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Artist
Bent Sørensen
12+ albums
contemporary classicalClassicalcomposerdenmarkdanish
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Bent Sørensen (born July 18, 1958) is a Danish composer. Sørensen studied composition with Ib Nørholm at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and with Per Nørgård at the Jutland Music Academy. Sørensen's mature works create a sense of decay that is emotionally similar to viewing an aging visual artwork. There is a sense of compromised beauty. Sørensen achieves this by treating major/minor tonalities with microtonal inflections and blurring 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 Music Prize in 1996. His early works deal with folksong in prosaic way. Sørensen has composed in a variety of mediums, including orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble and solo instruments, but notably he has not composed any electroacoustic music. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Sørensen : Lullabies
4602Mignon (Papillons): I. Andante
3973Looking on Darkness
2594String Quartet No. 3, "Angels' Music": Angels' Music
1865The Deserted Churchyards
1616Birds and Bells: Movement I
1527Rosenbad (Papillons): I. Allegretto
1498Sneklokker: II. Thorning
1469The Lady of Shalott
1171012 Nocturnes: No. 9, Sigrids Wiegenlied (Live)
110albums
Bent Sørensen: Mignon
Bent Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes & Piano Concerto No. 3 "La sera estatica"
Bent Sørensen: Snowbells
Sørensen: Birds And Bells
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Shadows of Silence
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Sørensen: Rosenbad & Pantomime
Bent Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes (Live)
Bent Sørensen: The Island in the City
Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion
Birds and Bells
Bent Sørensen: Concertos
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Rasmussen / Sorensen: Arditti String Quartet