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Per Nørgård
Compositeur danois né le 13 juillet 1932 à Gentofte, près de Copenhague
Biographie
Per Nørgård est sans aucun doute le personnage central de la musique danoise d'aujourd'hui. Il occupe cette position non seulement à cause de l'impressionnante puissance de sa musique mais aussi par l'enseignement qu'il dispense à toute une génération de jeunes compositeurs de son pays. Ses nombreux écrits traitent de sujets aussi variés que l'esthétique, la philosophie de la musique, musique et politique et ont un impact considérable dans le débat culturel de notre temps.
Nørgård étudie d'abord à l'Académie Royale du Danemark, notamment avec Vagn Holmboe et ensuite, de 1956 à 1957, avec Nadia Boulanger . Depuis le début des années soixante, l'oeuvre de Nørgård est étroitement liée à son exploration des possibilités compositionnelles de la «série infinie». Ses recherches l'amènent à développer des concepts semblables d'infini dans le domaine du rythme et de l'harmonie - «La musique hiérarchique». Au coeur même de cette recherche se trouve la Symphonie n°3 (1972-75) qui présente cette technique sous une forme plus claire.
Les préoccupations de Nørgård ont évolué récemment ; sa fascination pour l'artiste schizophrénique Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930) notamment a inspiré plusieurs de ses oeuvres dans lesquelles les contrastes et les conflits produisent le matériau thématique. Parmi celles-ci se trouvent la Symphonie n°4 (1981) et un opéra sur la vie deWölfli The Divine Circus (1982).
Un signe du respect dont jouit le compositeur est sans aucun doute la commande qui lui est faite de sa Cinquième Symphonie, créée dans un programme qui comprend également la Cinquième Symphonie de Sibelius et celle de Nielsen .
© Ircam - Centre Pompidou, 1998
Œuvres
Œuvres par effectif type
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- Abendlied und Märchenfarben for mixed chorus and accordion ensemble with perc ad libitum, text by Adolf Wölfli (1980), 10 minutes
- Amled Quite quintet derived from composer's music to Gabriel Axel's film «Le Festin de Babette» (1993), 25 minutes
- Arcana for accordion, electric guitar and percussion (1970), 20 minutes
- Bach to the Future for 2 percussions and orchestra (1996), 23 minutes
- Gilgamesh libretto in danish and swedish by Per Nørgård (1971), 1 h 45 mn
- Hedda Gabler for viola, harp and piano, composed for the BBC TV-production of Hedda Gabler (1993), 17 minutes
- Hommage à Jacques Tati two pieces for three guitars (1986), 8 minutes
- Intermezzi for violin and guitar (1998), 10 minutes
- It's All his Fancy That for trumpet, trombone and piano (1995), 15 minutes
- King, Queen and Ace for harp and 13 instruments (1989), 20 minutes
- L'Enfant et l'aube for soprano, ténor and quintet, on a text by Arthur Rimbaud (1987), 18 minutes
- Le Jeune Homme à marier ballet (1964), 40 minutes
- Libra for tenor solo, guitar, 2 choruses and instruments ad libitum, texts by Rudolf Steiner and David the Psalmist (1973), 30 minutes
- Libra version for tenor and guitar, on texts by Rudolf Steiner and David the Psalmist (1973), 12 minutes
- Luna for orchestra (1967), 14 minutes
- Mating Dance for flute and guitar (1977), 11 minutes
- Nuit des hommes "Menneskenes Nat-Maendenes Nat", opera in 2 acts on texts by Apollinaire (1995)
- Poeme for marimba or any percussion instrument (1987), 10 minutes
- Prism song cycle on a poem of Jørgen Sonne (1964), 8 minutes
- Recall for accordion and orchestra (1968), 12 minutes
