Earlier works by Bent Sørensen were characterized by downward glissandos and melodic patterns, suggesting decline, but more recent works show upward glissandos and melodies speaking of renewal.
Recording & Production
This album features world premiere recordings of the works by Bent Sørensen.
Compositional Technique
Sørensen's music often blurs the lines between actual and imagined, magnifying tiny details while narrative specifics dissolve, yet melodies remain central.
Composition History
The Papillons trilogy, composed between 2013-14, consists of three works—Mignon, Pantomime, and Rosenbad—that share the same anchoring piano part but vary in instrumental context and movement order.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bent Sørensen, the composer, sees music as a dream, drawing back veils to reveal that life's important questions have no concrete answers, only eloquent posing.
Composition History
Bent Sørensen dedicated all three works in the Papillons series, as well as the Fantasia Appassionata, to his wife, the pianist Katrine Gislinge.
Compositional Technique
Bent Sørensen's Fantasia Appassionata contains multiple references to Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23, Appassionata, and Brahms's Seven Fantasies, Op. 116, which were performed by Katrine Gislinge at its premiere.
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