Qilaatersorneq
(2001)
for violin and orchestra
Grand prix at the queen elisabeth competition for composers 2001
Duration appr. 13 min.

Published by: Universal Edition Wien

Premiered in the Palace de Beaux Arts, Brussels on May 21^st 2001
by Boris Brovtsyn and the Orchestre National de Belgique
conducted by Gilbert Varga

Other performances:
all other finalists of the 2001 queen elisabeth violin competition:
Ju-Young Baek, Christina Castelli, Ning Kam, Oleg Kaskiv, Barnabás Kelemen, Feng Ning, Alina Pogostkin, Akiko Ono, Mikhail Ovrutsky, Tatiana Samouil, Baiba Skride
with the Orchestre National de Belgique conducted by Gilbert Varga

Hochschule für Musik Köln, May 3^rd 2002:
Mikhail Ovrutsky, Orchester der Hochschule für Musik Köln, Prof. Michael Luig

St. Petersburg Philharmony, May 27^th 2002:
Zoë Beyers, State Hermitate Orchestra, Saulus Sondeckis

Programme Text:
Qilaatersorneq in the language of the native inhabitants of Greenland (the Inuit) is the name for the Ritual Drum Dance.
The group is driven into and guided through trance by the Angákoq - it's spiritual leader/shaman - in order to seek healing and advice. The whole ritual is accompanied by his drumming and singing, gradually developing from a melancholic elegy into rhythmical frenzy as the group joins in. At the very culmination of collective ecstasy the Angákoq vanishes, flying to the World of the Higher Spirits.
Upon his return, as sudden and inexplicable as his disappearance, he describes his voyage to the group and explains them the commands and advises of the Spirits.

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