Au seuil

Work Note:

Au seuil (at the threshold) is inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft short story "The music of Erich Zann." The story follows an unnamed narrator who rents a room on a street called Rue d’Auseil. In the building lives Erich Zann, a reclusive old man who often plays music in his room in the attic. Fascinated, the narrator tries to learn more about Zann’s music, which grows increasingly frantic at night. Eventually, he discovers that his performances are not ordinary, but an effort to hold back dark cosmic entities from beyond the window of his attic. One night, the barrier fails. Zann is consumed by the darkness and the narrator glimpses an incomprehensible void before escaping, never able to find the street again. The cosmic entities are never described, apart from the rushing sound of wind.

This is only the story that inspired the piece, I invite you to make your own story with the performance.

To be premiered by Peter Sheppard Skærved | Mariakyrkan, Malmö | 28 March 2026

ca 6’ | 2025

Solo violin

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