flute, Cello and Guitar

Instrumentation: Flute, Cello and Guitar

Durata:

10:00

Commissioned by Agder Camerata

Short description:Voyage II explores shifting musical landscapes inspired by gamelan, Japanese aesthetics, and the quiet stillness of Taiwanese nature, woven into Kristensen’s own warm, modal language.

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Voyage (2017) for Viola and Guitar

Instrumentation: Viola and Guitar

Durata:

12:00

Commissioned by Duo Diez: Donna Lively Clark – viola and Espen Jensen – Guitar

Short description: Voyage moves through shifting musical landscapes shaped by Japanese aesthetics and gamelan‑inspired textures, brought to life through modal clarity, harmonies built on fourths and the intimate interplay between viola and guitar.

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Trio for Alto Flute/Flute, Viola and Guitar (1998)

Instrumentation: Alto Flute/Flute, Viola and Guitar

Durata:

19:00

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Short description: An early chamber work exploring a Western‑modernist idiom, written during Kristensen’s formative years and characterised by lyrical writing, rhythmic contrast and an intimate, colour‑driven ensemble sound. Some musical signatures can also be found in the composers later works.

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In Memoriam
Nusantara
Music for Two Pianos
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