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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Incontri – Works for Orchestra

10/14/2016, 14 Tracks, 1:09:01

Featuring

  • Thomas Dausgaard
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

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Composer's Artistic Vision

PGH's compositional approach, which he called 'new simplicity,' emphasizes a return to 'sound' and ignores many traditional musical conventions.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (PGH), the composer, purposefully devised his own systems of limited means, unfettered by contemporary music's theoretical politics.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The BBC Symphony Orchestra has played a central role in British musical life since 1930 and provides the backbone of the BBC Proms.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The works "Mirror II" and "Symphony, Antiphony" on this album are world premiere recordings.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

PGH often uses a delimited space built on a selection of available notes, pushing conventional harmonic tools onto a 'tightrope' in his works.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Thomas Dausgaard, the conductor, has made over 50 CDs and has been awarded the Cross of Chivalry by the Queen of Denmark.

Source: Booklet

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