Ole Buck: Sinfonietta Works

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Jesper Nordin
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
Ole Buck

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Composer Biography

Ole Buck, a Danish composer, is considered one of the 'best kept secrets' in Danish music, despite his 70th birthday concerts being played to full houses.

Performer Biography

Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, founded in 1990, is a leading Danish new music ensemble that has performed around 700 works, many of them world premieres.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Since the late 1980s, Ole Buck's music has featured a sense of calm and a different kind of simplicity, with many works using only five notes.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Ole Buck is known for his precise timing, only introducing new musical events when necessary and not a second before.

Performer Biography

Jesper Nordin, the conductor, has extensive experience in opera and new music, having conducted all professional orchestras, choirs, and ensembles in Denmark since his 2006 debut.

Compositional Technique

Ole Buck's Summer Trio from 1968 questioned the modernist project with its simple repeated figures and small-scale runs, leading to it being called 'New Simplicity'.