- Siddharta play for the Expected One, libretto by composer and Ole Sarvig (1973), 2 h
- Singe die Gärten mein Herz for chorus and ensemble, from «Sonnet à Orphée» by Rainer Maria Rilke (1974), 12 minutes
- Sub Rosa for mezzo, tenor and guitar, on a poem from Friedrich Rückert «Wenn die Rose sich selbst schmückt» (1970), 12 minutes
- Symphony n°1 "Sinfonia Austera" (1953), 35 minutes
- Symphony n°2 in one Movement (1970), 24 minutes
- Symphony n°3 in two movements (1972), 50 minutes
- Symphony n°4 "Indischer Rosengarten und Chinesischer Hexen-See" (1981), 22 minutes
- The Divine circus text after Adolf Wölfli (1982), 2 h
- The Labyrinth opera in two acts, libretto in Danish by Bent Nørgård (1963), 1 h 15 mn
- Variations in search of a Theme for cello and guitar (1991), 10 minutes
- Musique vocale a cappella
- And the Time Shall be no More for mixed chorus, texts by Lars Lundkvist, Adolf Wölfli, Yunus Emre and Jørgen Gustava Brandt (1993), 15 minutes
- Cycle Kredsløb, for mixed chorus a cappella, text by Ole Sarvig (1977), 18 minutes
- Den Foruroligende Aelling for mixed chorus, texts by Poul borum, Adolf Wölfli and Josef Kjellgren (1985), 25 minutes
- Drømmesange for SATB chorus or SA chorus with percussion ad libitum, text by Finn Methling (1981), 13 minutes
- Evening Land for SATB-chorus, text by Pär Lagerkvist (1954), 8 minutes
- Frost Psalm for 16-part chorus a cappella, text by Ole Sarvig (1975), 18 minutes
- Three Hymnic Dispositions for mixed chorus, texts by Gunnar Ekelöf, Thøger Larsen and Rainer Maria Rilke (1986), 10 minutes
- Three Motets on Agnus Dei for mixed chorus (1983), 8 minutes
- Wie ein Kind for SATB-chorus a cappella, texts by Adolf Wölfli and Rainer Maria Rilke (1980), 16 minutes
- Musique vocale et instrument(s)
- Consecration Song Indvielsessang, for soprano and organ, Indian text by Vagn Lundbye (1988), 5 minutes
- Entwicklungen for contralto, flute, guitar, cello, percussion, on a text by Rainer Maria Rilke (1986), 10 minutes
- L'Amour la poésie for contralto, baritone and piano (or harp), texts in French by Paul Eluard (1967), 9 minutes
- Nocturnes, Fragment VII for soprano and piano, on chinese poems in Danish translations by Carl Kjersmeier (1961), 8 minutes
- Nocturnes, Fragment VII for soprano and chamber orchestra, on chinese poems in Danish translations by Carl Kjersmeier (1961), 8 minutes
- Nova Genitura for soprano, violin, recorder, gamba, lute and harpsichord, on latin hymns (1975), 19 minutes
- Plutonian Ode for soprano and cello, on a text by Alan Ginsburg (1984), 10 minutes
- Prelude to Breaking for ensemble and mezzo ad libitum (1986), 10 minutes
- Seadrift for soprano and ensemble, on a poem by Walt Whitman (1978), 16 minutes
- Songs from Evening Land for contralto, flute, violin, viola, cello and harp, on a text by Pär Lagerkvist (1956), 30 minutes
- Songs to texts of Hanne Groes for voice and piano (1991), 23 minutes
- Summer Prelude and Two Season Songs for soprano and organ, texts by Henrik Nordbrandt (1991), 8 minutes
- Two recitatives for contralto and cello (1955), 9 minutes
- Wenn die Rose sich selbst schmückt... for 1 or 2 sopranos, flute in G, double-bass and percussion, on a poem by Friedrich Rückert (1971), 10 minutes
- Winter Cantata for soprano and organ (other soloists, chorus and instrumentalists ad libitum) (1976), 30 minutes
- Musique concertante
- Between 3 movements for cello and orchestra (1985), 30 minutes
- Concerto in Due Tempi piano concerto (1994), 30 minutes
