Considering Icarus
2021; dur: 18′; Tbn solo and small or full orchestra; Both scores at Wise Music Classical
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Songs by Radka Toneff for orchestra
2021; dur: 14′; Solo voice and guitar, 3-2-2-2, 4-3-3-1, timp, 2 perc, harp, pno, strings; For score and parts rental, contact Ratkje
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Finnskogutstillingen 40 år
Catalogue for Finnskogutstillingen’s 40 years’ anniversary. Includes CD with music by Christian Eggen, Anders Jormin, Sinikka Langeland and Ratkje/Haltli. Released 2021 by Finnskogutstillingen. On this album: Uten tittel (Musikk til glass og stål) by Frode Haltli and Maja S. K. Ratkje. Buy link
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5 skiver som har inspirert Maja S. K. Ratkjes nye album Vannstand (NO)
Eugeniusz Rudnik – Studio Eksperymentalne Polskiego Radia / Polish Radio Experimental Studio Jeg var så heldig at jeg fikk arbeide med den polske pioneren Rudnik (1932-2016) på invitasjon fra Warzsawa de siste årene før han gikk bort. Det beste med musikken er at den er så tøylesløs. Han leker med alt fra feltopptak av underholdningsfjernsyn
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A Special Moment In Norwegian Music: Vriompeis 2021 Reviewed
The Quietus: (…)On day two, the internationally acclaimed composer Maja Ratkje is headlining with a noise show. It’s still 40 people sitting on barstools. A person in the audience is doing fist-pumps, moving his closed hand up and down several times as a sign of victory. Nothing wrong with a good dose of Viking dancing.
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Motvind i ansiktet, spunk i ryggen (NO)
Salt Peanuts: Det siste tolvte punktet på dagsorden for denne sjette Motvind-festivalen er en konsert med improvisasjonskvartetten SPUNK. Lene Grenager på cello, Kristin Andersen på trompet og blokkfløyter, Hild Sofie Tafjord på valthorn og elektronikk og Maja S. K. Ratkje på vokale og elektroniske effekter. Det er godt og vel 25 år siden denne fenomenale
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To The Surface / Til overflaten
2021; Permanent 6 channel sound installation
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Maja S. K. Ratkje hever stemmen (NO)
Main feature in Jazznytt #257 Vinter 2021 Order at https://jazznytt.jazzinorge.no/
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Avant Joik: Live in Bergen reviews (in English and Chilean)
Loop: Avant Joik is the collaborative project of Norwegian Maja S. K. Ratkje on vocals and live electronics, Swedish Katarina Barruk on vocals and joik, and Finn Matti Aikio on live visuals. At first I thought that joik was an instrument, although Barruk uses it as such through the type of singing it is. The
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Full Moon reviews CTM (CZ)
Jan Starý, www.fullmoonzine.cz, 2019 Na obrovském projekčním plátně se jen lehce čeří voda. Přichází Maja Ratkje, dýchá, syčí, prská do mikrofonu a skládá z těch drobných zvuků členité, ale decentní a barvou vlastně obyčejné plochy. Připojuje se Katarina Barruk s lidovými nápěvy, které v nekonečných repeticích fungují jako zaříkávání. Ve vystoupení Avant Joik se sráží
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Interview in Loop (in English and Chilean)
by Guillermo Escudero. Published at www.loop.cl May 2021 Maja S. K. Ratkje with her wide expressive range through her voice, this one becomes the main instrument and electronics are an extension of it and it is not only to accompany, but it changes and shapes it in real time. She is always active in the
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Vannstand reviews (in English, Czech, Chilean)
Loop: (…) In Norway, as in other countries, the sea level has risen as a result of climate change. Ratkje declares: “Sometimes you find yourself playing something that grows stronger and stronger, or sounds bigger and bigger. Sea levels may rise significantly, or just a bit, but they WILL rise.” (…) This eight-piece album is
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Simplicissimus
2021; dur: 2 x 60′; Theatre by Tormod Lindgren and Knut Nærum with music by Ratkje/POING
Avant Joik: Live in Bergen
2021; dur: 40′; Voices and live electronics; Co-composed by Katarina Barruk and trad.
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Avant Joik: Live in Bergen
Bergen Kunsthall: «Live in Bergen» captures Avant Joik’s two amazing concerts during the opening weekend of Joar Nan- go’s Festival Exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall in 2020. The album is based on the recordings from two con- certs held at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall on 4 Sep- tember 2020 and presents for the first time the groundbreaking
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Vannstand
Motvind records: ’Vannstand’ (Sea Level) is a tribute to the slowly pulsating tidal shifts along the length of the Norwegian coastline. In Vannstand children are given the opportunity to reflect and respond musically to their relationship with the coast, the water and the sea. The composer, Maja S. K. Ratkje states: What could be more
20 Norwegian Piano Miniatures
Twenty piano miniatures by some of the most trendsetting composers in Norway around the year 2000 — it has been a joy to be able to be part of it! This project was initiated by Viktor Mjøen of the music publisher Blåmann Musikkforlag. The idea was that limiting the length and complexity of the pieces
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Sound Chronicle of the Warsaw Autumn 2010 cd No. 7
Audio documentation for Warsaw Autumn 2010. Includes a piece by Ratkje: Chopin’s Mazurka, Op. 17 No. 4, recomposed
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Works for String Orchestra, other reviews in Norwegian
Ukens anbefaling (Spellemann spesial): Maja S.K. Ratkje – Works for String Orchestra av Ola Nordahl 13.02.21, Musikkskriverier Det pågår noe så sjeldent som en liten estetisk debatt (eller krangel om du vil) i det norske samtidsmusikkmiljøet for tiden. (…) I anmeldelsen lar Emil Bernhardt det tydelig komme fram at plata stryker ham mothårs, og han
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Interview in TQ Zine
by Rory Carr, TQ38/39/40, a TUSK Virtual special triple issue, published Jan 2021 “It’s hard to keep up the mood and inspiration in these times, but it helps to keep myself busy with taking on unfinished tasks and being flexible enough to jump onto new possibilities that may appear suddenly because of the situation changing
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