Music Samples

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Samples of the following works are available here:

• Symphony No. 1
  
• Symphony No. 2
  
• Blomstervignetter I (Flower Vignettes)
  
• Sfærernes musik (Music of the Spheres)
  
• Symphony No. 4
  
• Insektarium (The Insectarium)
  
• Strygekvartet nr. 2
  (String Quartet No. 2)
  
• Symphony No. 6
  
• Afgrundsmusik (Music of the Abyss)
  
• Strygekvartet nr. 3
  (String Quartet No. 3)
  
• Strygekvartet nr. 5
  (String Quartet No. 5)
  
• Adorazione (The Adoration)
  
• Messis
  
• Hjemad (Homewards)
  
• Klaversonate nr. 3 "Minder fra Høstens Tid" (Piano Sonata No. 3, "Reminiscences of Harvest Time")

• Fantasy over "Dronning Dagmar"
  
• Symphony No. 9
  
• Symphony No. 11
  
• Fantasy (to Ribe Cathedral or the Marmorkirken)
  
• Symphony No. 14
  
• Som Lynet er Kristi Genkomst
  (As Lightning Cometh Christ Again)
  
• Chiesa madre
  
• Le Béguinage
  
• Hél-Sfærernes Musik (Music of the Hell-Spheres)
  
• Øde Gader (Deserted Streets)
  
• Symphony No. 15
  
• Strygekvartetsats (String Quartet Movement)
  
• Sonate for Orgel (Sonata for Organ)
  
• Dantes "Helvede" (Dante's "Inferno")
  
• Grazioso. Påbegyndt strygekvartet
  (Grazioso - unfinished string quartet)

• The tune, "Dronning Dagmar", played on the bells of Ribe Cathedral

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Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel, DACOCD 404

1st movement, beginning, 20 sec. (m32a1.):

(3.4 Mb) (271 Kb) (209 Kb)

2nd. movement, beginning, 18 sec. (m32b1.):

(3,1 Mb) (247 Kb) (195 Kb)

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel, DACOCD 405

Sample of the Adagio movement, 18 sec. (15 min. into 1st. movement) (m53a1.):

(3.1 Mb) (252 Kb) (193 Kb)

New recording with Ulrich Stærch, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 20.12.96

4th movement, beginning, 25 sec. (m56a01.):

(4.5 Mb) (364 Kb) (285 Kb)

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel, DACOCD 406

Sample towards the end, 25 sec. (m124a01.):

(4.5 Mb) (362 Kb) (281 Kb)

Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Radio Choir and John Frandsen, DACOCD 341

From "Som Solstråler på en Baare dækket med duftende blomster" ("Like sunbeams on a bier covered with sweet-smelling flowers"). 18 sec. (m128a1.):

(3,1 Mb) (253 Kb) (186 Kb)

From "Som Lys og Afgrund" ("Like light and the abyss"). 21 sec. (m128a02.):

(3,8 Mb) (303 Kb) (237 Kb)

From "Som Dugperler blinker i Solen på en skøn Sommermorgen" ("As pearls of dew sparkle in the sun on a beautiful summer morning"). 20 sec. (m128a03.):

(3,7 Mb) (294 Kb) (230 Kb)

From "Jeg vil -" ("I will - "). 20 sec. (m128a04.):

(3,5 Mb) (279 Kb)(217 Kb)

From "Blik på Solen efter taarer" ("A glance at the sun after tears") . 24 sec. (m128a05.):

(4.1 Mb) (324 Kb) (248 Kb)

From "Slutningen: Antikrist - Krist" ("The End: Antichrist - Christ") . 21 sec. (m128a06.):

(3,7 Mb) (294 Kb) (228 Kb)

New recording with Ulrich Stærk, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 3.10.96.

