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- Bent Sørensen
The Deserted Churchyards (1990)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
Programme Note
The title The Deserted Churchyards refers to several churchyards along the western coast of Northern Jutland, which long ago were safely inland, but which now are being eaten up by the threatening sea. The title, however, is only an association and it is impossible to explain the more definite connection between this windy area and my piece. Though The Deserted Churchyards is an independent work, it can also be played as a Prelude to Funeral Procession (same ensemble plus violin solo and viola solo).
The Deserted Churchyards was commissioned by Lerchenborg Music Days and is dedicated to Louise Lerche-Lerchenborg.
- Bent Sørensen, December 1992
The Deserted Churchyards was commissioned by Lerchenborg Music Days and is dedicated to Louise Lerche-Lerchenborg.
- Bent Sørensen, December 1992
Media
The Deserted Churchyards
Reviews
I expected to be even darker, but - typically for this composer - it captured the image of churchyards slipping into the sea in a fascinatingly ambiguous way, silvery and light and tenebrous all at once.
26th May 2011
Discography
Speculum Musicae plays the New Danes
- LabelBridge
- Catalogue NumberBCD9054
- ConductorWilliam Purvis
- EnsembleSpeculum Musicae
- Released1995
Shadowland
- LabelDacapo
- Catalogue Number8.224075
- ConductorJules van Hessen
- EnsembleEsbjerg Ensemble
Night Windows
- LabelEdition Wilhelm Hansen
- ConductorChristian Eggen
- EnsembleCikada
Birds and Bells
- LabelECM
- Catalogue Number1665
- ConductorChristian Eggen
- EnsembleCikada Ensemble