List of Works
by composer Frederik Magle
2020
• "Fanfare of the Royal Danish Orchestra" (Danish: Det Kongelige Kapels Fanfare) (3 min.) 🔈 [YouTube]
3 trumpets in Bb / 2 horns in F (4 horns ad lib.) / 2 tenor trombones / bass-trombone / tuba / timpani / percussion (1 percussionist)
2019
• "The Secret Garden" (Danish: Den Hemmelige Have) for chamber orchestra (10 min.) 🔈 [YouTube]
2 flutes / oboe / 2 clarinets / bassoon / 2 horns in F / percussion (1 percussionist) / strings (min. 4/4/3/2/1)
2017
• "The Fairest of Roses" Fanfare for two trumpets and organ (5 min.) [Sheet music published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen] / 🔈 [YouTube]
• "Lament" for violin and organ (7 min.) [Get sheet music] / 🔈 [YouTube]
• "Lament" for viola and organ (7 min.) [Get sheet music]
• "Lament" for cello and organ (7 min.) [Get sheet music]
2016
• "Lament" for organ (2016-edition, 7 min.) [Get sheet music]
• "Nuit mélodique" (10 min.) [Download PDF] / 🔈 [Listen]
soprano (soloist) / piano / string orchestra (min. 6/5/4/3/2)
(text: H.K.H. Prince Henrik of Denmark)
2015
• "To the Babies" for piano (6 min.)
2014-15
• "Anastasis Mass"
choir / soprano / priest / organ / piano (ad lib.) / electronics
- Prologue: "Post-Zarathustra" for organ and electronics (3 min.)
- Prelude for organ (3 min.)
- "Tenebrae–Lux Aeterna" for soprano, organ and electronics (6 min.) (text by Maleen Lundvig)
- "Resurrection" (4 min.) for choir, organ and electronics (text from the hymn "Krist stod op af døde", edited by Frederik Magle)
- "Interlude for piano and organ" (3 min.)
- "Blessing and Amen" for priest, choir, organ and electronics (3 1/2 min.)
- "Postlude: Didgeridoo (Ite missa est)" for choir, organ and electronics (7 min.)
2014
• "Seahorse Aria" (7 min.)
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) / organ (pedal) or bass (singer), 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
"Magnificat" (5 min.)
soprano (soloist) / mixed choir (SATB) / organ
(text: The Song of Mary from the New Testament. Latin)
2009-2010
• "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.) [MP3]

- "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.) [YouTube]

- "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.)
Commisioned 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 (Bb) / 1 bass Clarinet (Bb) / 2 Bassoons / 1 dbl. bassoon / 4 horns (F) / 3 trumpets / 3 trombones / 1 tuba / timpani (4) / percussion (3 players) / 1 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« in celebration of the company's Centennial Jubilee 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 (Bb) / 1 bass Clarinet (Bb) / 2 Bassoons / 1 dbl. bassoon / 4 horns (F) / 3 trumpets / 3 trombones / 1 tuba / timpani (4) / percussion (3 players) / 1 harp / organ / vocal soloist (baritone) / chorus (SSAATTBB) / strings (min. 10/8/8/6/4)
(Text: Henrik, H.R.H. The Prince Consort of Denmark)
2007
• "Sunset" for piano (3 min.) [MP3]
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 (Bb) / 1 bass Clarinet (Bb) / 2 Bassoons / 1 dbl. bassoon / 4 horns (F) / 3 trumpets / 3 trombones / 1 tuba / timpani (4) / percussion (3 players) / 1 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 minutes) [MP3]
2002
• "Pact of the Baptism" (10 min.)
dedicated to H.H. Prince Felix
2 trumpets / french horn / trombone / tuba / organ
2001
• "The Hope" [MP3]
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 / flygelhorn / 2 french horns / 2 trombones / euphonium / 2 tubas / 5 percussionists / timpani /«mixed choir (SATB) / pipe organ
(Lyrics: from psalm 27)
• "Te Deum" for brass band (6 min.)
5 cornets / flygelhorn / 2 alto-horns / baryton / 2 trombones / bass-trombone / euphonium / 2 tubas
• "Kosmos" for trumpet and organ (7 min.) [MP3]
2000
• "Human's Millenium" 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 1/2 min.) [MP3]
2 trumpets / horn / trombone / tuba
• Choral variations over the hymn/lullaby "Sov soedt barnlille"
(14 min.)
2 equal voices / pipe organ
1999
• Decet “Days and Nights” (11 min.)
flute / obo / 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 bassoon / 2 horns / 2 trumpets / 2 trombones / percussion (3) / timpani / strings
• “Flames for Freedom” (7 min.)
piano (comissioned 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.)
eb-cornet / 10 b-cornets / ripieno / flygelhorn / 3 altohorns / 2 barytons / 2 trombones / bass-trombone / 2 euphoniums / 4 tubas / percussion [MP3]
1996
• "The March of Joy" (concert version) (7 min.)
piccolo / flute / oboe / eb-clarinet / 3 b-clarinets / bassclarinet / alto-sax / tenor-sax / 4 horns / 2 cornets / 3 trumpets / 2 tenorhorn / baryton / 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) / eb-cornet / 10 b-cornets / ripieno / flygelhorn / 3 altohorns / 2 barytons / 2 trombones / bass-trombone / 2 euphoniums / 4 tubas / percussion / organ
(Text: Romanos the Melodist)
1995-96
• "Symphonic LEGO fantasia" (27 min.) [MP3]
Commissioned by the LEGO Group
symphony orchestra, solo piano
3 flutes / 3 oboes / 3 clarinets / bassclarinet / 3 bassoons / dbl.bassoon / 4 horns / 3 trumpets / 3 trombones / tuba / timpani / percussion / piano / strings (minimum 12/10/8/6/4)
1995
• “The Fire” from “The Elemenths” (suite for organ)
(6 min.)
• "The song of the seasons" Cnatata 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 / bassclarinet / 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” (15 min.)
Opus 1 [MP3]
• “Der Die Das” an opera for 2 soloists and choir (by Hotel
Pro Forma) (45 min.)
• 3 etudes for piano (10 min.)
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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, "Cristopher Robin" and "Husmorens morgen"
(7 min.)
song / piano (Lyrics: Bent Friis Alsinger)
• Fantasia for piano i a-minor (6 min.)
• Symphony for pipe organ No.1 i 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)
1986-92
• 20 songs based on fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
voice / piano (Lyrics: Mimi Heinrich)
1985-90
• 30 hymns (ca. 90 min.)
song / piano (organ) (Lyrics: Mimi Heinrich)
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