Marcus Paus

Chamber

  • Den fjerde alder (The Fourth Age)
    For Clarinet & Spoken Voice
    (2019)

    Prelude

    I. Heimveg (Way Home)

    II. Mor mi (My Mother)

    III. Det syng i skapet (The Closet Sings)

    Postlude (reprise)

    Text: Ola Jonsmoen (in Norwegian)

    Durata: Ca. 10'

    Commissioned by TØYSentralen Galleri

  • Dødssangen (The Song of Death)
    For Voice & Piano
    (2019)

    Text: Jens Bjørneboe (in Norwegian)

    Durata: Ca. 3'

  • Elegi for en hengt soper (Elegy for a Hanged Faggot)
    For Voice & Piano
    (2019)

    Text: Jens Bjørneboe (in Norwegian)

    Durata: Ca. 5'

  • Emigranten (The Migrant)
    For Voice & Piano
    (2019)

    Text: Jens Bjørneboe (in Norwegian)

    Durata: Ca. 5'

  • Gradus ad Extinctum (A Processional, with Cadenzas)
    For Oboe & Piano
    (2019)

    Written for Dark Circus

    Durata: Ca. 8'

  • How the Light Gets In
    For Voice (mezzo soprano) & Brass Quintet
    (2019)

    I. Love Itself

    II. Paper-thin Hotel

    III. Here It Is

    IV. The Tower of Song

    V. Nightingale

    VI. Anthem

    Text: Leonard Cohen (in English)

    Durata: Ca. 25'

    (Commissioned by NyNorsk Messingkvintett & Tora Augestad with funding from The Norwegian Composer's Fund)

  • Natten (This Night)
    For Voice & Piano
    (2019)

    Text: Jens Bjørneboe (in Norwegian)

    Durata: Ca. 4'

  • String Quartet no. 5
    -11 Aphorisms from the Imagery of Alfred Kubin
    (2019)

    I. The City to the East

    II. Signpost

    III. The Rat-House

    IV. Madame (Modern Chandelier Decoration)

    V. Man

    VI. Ghostly Dancer

    VII. The Past (Forgotten-Sunken)

    VIII. In Memory of My Bride Who Died in 1903

    IX. Famine

    X. Death Comes for the Draftsman (Self-Portrait)

    XI. Into the Unknown

    Durata: Ca. 15'

    Commissioned for the Engegård Quartet with funds from NOPA

  • Tilegnelse (Dedication)
    For Voice & Piano
    (2019)

    Text: Jens Bjørneboe (in Norwegian)

    Durata: Ca. 3'

  • To My Wife
    For Voice & Cello
    (2019)

    Text: Oscar Wilde (in English)

    Durata: Ca. 4'

  • Bedrøvet fugl (Wistful Bird)
    For Voice & Piano
    (2018)

    Text: André Bjerke (in Norwegian)

    Durata: Ca. 4'

  • Berceuse
    For Voice & Piano
    (2018)

    Text: André Bjerke (in Norwegian)

    Durata: Ca. 5'30''