Composer Tage Nielsen
Instrumentation 1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/2 perc/arpa/pno/1.1.1.1.1
Category 7+ Instruments
Publication year 2001
Catalogue no. B.0335
Duration 12 minutes
Retrospekt
(2001)
(2001)
Composer Tage Nielsen
Instrumentation 1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/2 perc/arpa/pno/1.1.1.1.1
Category 7+ Instruments
Publication year 2001
Catalogue no. B.0335
Duration 12 minutes
Originally I considered calling this piece Short Cuts from the famous film by Robert Altman. The reason is that the work consists of a large number of tiny fragments of which some disappear into the blue whereas others keep returning – almost ad nauseam. After some reflection, however, I decided on the title ”Retrospect”, as it largely hits the character of piece which is retrospect. What happens is quite simply that I once more review musical ideas and forms that I have worked with before; partly (hopefully) from new angles.
While composing I ran into a quote by Thomas Mann which perfectly reflects my own way of working with this. In the quote talks about works that bear ”the stamp of summary, retrospect, self quotation and dissolution that characterizes the late phaze of life”. – Moreover, the piece – which was written for the Aarhus Sinfonietta – was formed as a rondo.
- Tage Nielsen
All categories Solo 2-6 Instruments 7+ Instruments Choir Orchestra Music Drama and Stage Music
To nocturner
1961 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
5 minutes
Piano solo
Il Giardino Magico
1968 • Tage Nielsen
Orchestra
10 minutes
3.2.A-sax, 3.2/4.2.1.1/4 perc/arpa/pno/cemb/14.0.4.4.2
Paesaggi
1985 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
7 minutes
2 pno
A Sentimental Journey
2002 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
perc, vla
In tribulatione mea
1985 • Tage Nielsen
Choir
5 minutes
mixed choir
Nocturne
1996 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
11 minutes
Chamber choir + antique cymbals
Songs of Sun, Wind, and Darkness
1999 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
15 minutes
9 part chamber choir + cl, cor, vla
Tre danske korsange
1998 • Tage Nielsen
Choir
10 minutes
chamber choir
6 Epigrammer
1998 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
Piano + string quartet
Trio Semplice
1997 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
Horn, piano & violin
Konzertstück
1998 • Tage Nielsen
7+ Instruments
12 minutes
Piano solo + 1.0.1.1/0.1.0.0/arpa/1.0.1.1.0
Canzone per oboe solo
1997 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
2:20 minutes
Oboe solo
Fantasistykke
1997 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
6:30 minutes
Cello solo
Improvisation og Fuga
1983 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
5:30 minutes
cl, pno, vlc
Ballade
1984 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
6 minutes
Percussion solo
Passacaglia
1982 • Tage Nielsen
Orchestra
16 minutes
3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/4 perc/arpa/pno/archi
Lamento og Koralfantasi
1995 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
14 minutes
Organ solo
Diptykon
1996 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
ob, org
Drei Lieder
1995 • Tage Nielsen
7+ Instruments
9:15 minutes
Soprano solo + org
Uccelli
1992 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
6:30 minutes
Clarinet solo
4 Miniaturer
1963 • Tage Nielsen
Orchestra
6 minutes
String Orchestra
Pastorale
1990 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
7 minutes
Percussion trio
Toccata
1951 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
6 minutes
Organ solo
A Winter’s Tale
1994 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
5 minutes
Clarinet and Piano
Opstilling og landskab
1981 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
7 minutes
Flute solo
5 poems by William Blake
1979 • Tage Nielsen
7+ Instruments
9 minutes
Soprano solo + vibr
Sonate for piano, op. 3
• Tage Nielsen
Solo
10 minutes
Piano solo
Salon
1984 • Tage Nielsen
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
fl, arpa, vla
Attisk Sommer
1974 • Tage Nielsen
7+ Instruments
6 minutes
Soprano solo + perc, gui
Varianter
1963 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
8 minutes
Alto flute solo
Ritual
1989 • Tage Nielsen
7+ Instruments
5 minutes
Mezzo-soprano solo + fl, perc, pno
Five Romantic Songs
1994 • Tage Nielsen
7+ Instruments
8 minutes
Mezzo-soprano solo + gui
Latter i Mørket (Laughter in the Dark)
1992 • Tage Nielsen
Music Drama and Stage Music
90 minutes
S, mS, T, 2 Bar soli + 1.0.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1
5 Operafragmenter
1986 • Tage Nielsen
7+ Instruments
15 minutes
1.0.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1
The Frosty Silence in the Gardens
1990 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
10 minutes
Guitar solo
Tre karakterstykker og en epilog
1974 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
15 minutes
Piano solo
Marker og Enge
1971 • Tage Nielsen
Solo
4 minutes
Organ solo
Three Black Madrigals
1978 • Tage Nielsen
Choir
9 minutes
mixed choir