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Per Nørgård Symphonies Playlist

Per Nørgård: Symphony No. 1, "Sinfonia austera"
Conducted by Leif Segerstam with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.


English: Finnish conductor and composer Leif S...
English: Finnish conductor and composer Leif Segerstam at Turku Main Library, 2011. Suomi: Kapellimestari ja säveltäjä Leif Segerstam Turun pääkirjastossa, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I. Tempo moderato (0:00)
II. Calmo, molto affetuoso - (13:56)
III. Allegro impetuoso (22:06)

Per Nørgård: Symphony No. 2
Conducted by Leif Segerstam with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
Single movement.

Per Nørgård: Symphony No. 3
Conducted by Leif Segerstam with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

I. Moderato (0:00)
II. Allegretto (16:57)

Per Nørgård: Symphony No. 4
Conducted by Leif Segerstam with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. The painting is by Adolf Wölfli, who inspired this symphony.

I. Indian Rose Garden (0:00)
II. Chinese Witch's Lake (15:09)

Per Nørgård: Symphony No. 5
Conducted by Leif Segerstam with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

I. Allegro (0:00)
II. Allegro feroce (10:43)
III. Andante (16:35)

Per Nørgård performs his childhood songs
In this interview from the Danish talk show "Den 11. time", Nørgård plays music he wrote as a child and teenager to accompany his own comic strips.

Songs at 12:30 · 17:45 · 24:49 · 27:36
IV. Allegro feroce (26:24)




Per Nørgård Playlist:

1. Gaudet mater, per coro (1971)
Danish National Choir diretto da Stefan Parkman.

2. Singe die Gärten, version for 8-part choir and 8 instruments (1974).
Hedwig Rummel, contralto
Danish National Choir
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen diretti da Stefan Parkman.

3. Nova genitura (1975).
Bente Vist, soprano
Marit Ernst, recorder
Fredrick Bock, lute
Allan Rasmussen, harpsichord
Bodil Rørbech, violin
Ensemble diretto da Casper Schreiber.

4. Fons Laetitiae, per voce e arpa (1975/2005).
Bente Vist, soprano
Tine Rehling, harp.

5. Frostsalme, for 16-part mixed choir (1976, rev. 2001).
Danish National Choir diretto da Stefan Parkman.

6. Seadrift, su testi di Walt Whitman (1978).
I. Being Together
II. Torn Apart
Bente Vist, soprano
Ensemble diretto da Thomas Søndergård.

7. Wie ein Kind, per coro misto (1979/1980, rev. 1996).

I Wiigen-Lied
II Frühlings-Lied
III Trauermarsch mit einem Unglücksfall

Hanna Hjort • Marianne Lund, soprano
Kim Glies Nandfred • Kasper Højby Nielsen, tenor
Michael W. Hansen, baritone
Danish National Choir diretto da Stefan Parkman.

8. Tre hymniske ansatser, per coro misto (1985/1986).

I Komposition
II Strandvalmue: Frø (Præludium, 1997) -- Strandvalmue
III Die Parke, I

Eva Bruun Hansen, soprano
Annette Simonsen, contralto
Kasper Højby Nielsen, tenor
Bo Anker Hansen, bass

9. Flos ut rosa floruit, from "Six Danish Choral Songs" (1991).
Marianne Lund soprano
Danish National Choir diretto da Stefan Parkman.

10. Concerto in due tempi (piano concerto) (1996).
Allegro moderato

Per Salo, pianoforte
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra diretta da Leif Segerstam.

11. Sinfonia n.6 "Alla fine del giorno", in tre passaggi per grande orchestra ".. nar alt kommer til alt..." (1998/1999)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Danese diretta da Thomas Dausgaard

I. Moderato
II. Lentissimo
III. Allegro energico

12. Sinfonia n.7 (2004/2006).

Primo Movimento
Secondo Movimento
Terzo Movimento

Danish National Symphony Orchestra diretta da Thomas Dausgaard.