Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Flaskepost (message in a bottle) is a piece of music inspired by the ocean, connecting Scotland and Norway. The music is based upon different field recordings created in the Lofoten archipelago located in the North of Norway, where the the composer, Lange, is based. The work explores the musical potential of the ocean itself as well as imagining different creatures and other things you can encounter in the depths.
The piece also reflects on the ocean as a pathway, both for human travel throughout time, but also for enormous amounts of plastic waste that through the Gulf Stream end up in Lofoten, from all over the world. The music is inspired by the image of sending a cry for help and rescue with a message in a bottle.
Flaskepost – a message written on a scrap of paper, rolled up and put into an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.
Recorded live at LSO St Luke's as part of LSO Jerwood Composer+ Lisa Robertson's showcase Ceòl na Mara on Saturday 10 January 2026.
Daniel Shao flute
David Alberman violin
Chihiro Ono viola
Valerie Welbanks cello
Rachael Gibson electronics
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra #ContemporaryMusic
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Flaskepost (message in a bottle) is a piece of music inspired by the ocean, connecting Scotland and Norway. The music is based upon different field recordings created in the Lofoten archipelago located in the North of Norway, where the the composer, Lange, is based. The work explores the musical potential of the ocean itself as well as imagining different creatures and other things you can encounter in the depths.
The piece also reflects on the ocean as a pathway, both for human travel throughout time, but also for enormous amounts of plastic waste that through the Gulf Stream end up in Lofoten, from all over the world. The music is inspired by the image of sending a cry for help and rescue with a message in a bottle.
Flaskepost – a message written on a scrap of paper, rolled up and put into an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.
Recorded live at LSO St Luke's as part of LSO Jerwood Composer+ Lisa Robertson's showcase Ceòl na Mara on Saturday 10 January 2026.
Daniel Shao flute
David Alberman violin
Chihiro Ono viola
Valerie Welbanks cello
Rachael Gibson electronics
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra #ContemporaryMusic
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Website: lso.co.uk
Apple Music: geni.us/yH0sXY
Spotify: spoti.fi/291cCk0
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