Lars Petter Hagen is a Norwegian composer whose music concerns memory and our relationship with the past. We talk about memory in his orchestra piece Gestern, inspired by Stefan Zweig’s 1934 memoir Die Welt von Gestern – Erinnerungen eines Europäers, his string quartet Transfiguration 4, and his Ingmar Bergman-inspired piece Seven Studies in Sadness. We also discuss his new role as Director of the Bergen International Festival.

Music: Gestern by Lars Petter Hagen, performed by Klangforum Wien, recording by Norwegian radio (NRK) from the Ultima Festival; Transfiguration 4 by Lars Petter Hagen, performed by Quator Leonis, recording and live-electronics by INA-GRM, Radio France; Seven Studies in Sadness by Lars Petter Hagen

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The Other Minds Podcast is hosted and edited by Joseph Bohigian. Outro music is “Kings: Atahualpa” by Brian Baumbusch (Other Minds Records).