1st movement, Forficula auricularia (Ørentvist) (The Earwig), 1 min. 36 sec. (m1341a1):

(1,7 Mb)

1st movement, sample, 20 sec. (m1342a1):

(3,5 Mb) (280 Kb) (216 Kb)

3rd movement, Melonetha vulgaris (Oldenborre) (Cockchafer), 32 sec. (m1343a1):

(467 Kb) (358 Kb)

3rd. movement, the first 20 seconds (m1343a2):

(3.5Mb) (280 Kb) (209 Kb)

9th movement, Culex pipiens (Stikmyg) (Mosquito), 28 sec. (m1349a1):

(4.9 Mb) (391 Kb) (293 Kb)

Kontra Quartet DCCD 9302a.

Beginning of the 2nd movement, 20 sec. (m145a1):

(3,4 Mb) (274 Kb) (215 Kb)

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel, DACOCD 46

Sample of "Fuga". About 6 min. from the beginning of the symphony, 22 sec. (m165a01):

(3.9 Mb) (311 Kb) (237 Kb)

New recording with Ulrich Stærk, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 20.12.96.

Sample of the 2nd movement, 26 sec. (m169a01):

(4.5 Mb) (445 Kb) (350 Kb)

Kontra Quartet, dacapo DCCD 9302a

Sample, about 45 sec. from beginning of the 1st movement, 22 sec. (m183a01):

(3.8 Mb) (301 Kb) (231 Kb)

Kontra Quartet DCCD 9302b

2nd movement beginning, 14 sek. (m189a1):

(2.3 Mb) (190 Kb) (147 Kb)

New recording with Ulrich Stærk, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 3.10.96.

Sample of the fugue-like middle section, 20 sec. (m223a01):

(3.5 Mb) (277 Kb) (209 Kb)

New recording with Jesper Madsen, recorded at St. Catherine's, Ribe, 14 October 1996

First sample of "Første aften" ("1st Evening"), 3rd movement "Høstens Tid" ("Harvest Time"). 21 sec. (m228a01):

(3.8 Mb) (308 Kb) (229 Kb)

Second sample of "Første aften" ("1st Evening"), 3rd movement "Høstens Tid" ("Harvest Time"), 20 sec. (m228b01):

(3.5 Mb) (283 Kb) (216 Kb)

New recording with Jesper Madsen, recorded at St. Catherine's, Ribe, 14 October 1996

The whole piece, 3 min. 50 sec. (m267a01):

(3.4 Mb)

3rd movement "Ved Hotel Kongen af Danmark" (At the Kongen af Danmark Hotel), Niels Juelsgade.
New recording with Ulrich Stærk, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 3.10.96

The whole movement, 7 min. 31 sec. (m268a01):

(6.3 Mb)

Excerpt, bars 1-39, 1 min. 35 sec. (m268b01):

(2.5 Mb)

Excerpt, bars 1-10, 45 sec. (m268b02):

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Excerpt, bars 1-4, 21 sec. (m268b03):

(3.7 Mb) (298 Kb) (232 Kb)

Excerpt, 3rd repetition of the theme, inverted (H A D Es!), 19 sec. (m268a02):

(3.3 Mb) (264 Kb) (197 Kb)

World premiere recording with Jesper Madsen, recorded at St. Catherine's, Ribe, 14 October 1996.

The whole piece, 3 min. 10 sec. (m280a01):

(2.8 Mb)

Sample, the first 20 seconds (m280a02):

(3.3 Mb) (267 Kb) (197 Kb)

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel, DACOCD 407

Sample from the 3rd movement "Ribe Domkirke" ("Ribe Cathedral"), 32 sec. into the movement, 21 sec. (m282a01):

(3.7 Mb) (296 Kb) (290 Kb)

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel, DACOCD 407

Sample from 43 sec. into the movement, 21 sec. (m303a01):

(3.7 Mb) (294 Kb) (227 Kb)

World premiere recording with Jesper Madsen, recorded at St. Catherine's, Ribe, 14 October 1996.

