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Bent Sørensen : Sounds Like You


Publisher Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen
Category
Orchestra
Year Composed 2008
Duration
44 Minutes
Chorus SATB
Solo Instrument(s)
2 actors
Orchestration 3(3pic).2.3(3ebcl).2/4331/3perc/pf.hp/str
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Reviews

  • As so often before, Bent Sørensen provides fuel for image-rich sensory experiences with his latest orchestral piece”Sounds Like You”.
    *** (3 stars out of 6)

    Henrik Friis, Politiken , 12/09/2009
  • Whispering, nostalgic, irascible, cobweb-like, citing, complex and oftentimes profoundly beautiful.
    **** (4 stars out of 6)

    Søren Kassebeer, Berlingske Tidende, 11/09/2009
  • Subtle, symphonic timbral worlds with constant shifts in colour and character
    Christine Christiansen, kpn.dk, 11/09/2009
  • Spot-on with its tight coupling of artistic elements and its clear-cut audience approach.
    Christine Christiansen , kpn.dk , 11/09/2009
  • Here’s a work that really grabs you.
    Christine Christiansen , kpn.dk , 11/09/2009
  • The country’s tonal poet number 1.
    Henrik Friis, Politiken, 04/09/2009
  • Impassioned in a hazy, yearning way, brilliantly suggestive of the way desire feeds on fantasy. It’s intense in an uncomfortable, raw way, as if the ’naked flesh of emotion’ that Debussy aimed at has been taken one stage further.
    Ivan Hewett, The Telegraph, 21/05/2009
  • ... we're aware only of Sørensen's extraordinary music, which is impassioned in a hazy, yearning way, brilliantly suggestive of the way desire feeds on fantasy. It's intense in an uncomfortable, raw way, as if the "naked flesh of emotion" that Debussy aimed at has been taken one stage further.

    Sørensen and his librettist, Peter Asmussen, have suggested new possibilitiesfor music-theatre...
    Ivan Hewitt, The Daily Telegraph
  • The curse of the concert hall: Whispering, clamour and inappropriate comments elevated to art in Sounds Like You.
    , Bergen International Festival

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