Per Nørgård

Programme note The spectrum of sound, the gesticulation - in short, the very nature of the strings - has always had a central place in my output, demonstrated by the numbers of stringquartets, concert...

Programme Note WHIRLS' WORLD (1970) for wind quintet. 'Whirl's World' was composed in 1970 as one of a series of works which explored the so-called musical 'difference-phenomenon'. This term (which I...

Whirl's World' was composed in 1970 as one of a series of works which explored the so-called musical 'difference-phenomenon'. This term (which I coined in connection with a series of lectures in Calif...

Three progressive suites, for Accordion Solo.

Version for Accordion with Piano Reduction of Orchestral Parts.

Suitable for Treble Recorder.

A solo work for the Recorder, composed in 1998 by Per Norgard.

LIBRO PER NOBUKO (BOOK FOR NOBUKO) consists of two pieces written for Nobuko Imai, the Japanese violist. Dedicated Nobuko Imai (1) and Bo [Vincens Steensen-Leth] (2) 1: Sonata 'The Secret Melody' (1a...

Written in 1991 for Cello and Guitar. Duration: 10 minutes.

Day And Night (1982) by Per Nørgård. Programme Note DAY AND NIGHT (1982) - 2 short songs for alto, piano (and cello ad lib.). The contrasting constellation of these two poems (Ted Hughes' 'A Kill' and...

I - Lento II - Imposante III - Andante Programme Note In my early television remembrance I recall a broadcast with Samuel Beckett, one of the fathers of the absurd play and drama. At one time Beckett...

Programme Note CANTICA for cello and piano (1977)When in 1975 I had finished composing my 'Symphony no. 3' (begun in 1973), I wrote three simple melodies for two psalm texts by Ole Sarvig: 'The Year'...

Work for Solo Cello dating from 1953.

Work for Solo Cello dating from 1980. May be performed with Solo Intimo as Sonata in due Tempi.

Mod Aften for Cello solo was composed by Per Nørgård in 2009. Based on 'Aftonland' for choir, from 1954.

1949, c. 1 min

Sonata For Cello No. 2 - In Due Tempi by Per Norgård. ''Solo in scena' was composed in 1980 as a second and complementary movement to my one-movement cello piece of 1953, »Solo intimo'. The two...

Per Norgard's Tusmorke Dialog (or Twilight Dialogue) is a beautifully expressive piece from 2002, for Solo Flute which is also suitable for Recorder.

Composition dating from 1975.

Work for Flute and Piano written in 1953, revised in 1962.

Work for Flute and Guitar.

For Harp.

Edited by Tine Rehling in collaboration with the composer.

Concertino for Harp and Thirteen Instruments.