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List of Works

Music by Frederik Magle

A chronological list of works by Frederik Magle. Browse the sheet music catalogue for available editions.

2026

  • “L'air immense” for organ (10 min.)
  • “Frø” (10½ min.)
    Original score for the documentary film, directed by Isabelle Denaro.
  • “The Morning Sea” – Piano Fantasia (4½ min.) 🔈[YouTube] [Sheet music]
  • Fanfare and Anthem “Skyward” for brass band (5 min.) (Work in progress) [About]
    Instrumentation TBA.

2025

  • “Threnodi” for soprano saxophone and organ (6 min.) [Sheet music]
  • Fanfare “In Vernalis Temporis”
    piccolo / 2 flutes / 2 oboes / English horn / 2 clarinets in B♭ / bass clarinet in B♭ / bassoon / contrabassoon / 4 horns in F / 3 trumpets in C / 2 tenor trombones / bass trombone / tuba / timpani / percussion (2 players: suspended cymbal, tam-tam, snare drum, bass drum, tubular bells, xylophone) / strings

2024

  • Suite for brass ensemble “The Home of my Heart” (Mit hjertes hjem) (15 min.) [Score and parts are available]
    I. Fanfare / II. Elegi / III. Toccata
    5 trumpets in B♭ / flugelhorn / 2 horns in F / 2 tenor trombones / bass trombone / euphonium / 2 tubas / timpani / percussion (2 players)
  • “The Nature of Farming” (Landbrugets natur) (52 min.)
    Original score for the documentary film, directed by Isabelle Denaro.

1998/2024

2023

  • “Vincent” (48 min.)
    Original score for the feature film, directed by David Noel Bourke.
  • Piano Quartet (25 min.) [Sheet music]
    I. Seizure / II. In The Deep Vales / III. Ictus / IV. The Road Home
    violin / viola / cello / piano
  • “Pastorale” for piano (4 min.) 🔈[YouTube] [Sheet music]
    On the hymn “Nu falmer skoven trindt om land” (“Now the forest fades around the land”)
  • “Origin” for organ (2023-edition, 4 min.) 🔈[YouTube] [Sheet music]
  • “Threnodi” for clarinet and piano four-hands (6 min.) 🔈[MP3] [Sheet music]
  • “Præludium” for piano four-hands (4 min.) [Sheet music]

2010/2023

  • “Magnificat” for soprano, choir and organ (12 min.) [Sheet music]

2022

2021

  • Fanfare and Anthem “Skyward” for concert band (5 min.) [About] 🔈[YouTube] [Score and parts are available]
    piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets in B♭, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets in B♭, 4 horns in F, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, euphonium, 2 tubas, timpani, percussion (2–4 percussionists)
  • Fanfare and Anthem “Skyward” for symphonic brass and percussion (5 min.) [About] 🔈[YouTube] [Score and parts are available]
    3 trumpets (1 trumpet in C, 2 trumpets in B♭) / 4 horns in F / 2 tenor trombones / bass trombone / tuba / timpani / percussion (2–4 percussionists)
  • Fanfare and Anthem “Skyward” for brass ensemble and percussion (original version) (5 min.) [About] 🔈[YouTube] [Score and parts are available]
    6 trumpets* (1 trumpet in C, 2 trumpets in B♭ or C, 3 trumpets in B♭ (#3: alt. flugelhorn)) / 2 horns in F / 2 tenor trombones / bass trombone / euphonium / 2 tubas / timpani / percussion (2–4 percussionists)

      * A reduced version with four trumpets (2 trumpets in B♭ or C, and 2 trumpets in B♭) instead of six is also available