- For a Change for percussion and orchestra (1982), 22 minutes
- Helle Nacht violin concerto (1987), 35 minutes
- Remembering Child 2 movements for viola and chamber orchestra (1986), 22 minutes
- Musique instrumentale d'ensemble
- Adagio di preludio for string orchestra (1950), 4 minutes
- Backlight "Modlys" for winds, pianos and percussions (1970), 10 minutes
- Burn for orchestra (1984), 12 minutes
- Constellations for string orchestra (1958), 22 minutes
- Dream Play for orchestra (1975), 10 minutes
- Fugitive Summer for string orchestra (1992), 10 minutes
- Iris for orchestra (1966), 12 minutes
- Lila for ensemble (1972), 12 minutes
- Lyse Danse (1959), 11 minutes
- Métamorphoses (1953), 11 minutes
- Night-Symphonies, Day Breaks (1991), 20 minutes
- Pastoral for string orchestra, composed for Gabriel Axel's film «Le Festin de Babette» (1988), 8 minutes
- Prelude and fugue for ensemble (1982), 14 minutes
- Scintillation for chamber ensemble (1993), 16 minutes
- Spaces of Time with concertating piano (1991), 20 minutes
- Surf "Braending", orchestrated by Hans Abrahamsen (1992), 10 minutes
- Symphony n°5 (1990), 35 minutes
- Symphony n°6 "At the end of the Day" (1997), 31 minutes
- Tributes album for strings (1994), 30 minutes
- Twilight for orchestra (1976), 17 minutes
- Voyage into the Golden Screen for orchestra (1968), 18 minutes
- Musique de chambre
- A Bright Hour for percussion ensemble of any size (1986), 10 minutes
- Arresø-Pictures for oboe and piano (1995), 13 minutes
- Cantica for cello and piano (1977), 17 minutes
- Cao Chu letters of Grass, for clarinet and piano (1992), 11 minutes
- Dancers around Jupiter for saxophone quartet (1994), 11 minutes
- Diptychon for violin and piano (1954), 9 minutes
- Dreamscape string quartet n°4 (1969), 12 minutes
- Echo-Zone I-III for percussion duo (1991), 16 minutes
- Fragment V for violin and piano (1961), 5 minutes
- Heyday's Night for treble recorder, cello, harpsichord (1980), 8 minutes
- Inscape string quartet n°5 (1969), 15 minutes
- Lerchesang for flute, violin and cello (1988), 5 minutes
- Lin for clarinet, cello and piano (1986), 16 minutes
- Pastoral for flute and piano (1975), 5 minutes
- Pastoral for string trio, composed for Gabriel Axel's film «Le Festin de Babette» (1987), 7 minutes
- Proteus for alto flute and percussion (1980), 14 minutes
- Quartetto breve string quartet n°1 (1952), 7 minutes
- Quartetto brioso string quartet n°2 (1952), 20 minutes
- Quintet hommage à Marc Chagall (1952), 30 minutes
- Roads to Ixtlan for saxophone quartet (1992), 13 minutes
- Rondo for Six for percussion sextet (1964), 11 minutes
- Sextet for percussion sextet (1981), 7 minutes
- Sonora for flute and harp (1981), 12 minutes
- Spell for clarinet, cello and piano (1973), 18 minutes
- Square and Round two dances for percussion sextet (1985), 12 minutes
- String Quartet n°7 (1993), 14 minutes
- String Quartet n°8 night Descending (1995), 18 minutes
- Strings for violin, viola and cello (1992), 12 minutes
- Suite for flute and piano (1953-1962), 10 minutes
- The Rosy-Fingered Dawn for viola, alto flute and guitar (1998), 5 minutes
- The Well-Tempered Percussion for two percussionists (1994), 9 minutes
- Three Miniatures string quartet n°3 (1959), 5 minutes
- Tintinnabulary string quartet n°6 (1986), 12 minutes
- Tjampuan for violin and cello (1992), 15 minutes
- Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1955), 25 minutes
- Unendlicher Empfang for 2 pianos (1997), 12 minutes
- Vision for brass quintet (1988), 8 minutes
