Works

Stage works

Incidental music to William Shakespeare’s A Midsummernight’s Dream (1988)

solo percussion and singing actors

Love and Treachery (1997) opera in one act, libretto: Stig Dalager

2 mezzo, tenor, bar, bass, 2tb, 2perc, pno, vl

Maestro (2001) opera in two acts, libretto: Flemming Weiss Andersen

2 sopr, tenor, 2 bar, fl, cl, 4 cor, 2 perc, pno, db

Hole-Through (2006) opera in one act after a text of William Shakespeare

sopr., mezzo, bar., actor, ob, cl, cl.b, vl, va, 2vcl, db

The Confessional (2006) opera in two acts, libretto: Kerstin Perski

2 sopr., mezzo, 2 alt., boy soprano, 2 ten., 2 bar., bass, SATB, 3333:4331/timp/2perc/strings

The King of Utopiaville (2009) opera in one act, libretto: Georg Metz

bar., actress, SATB, bass clarinet, bassoon, trombone, percussion, double bass

Snow White’s Mirror (2010) opera in 2 acts, libretto: Eva Littauer

sopr., mezzo, 2 ten., bar, SATB, 3333:4331/timp/2perc/strings

Dr. Jekyll’s Advocate (2013) opera in 2 acts, libretto: Eva Littauer

sopr., mezzo, ten., 2 bar.., 0020:0020/perc/acc./10010

Orchestral music

Erscheinungen (1986)

3333:4331/timp/2perc/hp/pno/strings

Pepper Music (1990)

3333:4331/timp/3perc/pno/strings

Panorama (1993)

3333:4331/timp/perc/strings

Concerto for violin and strings (1993)

vl solo + 6vl, 3va, 3vcl, db

Reveille (1994)

3333:4331/timp/3perc/strings

Tuba concerto (1994)

tuba solo + 2222:42euph1/timp/perc/pno/strings

Percussion Concerto (1995)

solo perc + 3333:4331/timp/perc/strings

Monster Symphony, symphony no. 1 (1995, revised 2004)

3333:4331/timp/3perc/hp/strings

A Bright Kind of High (1996) , version with symphony orchestra

fl, cl, fg, tba, arpa, pno, vl, va, vlc soli + 2222:2210/2perc/strings

The Confessional, opera trailer in four sections (2004)

3333:4331/timp/2perc/strings

Hong Kong Happy Funny Ping Pong Sing Along (2005)

3333:4331/timp/2perc/hp/strings

Burning Fiery Furnace (2008)

2222:4231/timp/1perc/strings

The Frog (2008)

Narrator/2222:4321/timp/2perc/arpa/strings

Utopiaville-Demo (2009)

333:4331/timp/2perc/strings

In the Shadow of the Bat (2009)

3 solo trombones/2222:4201/timp/perc/strings

Snapshot Symphony, symphony no. 2 (2009)

3333:4331/timp/2perc/harp/strings

The Planets, symphony no. 3 (2010)

children’s chorus/2222:4221/timp/3perc/strings

Snow White’s Mirror, opera trailer in three movements (2010)

3333:4331/timp/2perc/strings

Music for large ensemble

Serenade (1985) 1111:1000/11111

Excursions (1988) 1111:1000/11111

Gletscher (1991) 0000:2441/00000

Teufelschoral (1991) 0000:4542/00000

Chamber Symphony (1992) 1111:1110/2perc/gui/hp/pno/11111

Shadow Figures (1992) 1010:1100/pno/10010

Chimes at Midnight (1993) 1111:1110/perc/pno/11111

Fanfare for Langgaard (1993) 0000:4331/3perc/00000

Concerto for euphonium and brass band (1993)

