The first release of the year is out of the box!
Spectacular symphonic music, played on two classical accordions.
The Danish classical accordion duo MYTHOS with their unrivalled instruments offer their own impressive transcriptions of two iconic early-20th century orchestral portraits of heavenly objects, namely Nielsen’s Helios overture (1903) and Holst’s The Planets (1916).
First, the sun on its course from dawn to dusk, as we follow it from Earth on a daily basis, and then the seven planets out there in space, each with a marked character of its own as imagined by astrologers from times immemorial.
Riveting music, played with force and finesse. Lend an ear, and enjoy!
Svend Ravnkilde, 2020
Helios and The Planets is MYTHOS’ second album and the follow up on the release ‘Russian Orchestral Music’ with music by Stravinsky, Borodin, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky (Orchid Classics, 2013). The album surprised both listeners and critics and was awarded the BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice and Best of 2013 by Graham Rickson from The Arts Desk, https://theartsdesk.com as well as a nomination for Album of the Year on Danish Classical Radio P2.
MYTHOS comprises Bjarke Mogensen and Rasmus Schjærff Kjøller. Both were born and raised on the Island of Bornholm from where the coverphoto is taken.
Album credits:
Sound Engineer and co-producer: Marc Casanovas (NorCat Lyd)
Cover photo: Lil Lacy
Backside photo: Julie Wouvenaar Tovgaard
Text: Svend Ravnkilde
Accordion tuning by: Viktor Melnyk
Cover editing and layout: Ditte Bolt
The album was generously supported by
The Carl Nielsen and Anne-Marie Carl Nielsen Foundation
The Augustinus Foundation
For more information about MYTHOS:
https://www.facebook.com/MYTHOS.Classical.Accordion.Duo
Helios and The Planets 2020
/in Uncategorised /by adminThe first release of the year is out of the box!
Spectacular symphonic music, played on two classical accordions.
The Danish classical accordion duo MYTHOS with their unrivalled instruments offer their own impressive transcriptions of two iconic early-20th century orchestral portraits of heavenly objects, namely Nielsen’s Helios overture (1903) and Holst’s The Planets (1916).
First, the sun on its course from dawn to dusk, as we follow it from Earth on a daily basis, and then the seven planets out there in space, each with a marked character of its own as imagined by astrologers from times immemorial.
Riveting music, played with force and finesse. Lend an ear, and enjoy!
Svend Ravnkilde, 2020
Helios and The Planets is MYTHOS’ second album and the follow up on the release ‘Russian Orchestral Music’ with music by Stravinsky, Borodin, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky (Orchid Classics, 2013). The album surprised both listeners and critics and was awarded the BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice and Best of 2013 by Graham Rickson from The Arts Desk, https://theartsdesk.com as well as a nomination for Album of the Year on Danish Classical Radio P2.
MYTHOS comprises Bjarke Mogensen and Rasmus Schjærff Kjøller. Both were born and raised on the Island of Bornholm from where the coverphoto is taken.
Album credits:
Sound Engineer and co-producer: Marc Casanovas (NorCat Lyd)
Cover photo: Lil Lacy Backside photo: Julie Wouvenaar Tovgaard
Text: Svend Ravnkilde
Accordion tuning by: Viktor Melnyk
Cover editing and layout: Ditte Bolt
The album was generously supported by
The Carl Nielsen and Anne-Marie Carl Nielsen Foundation
The Augustinus Foundation
For more information about MYTHOS:
https://www.facebook.com/MYTHOS.Classical.Accordion.Duo
Covid postponements and cancellations
/in Uncategorised /by adminDear all
It is with great sadness that we musicians are unable to share our music on stage the next couple of months but it gives room for some really exiting new projects coming up. I will keep you updated on my Facebookpage as well as my Instagram when I will be performing next time. Until then all the events in my calendar until June can be considered postponed untill further notice. Fortuneately some unexpected great news has arrived which I will share with you in the next post coming up next week. Until then you can get a quick follow up on some of the events I have been participating in in the early months of 2020.
Standing ovation at Ruders premiere
/in Uncategorised /by adminWinner of the P2 Listeners Prize 2019
/in Uncategorised /by adminAt a grand live broadcasted radio show this week in Musikkens Hus, Aalborg Bjarke Mogensen received the DR P2 Listeners Prize 2019. Bjarke was also nominated Classical Release of the Year for his album ‘Bjarke Mogensen plays Domenico Scarlatti’. What a grand evening!
