- Per Nørgård
Årtusinds Håb (1999)
(Guds fred går over al forstand)- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
Årtusinds håb(SATB or unison choir with organ, 1999). A later, enlarged motet version for mixed choir: "Guds fred - motet (Årtusinds håb)" was published in 2004 (including Årtusinds håb, 1999).
- voice; org
- SATB or Unison choir and organ
- 3 min
- Jørgen Gustava Brandt
- Danish
Programme Note
The choral song is a hymn for the new millennium, composed to a new text by the Danish poet Jørgen Gustava Brandt - a hope for the new century.
The melody has a touch of both old Eastern and romantic European traditions - combined in a new way of late 20th century.
The melody has a touch of both old Eastern and romantic European traditions - combined in a new way of late 20th century.