2020

  • “Fanfare for the Royal Danish Orchestra” (Danish: Det Kongelige Kapels Fanfare) (3 min.) 🔈[YouTube] [Score and parts are available]
    3 trumpets in B♭ / 2 horns in F (4 horns ad lib.) / 2 tenor trombones / bass trombone / tuba / timpani / percussion (1 percussionist)
  • “A Writer Named Tove” (Danish: “Tove i stykker”) (21 min.)
    Original score for the documentary film, directed by Sami Saif.
    piano / cello / electronics
  • “Rapsodia dei sogni” for piano (6½ min.) 🔈[YouTube]

2019

  • “The Secret Garden” (Danish: Den Hemmelige Have) for chamber orchestra (10 min.) 🔈[YouTube]
    2 flutes / oboe / 2 clarinets in B♭ / bassoon / 2 horns in F / percussion (1 percussionist) / strings (min. 4/4/3/3/1)

2018

  • “Påskehåbet” (The Easter Hope) (5 min.) 🔈[YouTube]
    mixed choir (SATB) / organ
    (Text: Kathrine Lilleør)
  • “Møllehave: Hellere forrykt end forgæves” (15 min.)
    Original score for the documentary film, directed by Peter Klitgaard.
    piano

2017

2016

  • “Lament” for organ (2016-edition, 7 min.) [Get sheet music]
  • “Nuit mélodique” (10½ min.) 🔈 [Listen]
    soprano (soloist) / piano / string orchestra (min. 6/5/4/3/2)
    (Text: H.R.H. Prince Henrik of Denmark)

2015

2014–2017

  • “Anastasis Mass” (Danish: Anastasis-Messe)
    choir / soprano / priest / organ / piano (ad lib.) / electronics / electric guitar / drums
    • Prologue: “Post-Zarathustra” for organ and electronics (3 min.)
    • “Prelude” (Præludium) for organ (4 min.) [Sheet music] / 🔈[YouTube]
    • “Tenebrae–Lux Aeterna” for soprano, organ and electronics (6 min.) (text by Maleen Lundvig)
    • “Resurrection” (Opstandelse) for choir, organ and electronics (4 min.) (text from the hymn “Krist stod op af døde”, edited by Frederik Magle)
    • “Interlude” (Interludium) for piano and organ (4½ min.) [Sheet music] / 🔈[YouTube]
    • “Blessing and Amen” for priest, choir, organ and electronics (3½ min.)
    • “Postlude: Didgeridoo (Ite missa est)” for choir, organ and electronics (7 min.)
    • “Lux Aeterna” for soprano and organ or piano (3 min.) 🔈[YouTube]

2014

  • “Seahorse Aria” for orchestra (5½ min.) 🔈[YouTube]
    2 flutes / 2 oboes / 2 clarinets / 1 bass clarinet / 2 bassoons / 4 horns in F / 2 trumpets / 2 tenor trombones / 1 bass trombone / timpani / percussion (2 percussionists) / soprano (soloist, vocalise) / strings (min. 6/5/4/3/2)
  • “Kyrie” (2 min.) [Download PDF]
    choir: 3 voices (SAT) and organ (pedal), or 4 voices a cappella (SATB), ad lib.
    (Text: Kyrie eleison)

2012

  • “The Halloween Present” (3 min.) 🔈[YouTube]
    2 or 4 horns (F) / 2 trombones / timpani / percussion / harpsichord (or piano, ad lib.) / organ / (digital) sound effects / choir (SATB) / strings (min. 5/4/4/3/2)
  • “Alive – Anthem for the pregnant woman” (7 min.)
    soprano / piano
    (Text: Frederik Magle)

2011

  • “All Hallows Mass” (“Allehelgen-Messe”)  (30 min.)
    soprano (soloist) / mixed choir (SATB) / cello / organ
    (Text: Iben Krogsdal)

