Krist stod op af døde (Christ ist erstanden) (1976/2014)

Per Nørgård (b. 1932) — Krist stod op af døde (Christ ist erstanden) (1976/2014) for organ

“Krist stod op af døde” (Christ ist erstanden) (1976/2014) is a chorale trio based on the well-known pre-Reformation Easter hymn. The pedal plays a simple version of Nørgård’s “infinity series,” and the middle voice fills in overtone/spectral harmonies.

Danish composer Per Nørgård (b. 1932) was born in Gentofte and studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Widely considered one of the most important Scandinavian composers of his generation, he has written music in many genres, including six operas, two ballets, eight symphonies, other orchestral works/concerti, choral and vocal music, and a large catalog chamber music, including 10 string quartets. Since the late 1950s, many of Nørgård’s works feature his “infinity series” (Uendelighedsrækken), a personal method that generates endless self-similar pitch patterns via projection which has been likened to a musical equivalent of fractal geometry.

Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen in “Orgelbogen”