- Wasser und Rosen for 2 guitars (1997), 10 minutes
- Whirl's World for wind quintet (1970), 12 minutes
- Wild Swans for saxophone quartet (1994), 12 minutes
- Musique soliste (sauf voix)
- Achilles and the Tortoise for piano (1983), 9 minutes
- Anatomic Safari for accordion solo (1967), 14 minutes
- Canon for organ (1971), 22 minutes
- Chorale Fantasy jeg ved et evigt Himmerig, for organ (1992), 9 minutes
- Clubs among Jokers for guitar solo (1989), 10 minutes
- Early Morn for guitar solo (1997), 10 minutes
- Energy Fields Forever for percussion solo (1986), 10 minutes
- Five Organ Chorales (1955), 15 minutes
- Four Fragments for piano (1959), 5 minutes
- Gemini Rising for harpsichord (1990), 12 minutes
- Grooving for piano (1967), 14 minutes
- I Ching for percussion solo (1982), 20 minutes
- Late Summer Elegy for cello solo (1991), 4 minutes
- Libro per Nobuko for viola solo (1992), 15 minutes
- Light of a Night after Beatles' Blackbird, for piano (1989), 7 minutes
- Little Dance for harp solo (1982), 3 minutes
- Magdalene Stanzas for piano (1994), 10 minutes
- Mattinata Tongues of Light, for organ (1992), 7 minutes
- Maya for piano (1983), 4 minutes
- Moon Shadows for violin solo (1988), 5 minutes
- Nemo Dynamo for percussion and computer (1991), 12 minutes
- Nine Friends for accordion solo (1984), 21 minutes
- Nine Studies for piano (1959), 10 minutes
- Notturno tongues by Night, for organ (1992)
- Papalagi for guitar solo (1981), 10 minutes
- Partita Concertante for organ (1958), 21 minutes
- Queen of Hearts Suite for guitar solo with cello ad libitum (1995), 10 minutes
- Remembering for piano (1989), 12 minutes
- Returns for guitar solo (1976), 11 minutes
- Serenita for guitar solo (1996), 2 minutes
- Sketches for piano (1958), 3 minutes
- Solo Intimo for cello solo (1953), 10 minutes
- Solo in Scena for cello solo (1980), 9 minutes
- Sonata in One Movement for piano (1953-1956), 15 minutes
- Sonata n°2 for piano (1957), 27 minutes
- Sonate for Cello Solo (1951-1953), 18 minutes
- Swan Descending for harp solo (1989), 4 minutes
- The Blessed Delight Den signede Fryd, for organ (1995), 4 minutes
- The Cold Nights for cello solo (1991), 4 minutes
- Trepartita for organ (1988), 15 minutes
- Turn for piano or harpsichord (1973), 15 minutes
- Two Small Piano Pieces (1987), 4 minutes
- Waves for percussion solo (1969), 15 minutes
- What is the Word for cello solo (1998), 3 minutes
- Within the Fairy-Ring - And Out of It for clarinet (1999), 5 minutes
- Without Jealousy tortoise Tango, for piano (1984), 5 minutes
- in Memory of for guitar solo (1978), 7 minutes
- in the Mood of Spades for guitar solo (1985), 10 minutes
Œuvres par date
- 1999
- Within the Fairy-Ring - And Out of It for clarinet (1999), 5 minutes
- 1998
- Intermezzi for violin and guitar (1998), 10 minutes
- The Rosy-Fingered Dawn for viola, alto flute and guitar (1998), 5 minutes
- What is the Word for cello solo (1998), 3 minutes
- 1997
- Early Morn for guitar solo (1997), 10 minutes
- Symphony n°6 "At the end of the Day" (1997), 31 minutes
- Unendlicher Empfang for 2 pianos (1997), 12 minutes
- Wasser und Rosen for 2 guitars (1997), 10 minutes
- 1996
- Bach to the Future for 2 percussions and orchestra (1996), 23 minutes
- Serenita for guitar solo (1996), 2 minutes
- 1995
- Arresø-Pictures for oboe and piano (1995), 13 minutes
- It's All his Fancy That for trumpet, trombone and piano (1995), 15 minutes
- Nuit des hommes "Menneskenes Nat-Maendenes Nat", opera in 2 acts on texts by Apollinaire (1995)
