Diafora Op. 118 for String Orchestra (1973-74).

Opera-RUDERS TYCHO SC (Opera) Poul Ruders ' opera Tycho in 3 Acts was premiered May 15 1987 by Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and Kaare Hansen (conductor) at Helsingor Theater in Aarhus Denmark. Libretto in Danish by Henrik Bjelke. Full score: WH31457 Synopsis: In 1597 the famous Danish astronomer and astrologist the nobleman Tycho Brahe flees his castle cum observatory Uraniburg on one of the small islands off the Danish coast. The newly coronated King Christian the Fourth has a grudge against Tycho who in 1572 discovered a new star Stella Nova by using his naked eye only; the telescopewasn't invented yet. This discovery gained Tycho tremendous fame among his contemporaries within the European scientific circles. The now weakened and embittered old man moves together with his wife Christina whom he raped when she was an adolescent and Jeppe the Dwarf his fool-servant whose life Tycho once saved to the plague-infested city of Prague. There at the Benatky Castle Tycho encounters the main reason for his departure from Denmark: the young German mathematician Johannes Kepler the only scientist among his contemporaries Tycho acknowledges - Tycho is in severe need of intelligent challenge. Which he gets and with a disastrous result for himself. The encouraging encounter with Kepler turns into Tycho's scientific and earthly death verdict. Slowly Tycho realizes that his own conception of the Earth as the indisputable axes of the Universe is shattered by Kepler s theory about Earth encircling the stationary Sun. The ancient picture of the Universe collapses Tycho feels deceived by Kepler who leaves the castle shaken by Tycho's wrath. But they meet again and reunite in a Romanza a Due at Tycho's death bed. The opera hovers above immense sadness and extreme ridicule - the cast is most peculiar indeed - so in many ways 'TYCHO' may be described at the best as a 'Tragic Operetta'

Programnote Cast: Johann Friedrich Struensee: Bass Baritone King Christian VII: Tenor Queen Caroline Mathilde: Mezzo Soprano Ove Høegh-Guldberg: Bass Queen Dowager Juliane Marie: Soprano Count Shack Carl Rantzau: Bass King Frederik V: Tenor Enevoldt Brandt: Tenor Bootee-Cathrine: Soprano Synopsis: The Opera is based on the Swedish writer P. O. Enquist's bestselling historical novel The Visit of the Royal Physician. In 1765 the young German doctor Johann Friedrich Struensee arrives at the Danish Court in Copenhagen as newly appointed Royal Physician for the mentally unstable King Christian the VII. Close to the power and the young Queen Caroline Mathilde Struensee dreamsof making a better world for everyone. As time goes by he usurps still more power and tries to reform Denmark according to the ideas of the Enlightenment. Struensee engages in a fatal romantic relation to Caroline Mathilde and his bold grasp of power ends bloody. Livlaegens Besog (The Visit of the Royal Physician) - an Opera in 2 Acts by Bo Holten (2007-08). Libretto: Per Olov Enquist Dramaturg: Eva Sommestad Holten Vocal score available: WH30885 Cast: Johann Friedrich Struensee: Bass Baritone King Christian VII: Tenor Queen Caroline Mathilde: Mezzo Soprano Ove Hoegh-Guldberg: Bass Queen Dowager Juliane Marie: Soprano Count Shack Carl Rantzau: Bass King Frederik V: Tenor Enevoldt Brandt: Tenor Bootee-Cathrine: Soprano Synopsis: The Opera isbased on the Swedish writer P. O. Enquist's bestselling historical novel The Visit of the Royal Physician . In 1765 the young German doctor Johann Friedrich Struensee arrives at the Danish Court in Copenhagen as newly appointed Royal Physician for the mentally unstable King Christian the VII. Close to the power and the young Queen Caroline Mathilde Struensee dreams of making a better world for everyone. As time goes by he usurps still more power and tries to reform Denmark according to the ideas of the Enlightenment. Struensee engages in a fatal romantic relation to Caroline Mathilde and his bold grasp of power ends bloody.

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Preface: The Bells of Vestervig was originally commissioned for carillon and organ. It was first performed by Peter Langberg and Ivar Mæland in connection with the re-inauguration of the organ in Vestervig Church in Denmark February 27th 2011. The version for organ solo differs somewhat from the original version without the main structure or the theme being altered. The “premiere” of the organ version was performed by Flemming Dreisig March 10th 2012 in The Church of Our Lady Copenhagen. Each movement may be used independently liturgically or in concert. If one wishes to perform them as one piece then it would be recommended to play them in the given order. Kvinesdal mars 2012 Sverre Eftestøl. Preface: 'The Bells of Vestervig' was originally commissioned for carillon and organ. It was first performed by Peter Langberg and Ivar Mæland in connection with the re-inauguration of the organ in Vestervig Church in Denmark February 27th 2011. The version for organ solo differs somewhat from the original version without the main structure or the theme being altered. The “premiere” of the organ version was performed by Flemming Dreisig March 10th 2012 in The Church of Our Lady Copenhagen. Each movement may be used independently liturgically or in concert. If one wishes to perform them as one piece then it would be recommended to play them in the given order. Kvinesdal mars 2012; Sverre Eftestøl.