2010

  • “Like a Flame – 22 Pieces for Organ”
    Improvised during the recording of the double-album Like a Flame and subsequently written down.
    • “Origin” (4 min.) [Sheet Music] / 🔈[YouTube]
    • “Like a Flame” (4 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    • “Fleeting Glimpses” (3 min.)
    • “Towards Truth” (9 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    • “A Temptation” (6 min.)
    • “Merry-go-round” (4 min.)
    • “Awakening” (6 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    • “Awake” (4 min.)
    • “Realization” (4 min.)
    • “Truth” (4 min.)
    • “Odditorium” (3 min.)
    • “Through the Mist” (9 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    • “Crossing Borders” (6 min.) 🔈[YouTube]
    • “Dreams of Childhood Dreams” (4 min.)
    • “Memories of Meadows” (7 min.)
    • “Behind the Mask” (6 min.)
    • “Empty Fair” (7 min.)
    • “Lament” (7 min.) [Sheet Music] / 🔈[YouTube]
    • “Journey Forever” (6 min.)
    • “Destiny” (9 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    • “Ascending” (4 min.)
    • “End of the Circle” (5 min.) 🔈[YouTube]

2009

  • “To Become” for organ (12 min.)
    Commissioned for the inauguration of the new pipe organ in Jørlunde Church.
  • “Carillon” (8 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    3rd symphonic poem (3rd movement) of the Suite “Cantabile”
    3 flutes (3rd: piccolo) / 2 oboes (2nd: English horn) / 3 clarinets in B♭ / bass clarinet in B♭ / 2 bassoons / contrabassoon / 4 horns in F / 3 trumpets / 3 trombones / tuba / 4 timpani / percussion (3 players) / harp / piano / organ / 2 vocal soloists (soprano, baritone) / chorus (SSAATTBB) / strings (min. 10/8/8/6/4)
    (Text: Henrik, H.R.H. The Prince Consort of Denmark)

2008

  • “Viva Voce” for organ (7 min.)
    Commissioned by the organ builders Frobenius to celebrate the company's centenary in 2009.

2005–2008

  • “Cortège & Danse Macabre” (10 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    2nd symphonic poem (2nd movement) of the Suite “Cantabile”
    3 flutes (3rd: piccolo) / 2 oboes (2nd: English horn) / 3 clarinets in B♭ / bass clarinet in B♭ / 2 bassoons / contrabassoon / 4 horns in F / 3 trumpets / 3 trombones / tuba / 4 timpani / percussion (3 players) / harp / organ / vocal soloist (baritone) / chorus (SSAATTBB) / strings (min. 10/8/8/6/4)
    (Text: Henrik, H.R.H. The Prince Consort of Denmark)

1998/2008

2004

  • “Souffle le vent” (14 min.) [MP3]
    1st symphonic poem (1st movement) of the Suite “Cantabile”
    3 flutes (3rd: piccolo) / 2 oboes (2nd: English horn) / 3 clarinets in B♭ / bass clarinet in B♭ / 2 bassoons / contrabassoon / 4 horns in F / 3 trumpets / 3 trombones / tuba / 4 timpani / percussion (3 players) / harp / 2 vocal soloists (soprano, baritone) / chorus (SSAATTBB) / strings (min. 10/8/8/6/4)
    (Text: Henrik, H.R.H. The Prince Consort of Denmark)

2003

  • “Phoenix” (8 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    mixed choir (SATB) / organ or piano 4-hands (ad lib.)
  • “Cantilena” for organ (5 min.) 🔈[MP3]

2002

  • “Pact of the Baptism” (10 min.)
    dedicated to H.H. Prince Felix
    2 trumpets / french horn / trombone / tuba / organ

2001

  • “The Hope” [About] [Downloads]
    for brass band, percussion, choir and organ (14 min.)
    In memory of the battle on “Rheden” (The Battle of Copenhagen) and Olfert Fischer
    4 cornets / flugelhorn / 2 French horns / 2 trombones / euphonium / 2 tubas / 5 percussionists / timpani / mixed choir (SATB) / pipe organ
    (Lyrics: from psalm 27)
    Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen
  • “Te Deum” for brass band (6 min.)
    5 cornets / flugelhorn / 2 alto horns / baritone horn / 2 trombones / bass trombone / euphonium / 2 tubas
  • “Kosmos” for trumpet and organ (7 min.) [Sheet Music] / 🔈[MP3]