- Queen of Hearts Suite for guitar solo with cello ad libitum (1995), 10 minutes
- String Quartet n°8 night Descending (1995), 18 minutes
- The Blessed Delight Den signede Fryd, for organ (1995), 4 minutes
- 1994
- Concerto in Due Tempi piano concerto (1994), 30 minutes
- Dancers around Jupiter for saxophone quartet (1994), 11 minutes
- Magdalene Stanzas for piano (1994), 10 minutes
- The Well-Tempered Percussion for two percussionists (1994), 9 minutes
- Tributes album for strings (1994), 30 minutes
- Wild Swans for saxophone quartet (1994), 12 minutes
- 1993
- Amled Quite quintet derived from composer's music to Gabriel Axel's film «Le Festin de Babette» (1993), 25 minutes
- And the Time Shall be no More for mixed chorus, texts by Lars Lundkvist, Adolf Wölfli, Yunus Emre and Jørgen Gustava Brandt (1993), 15 minutes
- Hedda Gabler for viola, harp and piano, composed for the BBC TV-production of Hedda Gabler (1993), 17 minutes
- Scintillation for chamber ensemble (1993), 16 minutes
- String Quartet n°7 (1993), 14 minutes
- 1992
- Cao Chu letters of Grass, for clarinet and piano (1992), 11 minutes
- Chorale Fantasy jeg ved et evigt Himmerig, for organ (1992), 9 minutes
- Fugitive Summer for string orchestra (1992), 10 minutes
- Libro per Nobuko for viola solo (1992), 15 minutes
- Mattinata Tongues of Light, for organ (1992), 7 minutes
- Notturno tongues by Night, for organ (1992)
- Roads to Ixtlan for saxophone quartet (1992), 13 minutes
- Strings for violin, viola and cello (1992), 12 minutes
- Surf "Braending", orchestrated by Hans Abrahamsen (1992), 10 minutes
- Tjampuan for violin and cello (1992), 15 minutes
- 1991
- Echo-Zone I-III for percussion duo (1991), 16 minutes
- Late Summer Elegy for cello solo (1991), 4 minutes
- Nemo Dynamo for percussion and computer (1991), 12 minutes
- Night-Symphonies, Day Breaks (1991), 20 minutes
- Songs to texts of Hanne Groes for voice and piano (1991), 23 minutes
- Spaces of Time with concertating piano (1991), 20 minutes
- Summer Prelude and Two Season Songs for soprano and organ, texts by Henrik Nordbrandt (1991), 8 minutes
- The Cold Nights for cello solo (1991), 4 minutes
- Variations in search of a Theme for cello and guitar (1991), 10 minutes
- 1990
- Gemini Rising for harpsichord (1990), 12 minutes
- Symphony n°5 (1990), 35 minutes
- 1989
- Clubs among Jokers for guitar solo (1989), 10 minutes
- King, Queen and Ace for harp and 13 instruments (1989), 20 minutes
- Light of a Night after Beatles' Blackbird, for piano (1989), 7 minutes
- Remembering for piano (1989), 12 minutes
- Swan Descending for harp solo (1989), 4 minutes
- 1988
- Consecration Song Indvielsessang, for soprano and organ, Indian text by Vagn Lundbye (1988), 5 minutes
- Lerchesang for flute, violin and cello (1988), 5 minutes
- Moon Shadows for violin solo (1988), 5 minutes
- Pastoral for string orchestra, composed for Gabriel Axel's film «Le Festin de Babette» (1988), 8 minutes
- Trepartita for organ (1988), 15 minutes
- Vision for brass quintet (1988), 8 minutes
- 1987
- Helle Nacht violin concerto (1987), 35 minutes
- L'Enfant et l'aube for soprano, ténor and quintet, on a text by Arthur Rimbaud (1987), 18 minutes
- Pastoral for string trio, composed for Gabriel Axel's film «Le Festin de Babette» (1987), 7 minutes
- Poeme for marimba or any percussion instrument (1987), 10 minutes
- Two Small Piano Pieces (1987), 4 minutes
- 1986
- A Bright Hour for percussion ensemble of any size (1986), 10 minutes
- Energy Fields Forever for percussion solo (1986), 10 minutes
