BY HEART

Memorisation and memorisation... We all know it. And we just CAN'T remember it. Or can we?
Associate Professor Toke Møldrup presents his  Artistic Research Project BY HEART, which explores the way he memorises. What are the physical, mental and psychological capacities of the brain when it comes to storing music?

The audience is welcome to attend parts of the programme, which is built around 5 small concerts with breaks in between.

11:00-11:25: Welcome by Toke Møldrup and Line Fredens
Scope: How much musical material can we store in the brain? - On sensation, structure and empathy as approaches to musical memorisation

11:30-12:15: Concert 1: Tactile memorisation: Paganini's capriccer for cello

Introduction: The pleasant contact with the instrument - about the cello and the good feeling

Niccolò Paganini: Capriccio No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 24
Toke Møldrup, cello

12:45-13:30: Concert 2: The melodic memorisation
Introduction: The National Anthem, Moonwalking with Einstein and Google Maps

Herman D. Koppel: Ternio
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for cello and piano

Toke Møldrup, cello, and Vagn Sørensen, piano

14:00-14:45: Concert 3: The inner ensemble
Introduction: The speaking harmonic progression/voice inside the head

Sylvius Leopold Weiss: L'infidelle
J.S Bach: Partita BWV1013

Toke Møldrup, 5-string cello

15:15-16:00: Concert 4: The outer ensemble: Listening to others
Introduction: What do the others bring to the table?

Maurice Ravel: Trio

Trio Lingo: Villads Littauer, violin, Lara Biancalana, cello, and Simen Kraggerud, piano

16:30-17:15: Concert 5: Free sound and the open mind 
- Improvisation as a starting point for memorisation

Introduction: ‘Improvising’ notated works....

Carsten Dahl, composing musician and playing composer
Toke Møldrup, playing composer and composing musician

17:15-17:45: Reflection and opportunity for questions