Soren Nils Eichberg's Symphony No. 2 - 'Before Heaven Before Earth' (2010). Commissioned by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR. Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk Programnote Symfoni nr. 2 er kronen pa vaerket af et helt vaerkkompleks som Soren Nils Eichberg har arbejdet med siden 2008. Pa et stipendieophold i Italien fik han sa mange idéer fra handen at selv ikke de tre vaerker han dengang var ved at komponere kunne udnytte dem alle. Stoffet blev brugt til dobbeltkoncerten til en opera og etorkestervaerk bestilt af det tyske Ensemble Modern. Og materialet lever videre i hans Symfoni nr. 2 der afslutter en naermest eksplosiv fase af kreativitet. Man behover ikke kende de tre andre vaerker for at fa udbytte af symfonien pointerer Soren Nils Eichberg. Det materiale som vaerkerne har til faelles fremtraeder da ogsa ogsa pa vidt forskellig made. I stykket til Ensemble Modern (In Circles) virker idéerne som rastlose og flygtige indfald mens de i Symfoni nr. 2 bliver anvendt pa en mere gennemarbejdet facon. Symfonien varer ca. 25 minutter og spilles i ét uafbrudt forlob. Alligevel er den opbygget efter klassisk model hvor man fornemmer en 1. sats en langsom sats og en finale undervejs. Det hele udspringer af to kontrasterende temaer der begge praesenteres to gange i begyndelsen. Det er et symfonisk princip der stammer helt tilbage fra symfonigenrens barndom. Dobbelt-praesentationen er saerlig nyttig i musik som lytterne ikke kender pa forhand. Symfoniens forste tema er en raekke akkorder der spilles af violiner og bratscher. Kontrasttemaet er en hurtig rytmisk basfigur som

Nirvana For (SSAA) was expertly composed by Michael Bojesen for male A capella. Nirvana af Michael Bojesen. V ersion for lige stemmer (SSAA). Tekst af Ole Hyltoft.

Programme note The spectrum of sound the gesticulation - in short the very nature of the strings - has always had a central place in my output demonstrated by the numbers of string quartets concertos with string soloist chamber and solo works. The interest dates back to my school years when I was fortunate to be able to compose for a cello-playing schoolmate and to accompany him on the piano. I discovered then the innumerable nuances of sound and playing varieties offered by just one bow four strings and five fingers.. The bell-like association if the title reflects the special texture of the work. Like thecontinously changing overtones of a struck resonating bell the four parts are unified through one single basic line broken up in a multitude of changing dynamics of a multifacetted rhythm and resulting in an ever transforming harmony. The duration of the work is ca 12 minutes. Per Norgard (1998)

Wordless-Frise - Cantata Profane Op.103b for Mixed Choir SATB by Vagn Holmboe . Frise - Cantata Profane Op.103b for Mixed Choir SATB by Vagn Holmboe .

Fragments Of A Teaching for Baritone String Trio and Percussion (2011). Commissioned by Hans Kristian Kjos Sorensen with financial support from Norsk Kulturrad. Written for Ultron Concept . Premiered at The Bergen International Festival June 2011. Parts available: WH31336A

The Poet - A Gothic Tale for Saxophones and String Quartet (2007). 2008 Chamber version available: WH30938 Programme note The Poet is the fourth of a series of seven compositions named after Karen Blixen's collection of short stories Seven Gothic Tales. My musical gothic tales are written for very different ensembles - THE SUPPER AT ELSINORE is a saxophone quartet THE OLD CHEVALIER is for bass trombone and piano THE MONKEY is a chamber orchestra work - but they all share musical material in a criss-cross of contextual references reminiscent of Blixen's narrativ ecomplexity: Themes andmotivs from one piece appear in others in new and surprising shapes and combinations. Karen Blixen's The Poet is about a retired counsilor who always desired to be an artist - once he even met his ideal Goethe - but knows that he is completely without talent. Instead he patronizes a young gifted writer to the extent of shaping himself into a father figure his protege depends upon. When a young italian widow arrives and the writer predictably falls in love with her and she with him the councilor arranges a marriage between the widow and himself in order to break the young poet's heart - only in the best intention: to make him into a real poet. But the writer decides to take his own life and the widow crushes the councilor's head with a heavy stone crying You poet! As he dies helpless to the will of destiny the councilor realizes that fate has wrought a story greater than any he could have invented. The Poet isn't 'about' anything. The music is inspired by the artistic content of Blixen's short story - it's emotionalism dramatic construction atmosphere period and setting - but unfolds in time and musical space in ways that are completely independent of the story's narrative progression... except one might say that the violin kills off thepiano while the baritone saxophone goes

