Bo Holten, the conductor, founded Ars Nova Copenhagen in 1979 and later Musica Ficta, and has served as principal conductor for the BBC Singers and chief conductor for the Flanders Radio Choir.
Composer Biography
Erik Norby, the composer, initially experimented with dodecaphony and serialism in the early 1960s but later abandoned these techniques.
Compositional Technique
The Edvard Munch Trilogy, subtitled 'A Requiem', is a symphonic transformation for orchestra and mixed choir based on three of Edvard Munch's prints and interpretations by poet Ole Sarvig.
Performer Biography
Hanne Fischer, the mezzo-soprano, debuted as Cherubino at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in 1993, the same year she received her diploma from the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Norby's music from the late 1960s to the 1990s is characterized by a Late Romantic 'sound', using familiar harmonic elements and traditional orchestral forms.
Composition History
The Rainbow Snake, a symphonic poem, was Norby's breakthrough work, commissioned by the Danish broadcasting corporation DR for the 50th anniversary of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Compositional Technique
The Rainbow Snake is a piece of program music, inspired by an ancient Amerindian legend, and Norby explicitly requested the legend be printed in concert programs.
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