Las flores del mar de la muerte – The flowers in Death’s sea. The inspiration is from Gabriel García Márques’ short story The Sea of Lost Time which has also resulted in works like the cello solo El mar del tiempo perdido, and the violin solo El mar, las rosas y el sueño perdido .
If you have read this short story, the following picture eats its way into your mind: An unbearable stinking and horribly looking town in South America. The death of an old lady. And an under-water dream view of the same woman as a beautiful teenage-girl. She is also dead here, but drifts – like a deep contrast to the present time – effortless, transfigured, and in great beauty along the bottom of the sea with a stream of beautiful flowers following her.
The music in this 2nd violin concerto sways between magic-introvert surfaces and strongly rhythmic – in fact, rather dancing – parts.
The Danish composer Poul Ruders maintained that this concert ought to become a repertoire piece.
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Ekspressiv linedans over dødens hav … Mogens Christensen … har i dette værk fundet ny koncentration og enhed.
(Jyllands-Posten)
... varmt og ekspressivt værk med mange billeder og farver, der veksler på overraskende, men tilfredsstillende måde.
(Berlingske Tidende)
… bede med forskellige udtryksfulde klangvirkninger … blide, glidende, vigende … drømmesats, hvor højttalerlyden digter med på den uvirkelige vision. Det var smuk og virkningsfuld musik
(Kristeligt Dagblad)
… musik, hvor snoede linjer og klanglige farveflader driver ind i hinanden, som var det billeder fra en drømmeverden … en klanglig novelle til intime omgivelser.
(Politiken)