deed

flute, violin, cello & piano

year: 2003
durata: 11.45''
alternative title: dåd
dedicated to: the Peärls Before Swïne Experience / Pärlor för svin

performances:
the Peärls Before Swïne Experience:
Sara Hammarström (fl), George Kentros (vln), Mats Olofsson (vlc), Mårten Landström (pno);
Baltic Art Center, Visby 2003
broadcast, Swedish Radio P2, "Studio onsdag" 2003
Crescendo, Norrköping 2004
Nalen, Stockholm 6/12 2004
Tokyo, Japan 2005
Curious chamber players:
Richard Craig (fl), Karin Hellqvist (vln), Adina Rydqvist (vlc), Mattias Nilsson (pno), Rei Munakata (cond); Bandhagen Scen, Stockholm, 29/03 2009
McGill contemporary players:
Anabel Maler (fl), Aysel Taghi-Zada (vln), Viviana Gosselin (vlc), Kimihiro Yasaka (pno), Francois Koh (cond);
Marvin Duchow Library, 527 Rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Canada 16/12 2011

comment:
deed was composed in Visby for "The Pearls Before Swine Experience". The piece is shaped and composed after an "extended palindrome principle" (as in it´s title; "deed", in swedish "dåd"). The flute introduction/prologue is named "insinuations", and together with the older piece "reverberations" they have a three-part thematic connection.
deed was made out of an electroacoustic piece made by recordings of the Pearls Before Swine Experience. Though a completely acoustic piece, it was performed at EMS:s (Electro acoustic Music Sweden) 40-years´ celebration.

rewiews:
"Den elektroakustiska musiken har inte bara vuxit ur ett traditionellt komponerande, utan också återverkat på skriven, noterad musik. I fallet med Fredrik Grans verk Dåd, handlade det konkret om hur akustisk musik bearbetas till ett elektroakustiskt verk och sedan återigen noterats som akustisk musik åt Pärlor för svin. Resultatet är ett formmässigt något svagt verk, men kraftfullt "sönderslitet" och ganska eget i uttrycket."
-Tony Lundman, Svenska Dagbladet 8/10 2004

"Tidigare under veckan har den elektroakustiska musiken också mött publiken på oväntade platser, inte bara på Nalens toaletter där den nödige kunde lyssna till Fredrik Grans "Dåd" som senare under kvällen framfördes som akustisk musik av Pärlor för svin."
- Johanna Paulsson, Dagens Nyheter, 10/12 2004

"he took a consert that we played on the radio a couple of years ago and recorded it. And he did not sell it as a bootleg. What he did instead was he took the material from that consert and made an electro acoustic piece from our consert. And then he took his piece and tried to write it so that we could play it. So... it´s like us playing an electro acoustic version of ourselves in consert..."

"...so now, were gonna do de deed..."
-George Kentros (spoken)

listen:
extract from the second part:
Pärlor För Svin
(liverecording from Nalen, Stockholm 6/12 2004)

extract from the second part:
(electro acoustic pre-work version)


whole piece:
Pärlor För Svin
(liverecording from UNM Norrköping 2004)