Bent Sørensen (composer)
Bent Sørensen (born 18 July 1958) is a
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 2018 for L'isola della Città (2016).[1]
He studied composition with
Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus
.
Sørensen treats major/minor tonalities with
chamber ensemble and solo instruments, but notably he has not composed any electroacoustic music
.
Since 2008 he has been a visiting professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London.[2]
Works
Organ
- Lais (1985)
Piano
- Angelus (?)
- The Shadows of Silence (2002)
- The Masque of the Red Death (1990)
- Lullabies (2000)
- Berceuse No.2 (2007)
- Twelve Nocturnes (2000–2014)
- Fantasia Appassionata (2017)
Solo
- The Songs of the Decaying Garden for clarinet (?)
- Troldspil for clarinet (1982)
- The Lady of Shalott for viola (1987)
- The Bells of Vineta for trombone (1990)
- The Shadows of the Shepherds for oboe (1990)
- Plainte d'un Troubadour for oboe (1993)
- Angelus Waltz for guitar (1996)
- Shadow Siciliano for guitar (1997)
- Sliding Sarabande for guitar (1999)
- Looking on Darkness for accordion (2000)
- The Hill of the Heartless Giant for double bass (2001)
- Midnight Mazurka for guitar (2006)
- Doll March & Dark Jig for guitar (2008)
Chamber music (2 to 6 players)
- Trotto for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon and horn (1983)
- Mädelein for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (1985)
- Les Tuchins for 2 cellos, 2 trombones and 2 electric guitars (1986)
- Adieu for string quartet (1986)
- Alman for string quartet (1984)
- Angels' Music for string quartet (1988)
- Camelot by Night for bass flute and guitar (1988)
- The Birds of Lament for 2 trombones and 3 percussions (?)
- The Deserted Churchyards for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion and piano (1990)
- The Lady of Shalott for string quartet (1993)
- Schreie und Melancholie for string quartet (1994)
- The Wings of Night for string quartet and trombone (1997)
- Sieben Sehnsüchte for violin, piano and trombone (1999)
- Nocturnal for string quartet and trombone (2001)
- Phantasmagoria for violin, cello and piano (2007)
- Mondnacht for clarinet, viola and piano (2007)
- Wasserflussen / Kirschgarten for clarinet, viola and piano (2008)
- Lugubre Gondola for violin, viola and cello (2009)
- Gondola l'Amore for violin, viola and cello (2010)
- Gondoli for violin, viola and cello (2010)
- Schattenlinie for viola, clarinet and piano (2010)
- Ständchen 4 for clarinet, trombone, piano, guitar, violon and cello (arr. 2010)
- Vorspiel for clarinet, trombone, piano, guitar, violin and cello (2010)
- Syv Længsler for mezzo-soprano, violin and piano (?)
- Rosenblad – Papillions for piano and string quartet (2013)
Ensemble (7 or more players)
- Clairobscur for 10 instruments (1987)
- Minnewater: Thousands of Canons for 15 instruments (1988)
- Shadowland for 10 instruments (1988/89)
- Funeral Procession for violin, viola and 6 instruments (1989)
- Minnelieder – Zweites Minnewater for 14 instruments (1994)
- Sirenengesang for 12 instruments (1994)
- Birds and Bells for 13 instruments (solo trombone) (1995)
- This Night of no Moon for 13 instruments (1999)
- The Weeping White Room for 9 instruments (2002)
- Sinful Songs for 14 instruments (?)
- Ständchen for 8 instruments (?)
- Pantomime – Papillons for 11 instruments (2013–2014)
Orchestra
- Lacrymae (1984)
- Symphony (1996)
- Intermezzo (2000)
- Exit Music (2007)
- Sounds Like You (2008)
- Tunnels de lumière (2010)
- Evening Land (2017)
- Second Symphony (2019)
Concertos
- Sterbende Gärten for violin and orchestra (1993)
- The Lady and the Lark for viola and orchestra (1997)
- Intermezzi for 2 mezzo-sopranos, 6 violins, and orchestra (2003)
- La Notte for piano and orchestra (1988)
- La Mattina for piano and orchestra (2009)
- It is pain flowing down slowly on a white wall for accordion and string orchestra (2010)
- Serenidad for clarinet and orchestra (2012)
- Doll Steps in Venice for clarinet and orchestra (2013)
- Concerto for trumpet and orchestra (2013)
- Mignon – Papillons for piano and string orchestra (2014)
- Whispering for recorder and string orchestra (2014)
- L'isola della Città for violin, cello, piano, and orchestra (2015)
- Sei Anime for harpsichord and orchestra (2020)
Choir
- Recordare (?)
- Trois Motets (1985)
- Lacrimosa (1985)
- Strunge-sange (1988)
- In Paradisum (2002)
- Havet står så blankt og stille (2005)
- Søstrene (2006)
- Benedictus (2006)
- Fragments of Requiem (2007)
- Et Blad Falder til Himlen (2008)
- O Magnum Mysterium (2008)
- Og solen går ned (2008)
- Livet og Døden (2009)
- Sneklokker (2010)
- Matthæuspassion (2019)
Solo voice(s) and chamber ensemble
- Cyprianus for 3 sopranos, 2 clarinets and 2 percussions (1982)
- Donne for voice, violin and guitar (1983)
- Garnet to Garnet for voice, percussion and guitar (1985)
- I Love You If You Do (?)
- Popsange for tenor and piano (1990)
- Roses are Falling for mezzo-soprano and piano (1998)
- Cavatina for mezzo-soprano, violin and piano (2001)
- Seks sange for mezzo-soprano and violin (2001)
- Vokalise for mezzo-soprano and violin (2001)
- Three Stones for voice (2006)
- Triptykon for voice and piano (2006)
Choir and orchestra or ensemble
- The Echoing Garden with solo soprano and tenor (?)
- In Paradisum with two solo sopranos (?)
- Den Lille Havfrue with solo soprano and tenor(2005)
Opera
- Under Himlen, libretto by Peter Asmussen (?)
Discography
Monographies
- Bent Sørensen, Sterbende Gärten, The Echoing Garden, in « Sterbende Gärten – The Echoing Garden », Rebecca Hirsch (violin), Åsa Bäverstam (soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor), Choir et Orchestra of the Danish Radio, dir. Leif Segerstam, CD Dacapo, 1996, N° 8.224039
- Bent Sørensen, Clairobscur, The deserted Churchyards, Minnewater: Thousands of Canons, Shadowland, Sirenengesang, in « Shadowland » Esbjerg Ensemble, dir. Jules van Hessen, CD Dacapo, 1998, N° 8.224075
- Bent Sørensen, The Bells of Vineta, Birds and Bells, The deserted Churchyards, Funeral Procession, The Lady and the Lark, The Lady of Shalott, in « Birds and Bells » Christian Lindberg (trombone), Oslo Sinfonietta & Cikada, dir. Christian Eggen, CD ECM, 2005, N° 1665
Other recordings
- Bent Sørensen, Alman, Adieu and Angels' Music, in « String Quartets by Karl Aage Rasmussen & Bent Sørensen » (with 2 pieces by Karl Aage Rasmussen, Arditti String Quartet, 2 CDs DA CAPO, 1990, N° 9003a/9003b
References
- ^ "Grawemeyer Awards, Music Composition, Previous Winners". grawemeyer.org. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- ^ "Staff – Bent Sørensen – Royal Academy of Music". Royal Academy of Music. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2022-03-28.