The Danish band will release the opera Leaves - The Colour of Falling on Nov 4, 2016 via Tambourhinoceros (Palace Winter, CTM, Cancer). The opera is composed in a close collaboration with award-winning composer Karsten Fundal.
Karsten Fundal about creating this song with Efterklang:
“This song is very special to me as it really got under my skin when we made it. Efterklang have arranged and adapted the composition in their usual hyper sensitive understanding of what the music is about. In some ways we shifted roles on this one – I made this relatively catchy melody and its simple harmonies and basic arrangement. Efterklang added the string and vocal arrangements. The lyrics are very impressionistic and somewhat melancholic as they evolve around the colour green – the colour of love and the colour not of love. It works beautifully in English because of all the wordplays. It’s a really great example of Ursula Andkjær Olsen’s poetry as she plays with triviality while abolishing linearity as she calls for our innermost emotions in the secret meaning behind the words”
The opera is released on Nov 4, 2016 on a limited blue vinyl, CD and digitally via Tambourhinoceros. It’s available for pre-order here: http://smarturl.it/EfterklangLeaves
Efterklang and The Happy Hopeless Orchestra will perform the opera around Europe in the beginning of 2017:
Feb 22 - København, Store Vega, Denmark
Feb 23 - Uppsala, Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, Sweden
Mar 02 – Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven / Cross Linx – Holland
Mar 03 - Groningen, De Oosterpoort / Cross Linx – Holland
Mar 04 - Rotterdam, De Doelen / Cross Linx – Holland
Mar 05 - Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw / Cross Linx – Holland
Mar 09 – London, Barbican – England
Mar 10 – Bruxelles, Ancienne Belgique – Belgium
