Works for Solo Guitar and Chamber Works with Guitar
Solo Guitar
Shimmering Landscapes (2009) for Solo Guitar
Sunrise at Alishan
雲海粼波之阿里山日出
Instrumentation: Guitar
Durata: 06:30
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.
PDF-Excerpt - Program Note
Fantasia No.2 (2006, rev.2015) for Solo Guitar
Instrumentation: Guitar
Durata: 07:00
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.
PDF-Excerpt - Program Note
Fantasia No.1 (2004) for Solo Guitar
Instrumentation: Guitar -
Durata: 11:30
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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Chamber Works with Guitar
Voyage II (2019) for Flute, Cello and Guitar
Instrumentation: Flute, cello and guitar
Durata: 10:00
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.
Trio for Alto Flute/Flute, Viola and Guitar (1998)
Instrumentation: Alto Flute/Flute, Viola and guitar
Durata: 19:00
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.
