Tuttis eventyr
(“Tutti’s Adventure”)
In this 30-minute adventure with narration by Carl Quist-Møller, the tiger Tutti seeks out various animals across 15 movements, hoping they can teach him how to roar.
Along the way, he dives into underwater music with whales, dances frog-tango, plays football with buffaloes, and much more.
Composed for and first performed by Maria Burgård, Signe Thorborg, conductor Morten Ryelund, and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.
Dances of Remote Islands
Seven Dances I Have Never Joined and Never Will
These seven brief glimpses of dance music explores imagined realities—each tied to traditions, customs, and rituals.
Inspired by Judith Schalansky’s “Atlas of Remote Islands”, it is composed for and first performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars.
For clarinet, vibraphone, piano, electric guitar, ’cello, and double bass.
Sessions Theme
Theme music from the podcast series “Sessions”, which aired on Danish National Radio’s (DR) P2 in 42 episodes.
In this series, I exchanged music from around the world with 65 of the leading contemporary folk musicians.
Composed for and performed by the lovely Vesselil.
Den samme luft
“The same air” from “Karantæne” (“Quarantine”).
“Karantæne” had its world premiere on Thursday, April 9, 2020, at 8:00 PM on the Royal Danish Theatre’s Facebook page – just about a month after the Danish government closed the country for the first time in 2020. It was later available for free streaming on KGL Xtra.
Performed by Simon Duus, Jens Jørn Spottag, Tammi Øst, Mikkel Arndt, Sicilia Gadborg Høegh, Lucia Vinde Dirchsen, dancers Kizzy Matiakis and Tim Matiakis, and the extraordinary Royal Danish Orchestra.
Concept and direction by Anna Schulin-Zeuthen and Eirik Sæter Stordahl
Face the Music
This piece starts as a lecture but gradually shifts into a vivid theatrical fantasy as the speaker vanishes into his musical memories.
Performed by Matthew Lieff Christian and Contemporaneous at MATA Festival, New York City.
Tuning, Applause
A conductor’s fever dream of sorts, composed for and premiered by the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and Swiss conductor Baldur Brönnimann.
The piece included 50 planted extras in the audience, ensuring the unsuspecting crowd joined in.
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