Brodsgaard: Galaxy

Featuring

Christopher Austin
Odense Symfoniorkester
Anders Brødsgaard

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Anders Brødsgaard has been inspired by jazz harmony and big band instrumentation, particularly the 'thickened line' or block harmonies, which also influenced his piece "Monk's Mixtures."

Composer Biography

Anders Brødsgaard, born on the island of Funen, was deeply absorbed in musical modernism during his formative years.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Brødsgaard's work "Galaxy" attempts to challenge the ideological divide in contemporary music between speculative technicality and spiritual sensuality.

Compositional Technique

The orchestral ensemble for "Galaxy" is as large as a Mahler symphony, featuring two percussion groups, two pianos, a harpsichord, and strings often playing in 25 different parts.

Performer Biography

The Odense Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1946, plays a crucial role in Danish classical music and has an extensive discography of over 60 releases, many of which are award-winners.

Compositional Technique

The composition "Galaxy" uses the spiral form as its bearing principle, drawing inspiration from natural phenomena like galaxies and DNA, and literary works like Dante's "The Divine Comedy."

Performer Biography

Christopher Austin, one of the UK's leading conductors specializing in contemporary repertoire, has conducted over 80 world and local premieres in the last decade.