CHAMBER MUSIC

In rehearsals of the piece Sakura, photo by Pau Codina Masferrer

To work with chamber music in collaboration with ensembles, choirs and soloists is of great inspiration to Lil Lacy.
Especially working on different pieces and productions with som of the same ensembles, choirs and soloists, over a longer duration of time, has been a crucial part of the development of Lacy’s work, music and sound, as well as her communication and notation.

I sincerely love this aspect of music; that the musicians / singers and the composers are deeply interconnected and interdependent. We can really grow together. And trust changes everything. - Lil Lacy about working with musicians and singers.

Lil Lacy will be Composer in Residence at Festival & Friends (2025-2026) and Oremangsgaard Kammermusikfest (2026-2027). Both festivals cherish old as well as new chamber music across instrumentation, styles and centuries.

Selected chamber works

Solo works

  • Sonoraørkenen (The Sonoran Desert), 12’ / 2024 / piece for solo bass clarinet with percussion and projection.
    Commissioned by Jonas Frølund

  • Orgeldrømme, 35’ / 2023 / for organ solo. Commissioned by David Bendix Nielsen

  • .relation.manipulation.mutation., 16’ / 2020 / for solo vln. and audio track (part of the exploring plants cycle)

  • Windborne, 8’ / 2020 / for solo accordion

Small ensemble (2-6 players)

Large ensemble (7+ players)

  • Morild, 12’ / 2023 / for fl., ob., cl. in Bb, bsn., hn., vln., vla., cb. Commissioned by Randers Kammerorkester. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

  • The Wave, 16’ / 2022 / for hn., perc., hp., cel., vln., vla., vlc., performed as an audiovisual installation. Commissioned by Vertigo and presented at Ofelia Plads from December 3rd 2023 to February 25th 2024

  • Sakura, 12’ / 2021 / for fl., ob., cl., bsn., perc., pno., vln., vla., vc. Commissioned by Ensemble MidtVest and Esbjerg Ensemble

Soloist and Large ensemble (7+ players)

  • From where I see the Sun dive into the Ocean (Desde donde veo el Sol sumergirse en el Océano), 20’ / 2024 / for perc. solo and ensemble: fl. (dbl. alto fl.), ob., cl. in Bb, bsn., hn., perc. soloist, vln. 1, vln. 2, vla., vlc. Commissioned by Esbjerg Ensemble, Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

  • you’re somehow connected, 80’ / 2020 / for acc. soloist and ensemble (cl. 1, cl. 2 (b.cl.), bsn. (cbsn), tbn., hn., 2 perc., hp., pno. (cel.), 3 vla., 2 cb. (some players also perform on claves, triangles and granite stones) and electronic composition
    - by Lil Lacy and Tobias Sejersdahl in collaboration

Solo voice and emsemble (1-10 players)

  • ONE WORLD ABOVE, ANOTHER BELOW, 17’ - revised version / 2020 / for 1 soprano,and electronics made by composer Lil Lacy and Tobias Sejersdahl. Libretto by Lil Lacy. Choreography by Katinka Fogh Vindelev, Marlene Smith and Lil Lacy.

  • ONE WORLD ABOVE, ANOTHER BELOW, 45’ / 2019 / chamber opera for 1 soprano, ensemble (fl. (a.fl.), ob. (o.da.), cl. (b.cl.), bsn. (cbsn.), hn., perc., 2 vln., vla, vc.) and 6 speakers in collaboration with electronic composer Tobias Sejersdahl.
    Libretto by Lil Lacy. Commissioned by Århus Sinfonietta.

Chorus a caPpella or with ensemble

  • Vokse sammen, 15’ / 2023 / for girls’ choir (SSA) and large ensemble (1111-1000 /1 perc. / 1 hp. / strings: 33221). Libretto by Agnete Hannibal Petri and Lil Lacy, inspired by Sankt Annæ Girls’ Choir. Commissioned by Sankt Annæ Girls’ Choir

  • CRAWL CRAWL CRAWL, 60’ /2022 / for 12 singers (SATB) staged in a swimming pool. Libretto by Jon R. Skulberg, Astrid Hansen Holm and Lil Lacy. Commissioned by Convoi Exceptionnel

  • Forvent, 6’ / 2022 / for girls’ choir (SSAA) and string quartet. Libretto by Lisa Christiane Lertoft and Lil Lacy, inspired by The Danish National Girls’ Choir. Commissioned by DR Pigekoret (The Danish National Girls’ Choir)