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- Per Nørgård
Aftonland, Op. 10 (1954)
(Evening Land)- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
- SATB chor
- 8 min
- Pär Lagerkvist
- Swedish
Programme Note
AFTONLAND (EVENING LAND) - for mixed choir
The four choral songs of AFTONLAND (sung to Swedish texts by Pär Lagerkvist) is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius by a 22 year old Danish composer, who send his first larger choral score to the old maestro of Nordic Music, then almost 90 years old. In return Sibelius send me a letter of thanks for the score and for the dedication.
In the 1950s my music was very much inspired by the ideas of Northern culture and of a Scandinavian sensibility, a continuation of expression and ideas formed by, especially, Sibelius. This is to be heard in the dark coloured, nightly landscapes of Aftonland.
Per Nørgård
The four choral songs of AFTONLAND (sung to Swedish texts by Pär Lagerkvist) is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius by a 22 year old Danish composer, who send his first larger choral score to the old maestro of Nordic Music, then almost 90 years old. In return Sibelius send me a letter of thanks for the score and for the dedication.
In the 1950s my music was very much inspired by the ideas of Northern culture and of a Scandinavian sensibility, a continuation of expression and ideas formed by, especially, Sibelius. This is to be heard in the dark coloured, nightly landscapes of Aftonland.
Per Nørgård