Michael Bojesen's Te Deum (2010). For Mixed Voices SATB Children's Chorus Soprano solo and Wind Quintet. Parts: WH31141A Piano score: WH31141B Chorus score (SATB+SA): WH31141C Children's chorus: WH31141D

Robert SchumannPIANO SONATA NO. 4(completed by Karl Aage Rasmussen)has been recorded on CD byAmalie Malling pianoon the CD entitledSCHUMANN PIANO WORKSon the label Classico CDK 1072 Robert Schumann's Sonata No. 4 For Piano . Completed from the unfinished sketch by Karl Aage Rasmussen .

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's Mirror Pieces for Clarinet Violoncello and Piano. Danish title: Spejlstykker Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's Mirror Pieces for Clarinet Violoncello and Piano. Danish title: Spejlstykker

Work for Chamber Ensemble (Flute Clarinet Violin Cello Percussion Piano and Guitar) composed in 1982. Work for Chamber Ensemble (Flute Clarinet Violin Cello Percussion Piano and Guitar) composed in 1982.

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Green (SATB) For four voices Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's Green for 4 Voices (SATB). Programme note: New Ground - No Ground - Green In 1986 I wrote Ground for the Kronos Quartet. I used the principle of the baroque ground and created a series of chords - going up and going down symmetrically. The material formed the basis for the quartet. In my next collaboration with Kronos I wrote the darker Last Ground - at the time supposed to be my last composition of the kind. After some years this seemed a bit pathetic and I decided to write a new - lighter ground - New Ground . To disappoint mylisteners as much as possible I based this piece on a very old and very well-known ground: Pachelbel's Canon. The piece is tonal and that suggested another -atonal - composition - No Ground (based on another string quartet - no. 7 Parted from 1984 first performed by Kronos). I am very fond of the elaborated constructivism of the medieval or early renaissance music so in my view the two new quartets needed to be connected and combined. The two quartets can be performed in combination with the four-part vocal piece Green. The text is from medieval England. The pieces are written for the Kronos Quartet and Theatre of Voices.

Klaverudtog-Kniven (The Knife ) - A Chamber Opera in 1 Act (1959) by Vagn Holmobe . Danish version. Libretto by the composer. Piano Reduction - English version : WH30944C Full Score: WH30944 Kniven (The Knife ) - A Chamber Opera in 1 Act (1959) by Vagn Holmobe . Danish version. Libretto by the composer. Piano Reduction - English version : WH30944C Full Score: WH30944

Composed in 1985 For clt vlc harp perc & pf Turning Points was composed by Niels Rosing-Schow in 1985 for Clarinet Cello Harp Percussion and Piano. Manuscript copy.

Former known as 4 STUDIER FOR BLÆSERKVINTET Parts available: WH31179A 5 Studies for Woodwind Quintet by Niels Rosing-Schow (2010). Former known as 4 STUDIER FOR BLaeSERKVINTET. Parts available: WH31179A

Composer's Program Note Repertoire operas occationally have orchestral suites: Bits and pieces of overture interlude etc. tied up in a bouquet of 'schonste Tränen'. Contemporary opera usually wither after the first season so the focus is on getting people to come and have a sniff before it's too late. Consequently it seemed obvious to me to start making orchestral excerpts from my operas that are meant to be played before the premiere (and after please); I call them 'opera trailers' when they're substantial enough to be considered independent works and 'opera demos' when they're relatively short and moreappetizer-ish. SNOW WHITE'S MIRROR is a full scale two act dramatic opera written for the Danish National Opera. The opera is a modern re-telling for grown-ups of the brothers Grimm's fairy tale: Snow White is a self-centered teenage narcissist and the villain of the opera; she ends up loosing everyone but herself either because she kills them or because they decide they can't stand being around her anymore. But apparently she's o.k. with that... The music is intended for a large audience: it's basically pop music done with all the craftmanship of a classical composer who's equally at home with large scale symphonic form avantgarde technique opera singing - and modern pop. The Trailer is in three movements. It contains three sections of the opera; the prelude an interlude close to the beginning of the second act and the final scene but one. It's a gloomy sort of trailer starting out in grand title sequence style moving on to a decidedly odd piece where Snow White find her way to the dwarfs (who're creepy junkies doing pornography to get money to buy dope) and ending in kind of an eerie rejection mood: Everyone still alive walks out on Snow White singing 'skin as white as snow hands red with blood soul as black as ivory'. (NM 2010)