The Long LineThe Long Line Explore Nine Centuries of Music Bent Sørensen

Bent Sørensen

Danish composer

Bent Sørensen (born 18 July 1958) is a Danish composer. He won the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 2018 for L'isola della Città (2016).

He studied composition with Ib Nørholm at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and with Per Nørgård at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus.

Sørensen treats major/minor tonalities with microtonal inflections and blurs the harmonies with glissandi. Examples of this technique can be found in his trombone concerto "Birds and Bells", a work for orchestra and choir "Echoing Garden", and his violin concerto "Sterbende Gärten", which took the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize in 1996. His early works deal with folksong in prosaic way. Sørensen has composed in a variety of mediums, including opera (his "Under the Sky" was premiered in 2004 at the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen), orchestra, choir, 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.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • 12 Nocturnes
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 1. Mignon - Und die Sonne geht Unter
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 10. 304 Sterne in einem kleinen Fenster
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 11. Wiegenlieder
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 12. Und die Sonne geht auf (Choralstudie)
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 2. Mondnacht (Berceuse no. 2)
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 3. Nachtlicher Fluss
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 4. Barcarola
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 5. In den morgen Morgentanzen
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 6. Sigrids Kantate
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 7. Mitternacht mit Mignon
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 8. In Rosenblütentanzen
  • 12 Nocturnes: No. 9. Sigrids Wiegenlied
  • 3 Moteter
  • 3 Moteter: I. af. Ps. 108 “Sicut umbra cum declinat”
  • 3 Moteter: II. af. Ps. 64 “Induti sunt arietes ovium”
  • 3 Moteter: III. af. Ps. 101 “Dies mei sicut umbra declinaverunt”
  • Angel's Music
  • Benedictus
  • Birds and Bells
  • Birds and Bells: I.
  • Birds and Bells: II.
  • Birds and Bells: III.
  • Den Lille Havfrue
  • Evening Land
  • Funeral Procession
  • Gondole
  • Gondole: I. La Gondola che balla il valzer
  • Gondole: II. Gondola dei sogni
  • Gondole: III. La Gondola con il vestito dei fiori
  • Gondole: IV. Gondola dell'amore
  • Gondole: V. Lugubre gondola
  • Gråfødt
  • Havet står så blankt og stille
  • It Is Pain Flowing Down Slowly on a White Wall
  • La mattina
  • La mattina: I. Lento lugubre
  • La mattina: II. Luminoso - Quasi allegro
  • La mattina: III. Lento misterioso
  • La mattina: IV. Andante
  • La mattina: V. Presto
  • Lacrimosa
  • Livet og døden
  • Lullabies
  • Og solen går ned
  • Phantasmagoria
  • Phantasmagoria: I. Molto energico
  • Phantasmagoria: II. Misterioso e dolce
  • Phantasmagoria: III. Dolcissimo
  • Phantasmagoria: IV. Misterioso e meccanico
  • Phantasmagoria: V. Dolcissimo
  • Serenidad
  • Serenidad: I. —
  • Serenidad: II. —
  • Serenidad: III. —
  • Sigrid's Lullaby
  • Sirenengesang
  • Sneeklokken
  • Sneklokker
  • Sneklokker: I. Viborg (Domkirke)
  • Sneklokker: II. Thorning
  • Sneklokker: III. Vrads
  • Sneklokker: IV. Nørre Snede
  • Sneklokker: V. Øster Nykirke
  • Sneklokker: VI. Jels
  • Sneklokker: VII. Åbernrå
  • Sneklokker: VIII. Kliplev
  • St Matthew Passion: I. In veils of mist
  • St Matthew Passion: II. Betania
  • St Matthew Passion: III. Psalm
  • St Matthew Passion: IV. Wild Nights
  • St Matthew Passion: IX. The shore again, Galilee
  • St Matthew Passion: V. Crucifixus
  • St Matthew Passion: VI. Lament
  • St Matthew Passion: VII. Tenebrae
  • St Matthew Passion: VIII. Magdalena
  • St Matthew Passion: X. Into the Mist
  • St. Matthew Passion
  • Sterbende Garten
  • Sterbende Garten: I. Allegro, molto fluente
  • Sterbende Garten: II. Barcarola. Lento -
  • Sterbende Garten: III. Stampida. Presto
  • Strunge sange
  • Strunge sange: I. Illusion
  • Strunge sange: II. Tid og rum
  • Strunge sange: III. Hjertestrøm
  • Strunge sange: IV. Vindens puls
  • The Bells of Vineta
  • The Deserted Churchyards
  • The Echoing Garden
  • The Echoing Garden: I. Lento, molto lontano -
  • The Echoing Garden: II. Allegro ritmico
  • The Echoing Garden: III. Molto fluente
  • The Echoing Garden: IV. Andantino sospeso, con fluttuazione
  • The Echoing Garden: V. Calmo transparenza
  • The Echoing Garden: VI. Molto fluente
  • The Lady and the Lark
  • The Lady and the Lark: I.
  • The Lady and the Lark: II.
  • The Lady and the Lark: III.
  • The Lady and the Lark: IV.
  • The Lady and the Lark: V.
  • The Lady of Shalott
  • The Shadows of Silence
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Trumpet Concerto: I. —
  • Trumpet Concerto: II. —
  • Trumpet Concerto: III. —