Cupid and Death (1994) 1010/0000/perc/pno/10110

Concertino (1994) solo flute + 0011:1010/perc/10001

Venetian Blinds (1994) guitar orchestra, at least 8 musicians

En Miniature (1995) 1111:1110/perc/pno/11111

A Bright Kind of High (1996) , version for chamber ensemble

1011:0100/hp/pno/10110

Angels and Insects (1996) 1010:0000/perc/cel/hpsd/pno/10010

Outland (1998) 0020:3200/2perc/pno/22020

The Monkey (2007) 1111:2110/2perc/hp/pno/11111

The Deluge at Norderney (2008) 1111:1110/1perc/00000

Great Fireworks in China (2010) 1010/2perc/pno/111110

Catch Me If You Can (2011) tenor trombone, bass trombone & strings: 654420

The Roads Round Pisa (2013) 1111:1000/perc/111100

Chamber music

Scenes d'Enfance (1989) brass quintet

Wildlife (1988) hn, 2vl, va, vcl

Airborne (1988) fl, vl, vcl, pno

Waldeinsamkeit (1989) hn, pno

Olé (1989) fl, perc, vcl

Burst (1990) sax, perc

Vulcan's Forge (1990) 3 perc

Dream Child (1991) oboe, pno

Abgesang (1992) fl, pno

Late at Night (1992) tp, org

Minotaurus (1992) fl, cl, vl, vcl, pno

Rapsodie Espagnole (1992) 2acc

Gabriel (1992) tp, pno

Concerto (1992) tb, org

the three movements, Genesis, Noah and Leviathan, may be performed separately

Darwin (1993) guitar, marimba

Heldenleben (1993) fl, 3perc

Queen of Ice (1993) cello, pno

The Petrifying Forest (1993) fl, ob, cl, fg, hn, pno

Fanfare for Sleeping Children (1994) brass quintet

Bolero (1994) 3 perc

Columbus (1994) saxophone quartet

Devil in Disguise (1995) cl, vcl

Kinderszene (1996) treble recorder and accordion

Lyric Pieces (1996) 3 fl

Trio (1997) vl, vcl, pno

Moonwalk (1998) cl, vibr

Introduction and Three Allegros (1999) fl, cl, gui, perc, pno, vcl

The Supper at Elsinore (2005) saxophone quartet

The Old Chevalier (2005) bass trombone and piano

Valhalla Blues (2005) sopr.sax, tpt, acc, db

The Poet (2007) vl, vcl, pno

The Glass Coffin (2010) five horns

The Dreamers (2012) horn trio

Nine Arabian Nights (2015) trumpet, trombone and piano

Two Resurrections (1992/93; 2015) violin and piano

Music for one instrument

Nocturnes (1988) pno solo

Heat (1988) fl solo

Canto d'Amore (1989) treble recorder solo

Grandioso (1994) pno solo

Vulcan Himself (1995) perc solo

Ex Jutlandia Obscura (1997) tb solo

Heroic Etude (1996) organ solo

Heroic Etude no 2a (1999) organ solo

Heroic Etude no 2b (1999) organ solo

Maestro Variations (2002) pno solo

Hong Kong Happy Funny Ping Pong Sing Along (2005) pno solo

På Rejse (2008) pno solo

Ol’ McDonald (2008) tbne solo

Vocal music

War Songs (1987) voice and piano

Sept poesies (1988) soprano, fl, vl, vcl, pno (or voice and piano)

Echoes of a Dove (1988) soprano, 2vl, va, vcl

Ronde des Jambes (1989) 2 sopranos, cl, tba, gui, perc

Cradle Song (1992) soprano and piano

Ungarsk Rapseri, Hungarian Pilfering (1993) baryton, oboe, tuba, pno, vl

Byen og øjnene, The City and the Eyes (1998) bass baryton and piano

Canto alla secunda giornata (1999) soprano and piano

Fire Viise Mundheld, Four Wise Proverbs (2001) soprano, fl, perc, pno

Esajas Rock (2004) 2 part boys’ chorus and organ

Atlantis Revisited (2009) pop singer and string quartet

Grønlandssange (2013) mezzo soprano and guitar

The Hilbert Heartbreak Hotel (2014) soprano, bass clarinet, vibraphone and double bass

Arrangements

Maurice Ravel: Sonatina, arr. for 1111:1110/perc/pno/11111 (1993)

W.A. Mozart: Divertimento in D, arr. for 1111:1110/11111 (1996)

J. Strauss: Perpetuum Mobile, arr. for cl., vl, vcl, pno (2005)

Rued Langgaard: Sommerferie i Blekinge, unfinished piano piece completed by NM (2008)

WH – works published by Ed. Wilhelm Hansen

Ed·S – works published by Edition·S

NM – unpublished works; all rights belong to the composer

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