- Entwicklungen for contralto, flute, guitar, cello, percussion, on a text by Rainer Maria Rilke (1986), 10 minutes
- Hommage à Jacques Tati two pieces for three guitars (1986), 8 minutes
- Lin for clarinet, cello and piano (1986), 16 minutes
- Prelude to Breaking for ensemble and mezzo ad libitum (1986), 10 minutes
- Remembering Child 2 movements for viola and chamber orchestra (1986), 22 minutes
- Three Hymnic Dispositions for mixed chorus, texts by Gunnar Ekelöf, Thøger Larsen and Rainer Maria Rilke (1986), 10 minutes
- Tintinnabulary string quartet n°6 (1986), 12 minutes
- 1985
- Between 3 movements for cello and orchestra (1985), 30 minutes
- Den Foruroligende Aelling for mixed chorus, texts by Poul borum, Adolf Wölfli and Josef Kjellgren (1985), 25 minutes
- Square and Round two dances for percussion sextet (1985), 12 minutes
- in the Mood of Spades for guitar solo (1985), 10 minutes
- 1984
- Burn for orchestra (1984), 12 minutes
- Nine Friends for accordion solo (1984), 21 minutes
- Plutonian Ode for soprano and cello, on a text by Alan Ginsburg (1984), 10 minutes
- Without Jealousy tortoise Tango, for piano (1984), 5 minutes
- 1983
- Achilles and the Tortoise for piano (1983), 9 minutes
- Maya for piano (1983), 4 minutes
- Three Motets on Agnus Dei for mixed chorus (1983), 8 minutes
- 1982
- For a Change for percussion and orchestra (1982), 22 minutes
- I Ching for percussion solo (1982), 20 minutes
- Little Dance for harp solo (1982), 3 minutes
- Prelude and fugue for ensemble (1982), 14 minutes
- The Divine circus text after Adolf Wölfli (1982), 2 h
- 1981
- Drømmesange for SATB chorus or SA chorus with percussion ad libitum, text by Finn Methling (1981), 13 minutes
- Papalagi for guitar solo (1981), 10 minutes
- Sextet for percussion sextet (1981), 7 minutes
- Sonora for flute and harp (1981), 12 minutes
- Symphony n°4 "Indischer Rosengarten und Chinesischer Hexen-See" (1981), 22 minutes
- 1980
- Abendlied und Märchenfarben for mixed chorus and accordion ensemble with perc ad libitum, text by Adolf Wölfli (1980), 10 minutes
- Heyday's Night for treble recorder, cello, harpsichord (1980), 8 minutes
- Proteus for alto flute and percussion (1980), 14 minutes
- Solo in Scena for cello solo (1980), 9 minutes
- Wie ein Kind for SATB-chorus a cappella, texts by Adolf Wölfli and Rainer Maria Rilke (1980), 16 minutes
- 1978
- Seadrift for soprano and ensemble, on a poem by Walt Whitman (1978), 16 minutes
- in Memory of for guitar solo (1978), 7 minutes
- 1977
- Cantica for cello and piano (1977), 17 minutes
- Cycle Kredsløb, for mixed chorus a cappella, text by Ole Sarvig (1977), 18 minutes
- Mating Dance for flute and guitar (1977), 11 minutes
- 1976
- Returns for guitar solo (1976), 11 minutes
- Twilight for orchestra (1976), 17 minutes
- Winter Cantata for soprano and organ (other soloists, chorus and instrumentalists ad libitum) (1976), 30 minutes
- 1975
- Dream Play for orchestra (1975), 10 minutes
- Frost Psalm for 16-part chorus a cappella, text by Ole Sarvig (1975), 18 minutes
- Nova Genitura for soprano, violin, recorder, gamba, lute and harpsichord, on latin hymns (1975), 19 minutes
- Pastoral for flute and piano (1975), 5 minutes
- 1974
- Singe die Gärten mein Herz for chorus and ensemble, from «Sonnet à Orphée» by Rainer Maria Rilke (1974), 12 minutes
- 1973
- Libra version for tenor and guitar, on texts by Rudolf Steiner and David the Psalmist (1973), 12 minutes
- Libra for tenor solo, guitar, 2 choruses and instruments ad libitum, texts by Rudolf Steiner and David the Psalmist (1973), 30 minutes