Thank you DR P2 Radio for the nomination, and to thanks to everyone who voted for this album!
Nominated for Classical Album of the Year 2018!
/in Uncategorised /by admin2018 is about to reach an end but there is still important news to receive! My cd from january ‘Bjarke Mogensen Plays Domenico Scarlatti’ has been nominated Classical Release of the Year by Danish National Radio P2. You can even give me or the other nominees a vote for the Listeners Prize:
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/klassisk/lyt-og-stem-hvem-har-lavet-aarets-klassiske-album
You can buy the album online at the this link:
https://gatewaymusic.dk/album/25150
Bjarke Mogensen modtager Wilhelm Hansen Fondens Hæderspris 2018
/in Uncategorised /by adminAnders Koppel 71 – 2nd Accordion Concerto world premiere
/in Uncategorised /by adminCongratulations to Anders Koppel who today turns 71! Yesterday I had the privilige of premiering his 2nd Accordion Concerto at @Frederiksværk Musikfestival for a terrific audience with The Danish Youth Ensemble and conductor Morten Ryelund. The Concerto was generously supported by Oticon Fonden, Augustinus fonden & Statens Kunstfond. A huge thanks for the fundraising work to Lone Ricks. And a big thank you to Frederiksværk Musikfestival for hosting the performance of this great new piece.
Next two performances of the concerto in this coming week:
20/7 Sankt Nicolai Kirke, Bornholm
23/7 Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen
New Video Release by Ida Bach Jensen:
/in Uncategorised /by adminIn between posts: A brand new video produced by Ida Bach Jensen:
Winter Impressions
/in Uncategorised /by adminIt has been a busy couple of months since my last post so I have to divide this one up in bits starting of with a few impressions from my winter schedule in Portugal and Russia…
In february I was invited to the festival Folefest by artistic leader and professor Paulo Ferreira to perform in the cities of Lisbon & Castelo Branco and give a Masterclass at the National Conservatory. Folefest proved to be a very unique festival celebrating the repertoire originally written for the instrument. Accordionists in general, including myself sometimes feel the need to include transcriptions in our concerts in order to perform at mainstream venues and festivals. Experiencing this festival focusing exclusively on the accordions own repertoire was very heart warming. At my solo recitals I performed music by good ol’timers Martin Lohse, Christos Farmakis as well as a brand new solo piece by 60th jubilee Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen entitled ‘Ophelia’ written on the material of Svend’s concerto ‘Ofelia Danser’ for accordion & Sinfonietta.
Please visit the festivals website for more information:
http://www.folefest.com
In December I was travelling on behalf of the Erasmus + teachers programme where I had the privilege of giving a masterclass with the students of the legendary Gnessin Academy getting acquainted with professors from all over Russia. After the masterclass I was sitting in the jury of the national bayan and accordion competition for young bayanists and accordion players experiencing an incredibly high level of performances leaving an impression of a huge tradition of playing the instrument from a young age. I ended my stay with a solo recital with a handful of premieres by the composers Christos Farmakis, Nick Martin & Martin Lohse.
Solo Perfomances 2018
/in Uncategorised /by adminBjarke Mogensen – accordion
2018
“Sonatas Intertwined”
Domenico Scarlatti & Martin Lohse
The accordion is a unique solo instrument and one of the youngest instruments in the classical family. But thanks to a number of pioneering performers through the recent decades, contemporary composers are having a growing interest in using the accordion in a range of constellations, not least as a solo instrument. However, the possibilities of arranging music written for other instruments is sometimes very tempting. Already during my early teens I was hypnotised by the harpsichord sonatas of Domenico Scarlattis. I have performed this music ever since and few if any composers have stayed in my repertoire as steadily.
Martin Lohse is one of my closest composing collaborators. He has written a large collection of works for me and my accordion the the past 10 years.
Already at my debut concert from The Royal Academy of Music I decided to make a programme which had music of these two composers as its foundation making small suites of Scarlattis sonatas set up against the contemporary works of Martin Lohse.
This year I have decided to enhance this programme with new works written during the past year by 60th anniversary composer Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen and another longterm collaborator of mine, Anders Koppel whos concerto I will be premiering this summer in the Tivoli Concert Hall and Frederiksværk Musikfestival.
The programme can be heard at several concerts this year beginning with 2 recitals in Portugal at Festival Folefest in Lisabon 9th-13th of february. You can find all the dates in my calendar which has recently been updated with a series of new events: