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Cantabile: Cortege & Danse Macabre and Carillon MP3 Download
Free MP3 excerpts from the first performance of the symphonic suite Cantabile's 2nd and 3rd movements on June 10th (2009) in the Copenhagen Concert Hall at the royal gala concert celebrating the 75th birthday of H.R.H. Henrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark.
First, excerpts from the second symphonic poem (2nd movement) from Cantabile; The »Cortège & Danse Macabre« (Procession and Dance of Death - or in this case perhaps more appropriately "Dance of the Dead". See the text below). Dark music, yet with glimpses of tragic humor. The music depicts a procession of the dead - dancing. But they don't know they are dead, they don't know where, or even who, they are. And yet they are dancing, dancing towards the inevitable, their grave, the eternal. • Download a large excerpt from »Cortège & Danse Macabre« (bar 100-280, 6:26 min., 11.8 MB, 256 kbps MP3 format) • Download 3 smaller additional excerpts from the beginning of »Cortège & Danse Macabre« (2:32 min., 3.5 MB, 192 kbps MP3 format) Secondly, an excerpt from the third and final symphonic poem (3rd movement) from the Cantabile suite; The «Carillon«. A "bell-like" theme is heard throughout the movement. «Carillon« begins with conflicting emotions; the luring - sometimes joyous, sometimes sentimental - yet simple hymnic melody of "L'Angelus" is contrasted with the brutality and complexity of reality (read the poem below). The second half, which is heard in the excerpt, is based on the poem "Lacrymae mundi" (Tears of the world), and concludes the whole work, returning to the theme of the first movement "Souffle le vent" at the very end. 42 seconds into the excerpt a passage begins in which you can hear the basses of the choir descent to the A below the bass-clef, one of the deepest notes ever written in work for choir and orchestra. • Download an excerpt from »Carillon« (4:09 min., 7.6 MB, 256 kbps MP3 format) The music is performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DR SymfoniOrkestret) and Choir, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. Soloists are: Ina Kringlebotn, soprano (»Carillon«) Erlend Tyrmi, baritone (»Danse Macabre« and »Carillon«) Frederik Magle, piano (»Carillon«) »Souffle le vent«, the first movement of the »Cantabile« suite was given its premiere performance in 2004. MP3 Excerpts of »Souffle le vent« are available for download here. The orchestration/instrumentation of the Cantabile Suite: 3 flutes (3rd: Piccolo),If you would like to hear the work in full, please let me know by private message or email. The »Cortège & Danse Macabre« and »Carillon« from the symphonic suite »Cantabile« is copyright © Frederik Magle and may not be altered or redistributed in any way without express permission. You are allowed to link freely to this page. You are not allowed to link directly to the MP3 files (hotlinking) without clearly stating the credits and copyright and linking to this page as well. The music has been uploaded to this site for free download with the consent of the copyright holders and in accordance with Danish and international copyright law. ____________ More Music Downloads by Frederik Magle Last edited by Frederik Magle; Jan-03-2010 at 17:04. Reason: Uploaded higher quality mp3 files and added info on orchestration |
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Here is the text (or lyrics) from the »Cortège & Danse Macabre«:
Cortège Funèbre - Danse Macabre (Funeral Procession - Dance of Death) by H.R.H. Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark Quote:
L'Angélus - Carillon by H.R.H. Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark Quote:
Lacrymae Mundi - Psaume by H.R.H. Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark Quote:
Lacrymae Mundi - Salme by H.R.H. Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark (translation by Per Aage Brandt) Quote:
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Frederik Magle - composer - concert organist - pianist |
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January 1st, 2010, I spent rectifying something that has bothered me for some time; the lacking power of the pipe organ in the recording of the Cortège & Danse Macabre and Carillon.
It's no secret that the 92-voice organ in the new Copenhagen Concert Hall (DR Koncerthuset) has been criticized for not being powerful enough, as if there is some kind of "veil" in front of the organ - either because of the acoustics of the hall, the architecture with a front of decorative aluminum tubes, or the instrument itself. Over the summer and fall some major changes has been made that may have fixed the problem, but at the concert in June it was definitely not as powerful as it should have been. I wanted the full organ to significantly increase the power - or rather the "intensity" and richness - of the orchestra when applied at some crucial moments of madness. But, alas, it could not fully match the orchestra like a concert organ of its size is supposed to (though when heard live at the concert it did come through slightly better than on the original recording - at least the pedal (deep bass) lines). I spent the whole day, yesterday, enhancing the sound of organ in the recording to the level I had originally intended, and now you can hear it as intended (or as close as I could get, which is quite close). Those of you who downloaded the "old" versions can do a comparison with the new excerpts of the second and third movements if you like. Here are the new versions (click on the links to download and listen), which I've uploaded in an even better MP3 quality (256 kbps vs. 192 kbps): http://www.magle.dk/audio/frederik-m...re-excerpt.mp3 http://www.magle.dk/audio/frederik-m...le-excerpt.mp3 (The original post has been updated with the new links as well) Enjoy! Regards, Frederik |
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Indeed, there was an absolutely fantastic atmosphere at the concert and the audience really seemed to like it
I'm glad you like the new improved sound files.Btw, I forgot to mention this when I posted the MP3 files back in June, but there are other "unusual" things in the scoring besides the use of the giraffe bone: Approximately 45 seconds into the excerpt of the »Carillon« you can hear the basses of the choir go down to the low A (A1) - the A below the bass clef - a fifth below what is usually considered the range of a bass singer! You may have to turn the volume up a little to hear it, but they do sing this extremely deep note, one of the lowest notes ever written in a work for choir and orchestra. |
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