- Siddharta play for the Expected One, libretto by composer and Ole Sarvig (1973), 2 h
- Spell for clarinet, cello and piano (1973), 18 minutes
- Turn for piano or harpsichord (1973), 15 minutes
- 1972
- Lila for ensemble (1972), 12 minutes
- Symphony n°3 in two movements (1972), 50 minutes
- 1971
- Canon for organ (1971), 22 minutes
- Gilgamesh libretto in danish and swedish by Per Nørgård (1971), 1 h 45 mn
- Wenn die Rose sich selbst schmückt... for 1 or 2 sopranos, flute in G, double-bass and percussion, on a poem by Friedrich Rückert (1971), 10 minutes
- 1970
- Arcana for accordion, electric guitar and percussion (1970), 20 minutes
- Backlight "Modlys" for winds, pianos and percussions (1970), 10 minutes
- Sub Rosa for mezzo, tenor and guitar, on a poem from Friedrich Rückert «Wenn die Rose sich selbst schmückt» (1970), 12 minutes
- Symphony n°2 in one Movement (1970), 24 minutes
- Whirl's World for wind quintet (1970), 12 minutes
- 1969
- Dreamscape string quartet n°4 (1969), 12 minutes
- Inscape string quartet n°5 (1969), 15 minutes
- Waves for percussion solo (1969), 15 minutes
- 1968
- Recall for accordion and orchestra (1968), 12 minutes
- Voyage into the Golden Screen for orchestra (1968), 18 minutes
- 1967
- Anatomic Safari for accordion solo (1967), 14 minutes
- Grooving for piano (1967), 14 minutes
- L'Amour la poésie for contralto, baritone and piano (or harp), texts in French by Paul Eluard (1967), 9 minutes
- Luna for orchestra (1967), 14 minutes
- 1966
- Iris for orchestra (1966), 12 minutes
- 1964
- Le Jeune Homme à marier ballet (1964), 40 minutes
- Prism song cycle on a poem of Jørgen Sonne (1964), 8 minutes
- Rondo for Six for percussion sextet (1964), 11 minutes
- 1963
- The Labyrinth opera in two acts, libretto in Danish by Bent Nørgård (1963), 1 h 15 mn
- 1962
- Suite for flute and piano (1953-1962), 10 minutes
- 1961
- Fragment V for violin and piano (1961), 5 minutes
- Nocturnes, Fragment VII for soprano and piano, on chinese poems in Danish translations by Carl Kjersmeier (1961), 8 minutes
- Nocturnes, Fragment VII for soprano and chamber orchestra, on chinese poems in Danish translations by Carl Kjersmeier (1961), 8 minutes
- 1959
- Four Fragments for piano (1959), 5 minutes
- Lyse Danse (1959), 11 minutes
- Nine Studies for piano (1959), 10 minutes
- Three Miniatures string quartet n°3 (1959), 5 minutes
- 1958
- Constellations for string orchestra (1958), 22 minutes
- Partita Concertante for organ (1958), 21 minutes
- Sketches for piano (1958), 3 minutes
- 1957
- Sonata n°2 for piano (1957), 27 minutes
- 1956
- Sonata in One Movement for piano (1953-1956), 15 minutes
- Songs from Evening Land for contralto, flute, violin, viola, cello and harp, on a text by Pär Lagerkvist (1956), 30 minutes
- 1955
- Five Organ Chorales (1955), 15 minutes
- Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1955), 25 minutes
- Two recitatives for contralto and cello (1955), 9 minutes
- 1954
- Diptychon for violin and piano (1954), 9 minutes
- Evening Land for SATB-chorus, text by Pär Lagerkvist (1954), 8 minutes
- 1953
- Métamorphoses (1953), 11 minutes
- Solo Intimo for cello solo (1953), 10 minutes
- Sonate for Cello Solo (1951-1953), 18 minutes
- Symphony n°1 "Sinfonia Austera" (1953), 35 minutes
- 1952
- Quartetto breve string quartet n°1 (1952), 7 minutes
- Quartetto brioso string quartet n°2 (1952), 20 minutes
- Quintet hommage à Marc Chagall (1952), 30 minutes
- 1950
- Adagio di preludio for string orchestra (1950), 4 minutes