My Piano Quartet was premiered at the Nordic Chamber Music Festival held in Hillerød, Denmark, July 24-28, where I was the festival composer of the year – or “house composer”. A great honor and pleasure for me! It was premiered by the outstanding musicians Christian Ellegaard (violin), Mette Brandt (viola), Joel Laakso (cello) and Rikke …
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After months of work I have finished arranging my Fanfare and Anthem “Skyward” for symphonic brass! The score and parts are available for purchase here. The new symphonic brass instrumentation is: 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 2 tenor trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, timpani, and percussion (2-4 players). Contact me with any questions. The original …
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Tomorrow, April 7th, is a big day for the Danish Air Force. It is the official “rollout” of the new Danish F-35 fighters – the largest single purchase in the history of Denmark – which means that they will officially be handed over to Denmark at a so called “rollout” ceremony. At the climax of …
Today my newest work “Fanfare for the Royal Danish Orchestra” (Det Kongelige Kapels Fanfare), commissioned by The Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel) as their official fanfare, has been premiered. The premiere was originally planned to have taken place at a gala concert on April 14th at The Royal Theatre, in celebration of the 80th …
Today The Secret Garden (Den Hemmelige Have) has been revealed in the radiation therapy section of Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. The music was recorded by the wonderful Symphony Orchestra Faculty of Arts, University of Niš, Serbia, conducted by Milena Injac. Some of my thoughts behind the music I composed the orchestral work The Secret Garden (Den Hemmelige …
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My new Fanfare for two trumpets and organ is based on the beloved Danish Christmas hymn Den yndigste rose er funden (Now found is the Fairest of Roses). The fanfare was premiered in Saint Paul’s Church, Copenhagen, on the first Sunday of Advent, December 3rd, in celebration of the church’s 140-years jubilee, and the re-dedication of …
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My Anastasis Mass (Anastasis-Messe in Danish) has been released as an album, and is now available both as CD (buy here) and as streaming/download on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon, Tidal, Google Play, etc. The Anastasis Mass-album is the culmination of almost four years of work, and is a fusion of (contemporary) classical music, world music, …
Frederik Magle was a member of the jury of the International Competition of Composition 2013 held at the University of Nis, Serbia. There results have been published here (in Serbian): http://www.artf.ni.ac.rs/index.php/konacni-rezultati-internacionalnog-konkursa-za-kompoziciju/