The whole piece, 2 min. 54 sec. (m333a01):

(2.8 Mb)

Sample from the beginning, quotation from "Ansgar" ( Gregorian?), 16 sec. (m333a02):

(2.8 Mb) (224 Kb) (168 Kb)

Sample from the section, " Hans Tausen", (quotation "Vor Gud han er så fast en borg" ("A Mighty Fortress is Our God")), 27 sec. (m333a03):

(4.8 Mb) (382 Kb) (281 Kb)

Sample from the section, " Hans Adolph Brorson" (quotation, "Den yndigste rose er funden" - "Found is the Fairest Rose")), 17 sec. (m333a04):

(3.0 Mb) (245 Kb) (184 Kb)

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel, DACOCD 409

Sample from the 4th movement, "De trætte står op til livet" ("The Weary Raise to Life"), 25 sec. (m336a01.):

(4.3 Mb) (342 Kb) (268 Kb)

New recording with Jesper Madsen, recorded at St. Catherine's, Ribe, 14 October 1996.

The whole piece, 5 min. 6 sec. (m341a01):

(4.9 Mb)

Conclusion, 20 sec. (m341a02):

(3.5 Mb) (275 Kb) (203 Kb)

Sample from Jørgen Ernst Hansen's recording in Ribe Cathedral, August 1970 (FONA TF 127), 20 sec. (m341a01):

(3.5 Mb) (280 Kb) (214 Kb)

World premiere recording with Ulrich Stærk, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 3.10.96.

4th movement, "Ordrup": Grazioso. The whole movement, 1 min. 40 sec.(m367a01):

(1.4 Mb) (1.1 Mb)

Excerpt, bars 1-9, 25 sec. (m367a02):

(4.5 Mb) (360 Kb) (277 Kb)

Excerpt, bars 1-4, 15 sec. (m367a03):

(2.6 Mb) (210 Kb) (162 Kb)

New recording with Ulrich Stærk, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 20.12.96.

2nd movement, 1 min. 20 sec. (m369a01):

(1.4 Mb)

2nd movement, beginning, 20 sec. (m369a02):

(3.5 Mb) (273 Kb) (213 Kb)

World premiere recording with Ulrich Stærk, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 20.12.96.

Played once without repetitions, 50 sec. (m371a01):

(8.1 Mb) (647 Kb) (503 Kb)

Beginning, 20 sec. (m371a02):

(3.6 Mb) (289 Kb) (225 Kb)

New recording with Jesper Madsen, recorded at St. Catherine's, Ribe, 14 October 1996.

The whole piece, 3 min. 30 sec. (m373a01):

3.1 Mb)

Beginning, 20 sec. (m371a02):

(3.8 Mb) (304 Kb) (232 Kb)

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel, DACOCD 409

Sample from the 1st section, 22. sec.(m375a1):

(3,8 Mb) (309 Kb) (240 Kb)

World premiere recording with the string quartet of the Esbjerg Ensemble, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 12 November 1996

The whole movement, 51 sec. (m408a01):

728 Kb) (563 Kb)

Jørgen Ernst Hansen at the organ of Ribe Cathedral, August 1970. Originally published on LP: FONA TF127

Beginning of the 2nd movement, 20 sec. (m410a01):

(3.5 Mb) (278 Kb) (209 Kb)

World premiere recording with Jesper Madsen, recorded at St. Catherine's, Ribe, 14 October 1996.

The whole piece, 3 min. (m421a01):

(2.6 Mb)

Conclusion, 22 sec. (m421a02):

(4.0 Mb) (320 Kb) (216 Kb)

New recording with the string quartet of the Esbjerg Ensemble, recorded at the West Jutland School of Music, 12 November 1996.

The whole fragment, 21 sec. (mu7a01):

(3.8 Mb) (301 Kb) (222 Kb)

The tune, "Queen Dagmar", played on the bells of Ribe Cathedral.

The whole tune, 55 sec. (klok01):

(896 Kb) (225 Kb)

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