2000

  • “Human's Millennium” for organ (9 min.)
  • “Light on your Path” orchestral version (7 min.)
    2 flutes / 2 oboes / 2 clarinets / 2 bassoons / 2 horns / 2 trumpets / 2 trombones / percussion / timpani / harp / strings
  • “Intermezzo” for brass quintet (1 min. 10 sec.) 🔈[MP3] [Sheet music]
    2 trumpets / horn / trombone / tuba
  • Choral variations over the hymn/lullaby “Sov sødt barnlille” (Dear child, sleep sweetly) (14 min.)
    2 equal voices / pipe organ

1999

  • Decet “Days and Nights” (11 min.)
    flute / oboe / clarinet / bassoon / horn / 2 violins / viola / cello / double bass
  • “Antarctica” for organ four-hands (5 min.)
  • Variations & Theme “Journey in Time” (12 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    violin / piano
  • Fantasia for organ “Spring Sun” (7 min.)
  • “Light on your Path” for organ and brass quintet (9 min.)
    2 trumpets / french horn / trombone / tuba / organ 🔈[MP3]

1998

  • “Rising of a New Day” for orchestra (6 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    2 flutes / 2 oboes / 2 clarinets / 2 bassoons / 2 horns / 2 trumpets / 2 trombones / percussion (3) / timpani / strings
  • “Flames for Freedom” (7 min.)
    piano (commissioned by and dedicated to Amnesty International)
  • “Cantata to Saint Cecilia” (30 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    choir (SATB) / children's choir / soloists (SAB) / flute / 2 oboes / clarinet / bassoon / trumpet / piano / 2 violins / viola / cello / double bass
    (Lyrics: Iben Krogsdal)

1997

  • “Another World – The Entrance” for brass band (15 min.)
    E♭ cornet / 10 B♭ cornets / ripieno cornet / flugelhorn / 3 tenor horns / 2 baritone horns / 2 trombones / bass trombone / 2 euphoniums / 4 tubas / percussion 🔈[MP3]

1996

  • “The March of Joy” (concert version) (7 min.)
    piccolo / flute / oboe / E♭ clarinet / 3 B♭ clarinets / bass clarinet / alto saxophone / tenor saxophone / 4 horns / 2 cornets / 3 trumpets / 2 tenor horns / baritone horn / 3 trombones / 2 tubas / glockenspiel / timpani / percussion
  • “A newborn child, before eternity, God!” (40 min.)
    for choir, brass band, organ and percussion 🔈[MP3]
    double choir (S/S/S/S/A/A/A/A/T/T/T/T/B/B/B/B) / children's choir / soloists (SATB) / E♭ cornet / 10 B♭ cornets / ripieno cornet / flugelhorn / 3 tenor horns / 2 baritone horns / 2 trombones / bass trombone / 2 euphoniums / 4 tubas / percussion / organ
    (Text: Romanos the Melodist)

1995–1996

  • “Symphonic LEGO fantasia” (27 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    Commissioned by the LEGO Group
    symphony orchestra, solo piano
    3 flutes / 3 oboes / 3 clarinets / bass clarinet / 3 bassoons / contrabassoon / 4 horns / 3 trumpets / 3 trombones / tuba / timpani / percussion / piano / strings (minimum 12/10/8/6/4)

1995

  • “The Fire” from “The Elements” (suite for organ) (6 min.)
  • “The Song of the Seasons” Cantata for choir (SATB) and piano (12 min.)
    (Lyrics: Mimi Heinrich)
  • “Festive Toccata” for pipe organ (5 min.)
  • “Handle with Care – Life Inside” ballet (10 min.)
    HD recording (tape) with song / synthesizers / sound FX

