Bent Sørensen
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Such was the spontaneous reaction of the Norwegian composer Arne Nordheim upon hearing a work by Bent Sørensen. And it is not easy to imagine a more strangely to-the-point description of the ambiguous, almost paradoxical expressive idiom of this unique composer, who is without doubt the leading Danish composer of his generation. Sørensen’s music is not recycled; in no way does it rely on the yellowing pages of history for its musical nourishment. His musical language is undeniably of the present day, both aesthetically and technically. The music does, however, appear to be pervaded with memories, wisdom of experience and old dreams, of the inevitability of transitoriness and parting. It is a flickering, glittering world where things seem to disappear at the slightest touch. The moment something becomes tangible and recognizable, it dissolves, becomes obscured, or disappears. But this ghost-like indistinctness is nevertheless the work of an experienced illusionist: Perhaps Sørensen’s most singular talent is his ability to give voice to this indistinctness, to render it distinct and clear. Often he places very simple musical material inside an ingenious musical "hall of mirrors” in which echoes, and echoes of echoes, spread like ripples in water; the quiet, smudged contours, which sound as though heard through falling rain or misted windows, are always drawn in minute, calligraphic detail. © Karl Aage Rasmussen
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Lais
Bent Sørensen
Organ
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Clairobscur
Bent Sørensen
Full Score
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Troldspil
Bent Sørensen
Clarinet
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Schreie und Melancholie
Bent Sørensen
String Quartet
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
The Lady of Shalott
Bent Sørensen
String Quartet
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
The Echoing Garden
Bent Sørensen
Full Score
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Shadow Siciliano
Bent Sørensen
Guitar
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Roses are Falling
Bent Sørensen
Mezzo-soprano & Piano
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Sieben Sehnsüchte
Bent Sørensen
Piano & Violin
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Skygger af stilhed
Bent Sørensen
Cello & Piano
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Sliding Sarabande
Bent Sørensen
Guitar
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Songs of the Decaying Garden
Bent Sørensen
Clarinet
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
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