Maja S. K. Ratkje

Thökk Will Weep (2022) composed by Maja S. K. Ratkje

Text in Norwegian.

A vocalise for 8-part choir.

A work for solo cello and electronic effects dedicated to Jeffrey Ziegler. 'A Highway In State Space' is an artistic interpretation of professor Signe Kjelstrup's work on energy conversion, correspond...

Waves of sound, water or light behave similarly. Waves move through a substance with a certain frequency or energy. Waves interfere with each other and new structures are shown. The combination of fre...

Symphony of Broken Anthems (2023) composed by Maja S. K. Ratkje

William Butler Yeats once wrote a poem titled To a Friend Whose Work has Come to Nothing (1931). In 1960, the American poet Anne Sexton wrote the following poem, as a part of her first published work,...

A whisper, or a prayer, or a song (2022) composed by Maja S. K. Ratkje

A whisper, or a prayer, or a song (2022) composed by Maja S. K. Ratkje

Based on the string quartet Tale of Lead and Light (2011). The original string quartet was written in the aftermath of the events in Oslo and Utøya July 2011. A source of musical inspiration is Beetho...

For String Orchestra

Spill for meg pappas hjerte så jeg kan høre det (2021) composed by Maja S.K. Ratkje

Maja S. K. Ratkje's Revelations for Voice, two Violins and Viola.

The composer writes: 'The backdrop for this commission was to complement music by the great Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven's scores for string quartet are cornucopias of techniques and musicality. Th...

Commissioned by Tanja Orning and Rikskonsertene.

An extended double bass solo from the opera 'No Title Performance and Sparkling Water'. Dedicated to Håkon Thelin. Requires use of mallets and voice.

Commissioned for the 200 years anniversary for the Norwegian constitution by the symphonic orchestras of Norway. Released on the record Variations over Variations in 2017.

Hvil (Eng. : rest) is an imperative, and a plea: the earth's plea to humankind. This plea consists of words and music which have taken shape at the same time in a close collaboration between composer...

Maja S. K. Ratkje's A Dismantled Ode To The Moral Value Of Art for 6 Part Chorus. It was performed under the direction of Leonard Bernstein at a concert to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, it appear...

Text in Swedish.

Maja S. K. Ratkje's Concerto for Voice for Voice and Orchestra (version for Sinfonietta). Commissioned by impuls - International Ensemble Academy for Contemporary Music, Graz, for the Klangforum Wien...

Maja S. K. Ratkje's And Sing While Thou On Pressed Flowers Dost Sleep for Ensemble. The piece is commissioned by Cikada with support from Arts Council Norway.

An extended work for upper voices using the words of Monia Aasprong, and quote texts from The Quran, The First Book of Genesis, and the Norwegian write Henrik Wergeland. Sirkling is the final work in...