Mogens Christensen's music combines the poetic and the functional, uniting the fluidity of dreams and poetry with aphoristic concision.
Cultural Impact
Dacapo Records, the label for this album, was founded in 1989 as Denmark's national record label to release the best of Danish music, past and present.
Cultural Impact
Mogens Christensen was the first composer appointed to a composer-in-residence position in Denmark, taking up the role with the Copenhagen Phil in 1997.
Composer Biography
Mogens Christensen, the composer, was born on Læsø, a Danish island, and raised in Aalborg before studying composition at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus.
Recording & Production
The album features recordings from two different dates and locations: March 3, 2019, at Mantzius, Birkerød, and a live recording on January 26, 2024, at Unitarernes Hus, Copenhagen.
Performer Biography
The Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen, founded in 2018, takes inspiration from Olivier Messiaen's iconic Quartet for the End of Time, due to its unique instrumentation.
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