IDAGIO | Musical Glass Arrangement - Mozart, W.A. / Rodgers, R. / Andersen, K.N. / Thomsen, K.V. / Harder, E. / Mortensen, O. 5709499345009

Featuring

Erik Hansen
Henrik Hansen
Laif Møller Lauridsen
Aarhus Symfoniorkester
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Anonymous (Traditional)

Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann
Richard Rodgers
Kai Normann Andersen
Knud Vad Thomsen
Egil Harder
Riz Ortolani
Otto Mortensen
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Georges Auric
Johan H. Nebelong
Carl Michael Bellman
Hugo Gyldmark
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mogens Schrader

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Compositional Technique

A glass instrument is tuned with water, starting from concert pitch A, and music is produced by stroking the rims of the glasses with the tips of two index fingers in circular motions.

Performer Biography

Erik Hansen is in high demand globally, having performed on TV and radio across Scandinavia, with the BBC and Thames Television in the UK, and in Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Israel, Chile, and Japan.

Instruments

The glass instrument Erik Hansen plays is constructed from 25 old Danish beer, wine, and schnapps glasses, spanning two octaves.

Recording & Production

This CD includes music from a 1989 LP by Erik Hansen and string players from the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, and also features a combination of glass instrument and classical guitar.

Performer Biography

Erik Hansen, born in 1937, has been playing glass instruments for 39 years, having initially learned violin and double-bass as a boy.

Performer Biography

Henrik Hansen, Erik Hansen's son, born in 1966, started playing his father's glass instrument as a child and later built his own, and now performs concerts with his father.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Erik Hansen's repertoire is very wide, ranging from Danish folksongs and popular music to international evergreens, musicals, film tunes, and classical works by composers like Mozart and Beethoven, who composed specifically for glass instruments.