1994

  • Concerto for organ and orchestra “The infinite second” (24 min.)
    flute / oboe / clarinet / bass clarinet / bassoon / 2 horns / 2 trumpets / 2 trombones / timpani / percussion / organ / strings (minimum 5/4/3/3/2)

1993

  • Arrangement of 20 songs based on fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
    “The song is a fairytale” (50 min.) 🔈[MP3]
    3 equal voices / soloist / oboe / harp / cello / piano / bass / percussion
    (Lyrics: Mimi Heinrich)
  • Symphony for organ No. 2 “Let there be light” (14 min.)
    Opus 1 🔈[YouTube] [Sheet music]
  • “Der Die Das” an opera for 2 soloists and choir (by Hotel Pro Forma) (45 min.)
  • Three Études for piano (10 min.)

Childhood works:

1992

  • Festive Prelude for pipe organ (3 min.)
  • Sonata for solo violin “A Fairytale” (9 min.)
  • Toccata “Impression” for pipe organ (5 min.)
  • Sonata for cello and organ “From the earth” (12 min.)
  • Fantasia for solo cello “Sun Dance” (8 min.)
  • Electronic ballet “In the Universe” (28 min.)

1991

  • Duo for violin and piano “A thought” (4 min.)
  • “A small etude” for piano (2 min.)
  • Rhapsody for pipe organ in C minor (5 min.)

1990

  • Duo for violin and cello (5 min.)
  • 2 songs, “Christopher Robin” and “Husmorens morgen” (7 min.)
    song / piano (Lyrics: Bent Friis Alsinger)
  • Fantasia for piano in A minor (6 min.)
  • Symphony for pipe organ No. 1 in D major (20 min.)

1989

  • Solo for violin “Spring Dance” (4 min.)
  • Fantasia for organ No.3 in E-flat minor “The Gate” (7 min.)
  • Sonata for violin and organ “Vox Humana” (10 min.)

1988

  • “We are afraid” cantata (25 min.)
    choir / flute / clarinet / percussion / 2 violins / cello / bass / piano / organ
    (arrangement and orchestration: Frederik Magle / additional orchestration: Christian Magle / Lyrics: Mimi Heinrich)
  • Fantasia for organ No. 2 “The Ocean” (6 min.)
  • Fantasia for pipe organ No. 1 in C major (4 min.)

1987

  • “A Christmas child” mini-musical (30 min.)
    choir / flute / recorder / marimba / percussion / bass / piano
    (arrangement: Niels Thybo / orchestration: Karsten Vogel / Lyrics: Mimi Heinrich)

1986–1992

  • 20 songs based on fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
    voice / piano (Lyrics: Mimi Heinrich)
    • The Naughty Boy (Den Uartige Dreng)
    • A View from Vartov's Window (Fra Et Vindue i Vartov)
    • Five Peas from a Pod (Fem Fra En Ærtebælg)
    • The Jumpers (Springfyrene)
    • The Sweethearts – The Top and the Ball (Toppen Og Bolden)
    • The Windmill (Vejrmøllen)
    • Children's Prattle (Børnesnak)
    • The Shadow (Skyggen)
    • The Snowdrop (Sommergækken)
    • The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Tinsoldaten)
    • The Princess on the Pea (Prinsessen på Ærten)
    • The Snowman (Snemanden)
    • What the Old Man Does is Always Right (Hvad Fatter Gør Er Altid Det Rigtige)
    • The Little Match Girl (Den Lille Pige Med Svovlstikkerne)
    • The Rags (Laserne)
    • The Snail and the Rosebush (Sneglen Og Rosenhækken)
    • It's Quite True! (Det Er Ganske Vist)
    • The Butterfly (Sommerfuglen)
    • The Teapot (Tepotten)
    • The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep (Hyrdinden Og Skorstensfejeren)

1985–1990

  • 30 hymns (ca. 90 min.)
    song / piano (organ) (Lyrics: Mimi Heinrich)

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