Per Nørgård prefers to call the movements in his Sixth Symphony 'passages' and compares the pauses between them to bridges over an onward-flowing stream.
Composition History
Symphony No. 6, titled 'At the End of the Day', was commissioned by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Oslo Philharmonic to celebrate the Millennium.
Performer Biography
John Storgårds, the conductor on this album, maintains a dual career as both a conductor and a violin virtuoso.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Per Nørgård's works are driven by an insatiable urge to explore the phenomena of the world and the possibilities of music.
Compositional Technique
Symphony No. 2 is based on Per Nørgård's 'Infinity Series', a principle he discovered in the 1960s that combines modernist rigor with natural metamorphosis.
Critical Reception
The world-famous Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache was so impressed by Nørgård's Second Symphony that he stated he had never heard such beautiful music in his life.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Per Nørgård considers each of his symphonies to be a "whole continent in itself," reflecting the unique character he strives for in each work.
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