Ars Nova Copenhagen is a Danish vocal ensemble specialised in the interpretation of the polyphonic choral music of the Renaissance and new vocal music. It was founded in 1979 by composer

Bo Holten Bo Holten (born 22 October 1948) is a Danish composer and conductor. He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles '' Ars Nova (Copenhagen)'' and '' Musica Ficta (Denmark)'', as well as guest-conductor for the ''BBC Singers''. He wa ...

among others. In 1996 Hungarian conductor

Tamás Vetö Tamás () is a Hungarian, masculine given name. It is a Hungarian equivalent of the name Thomas. The given name may refer to: * Tamás Bognár (born 1978), Hungarian footballer * Tamás Gábor (1932–2007), Hungarian Olympic champion épée fenc ...

was appointed chief conductor by the singers in the group and Holten founded his own ensemble, Musica Ficta (Denmark). Ars Nova Copenhagen is now led by

Paul Hillier Paul Douglas Hillier OBE (born 9 February 1949) is an English conductor, music director and baritone. He specializes in both early and contemporary classical music, especially that by composers Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt. He was a co-foun ...

, and collaborates on a regular basis with his ensemble

Theatre of Voices Theatre of Voices is a vocal ensemble founded by baritone Paul Hillier in 1990;www.paulhillier.net
. Retrieved March 9, 2 ...

. The singers of the group currently are (as of August 2021): Soprano: Ann-Christin Wesser Ingels, Kate Macoboy, Mari Øyrehagen Alto: Elenor Wiman, Laura Lamph, Hanne Marie le Fevre Tenor: Jakob Skjoldborg, Luís Toscano, Nils Greenhow Bass: Asger Lynge Petersen, Rasmus Kure Thomsen, Mikkel Tuxen

Selected discography

Renaissance to Baroque

Josquin Desprez Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez ( – 27 August 1521) was a composer of High Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he was a central figure of the ...

: ''Missa de beata virgine''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Kontrapunkt *

Pierre de la Rue Pierre de la Rue ( – 20 November 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. His name also appears as Piersson or variants of Pierchon and his toponymic, when present, as various forms of de Platea, de Robore, or de Vico ...

: ''Requiem'',

Giaches de Wert Giaches de Wert (also Jacques/Jaches de Wert, Giaches de Vuert; 1535 – 6 May 1596) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Italy. Intimately connected with the progressive musical center of Ferrara, he was one of the lea ...

''5 Motets''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Kontrapunkt 32001. *

: ''Missa L'Homme Arme''.

Nicolas Gombert Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495 – c. 1560)Atlas, p. 396 was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous and influential composers between Josquin des Prez and Palestrina, and best represents the fully developed, complex ...

: ''Lugebat David Absalon'', ''Musae Jovis''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Kontrapunkt 32008 *

: Sacred Music. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Kontrapunkt 32038 *

Thomas Tallis Thomas Tallis (23 November 1585; also Tallys or Talles) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one o ...

: ''Felix Namque (I), Felix Namque (II), O Nata Lux Salvator Mundi, The Lamentations Of Jeremiah I, The Lamentations Of Jeremiah II, Videte Miraculum''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten with Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord). Kontrapunkt 32003 *

Lassus Orlande de Lassus ( various other names; probably – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palest ...

: ''Lagrime di San Pietro''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Naxos (1995) * Portuguese Polyphony Manuel Cardoso,

Pedro de Escobar Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 – after 1535), a.k.a. ''Pedro do Porto'', was a Portuguese composer of the Renaissance, mostly active in Spain. He was one of the earliest and most skilled composers of polyphony in the Iberian Peninsula, whose musi ...

Manuel da Fonseca Manuel Lopes Fonseca, better known as Manuel da Fonseca (15 October 1911 in Santiago do Cacém – 11 March 1993), was a Portuguese writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to com ...

Duarte Lobo Duarte Lobo (ca. 1565 – 24 September 1646; Latinized as ''Eduardus Lupus'') was a Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. He was one of the most famous Portuguese composers of the time, together with Filipe de Magalh ...

. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Naxos (1995) *

Mogens Pedersøn Mogens Pedersøn (also ''Mogens Pedersen'', ''Magno Petreo''; c. 1583 – January or February 1623) was a Danish instrumentalist and composer. He is considered the most important Danish-born composer before Buxtehude. Life Early in his career he e ...

: Sacred Music From The court Of Christian IV: ''3 Hymns from Pratum Spirituale. Ad Te Levavi Oculos Meos. Missa Quinque Vocum.''

John Dowland John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", "Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", ...

''Thou Mighty God''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Kontrapunkt 32100 *

John Taverner John Taverner ( – 18 October 1545) was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most important English composers of his era. He is best-known for ''Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas'' and ''The Western Wynde Mass'', and ''Missa Coro ...

: ''Taverner & Tudor Music I - The Western Wind''. Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Ars Nova Records 2006 *

: ''Taverner & Tudor Music II - Gloria tibi Trinitas''. Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Ars Nova Records (2008) *

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

: The Complete Narrative Works. ''Lukas-Passion SWV 480'' (1666), ''Weihnachtshistorie SWV 435'' (c. 1660), ''Auferstehungshistorie SWV 50'' (c. 1623), ''Die Sieben Worte, SWV 478'' (before 1658), ''Johannes-Passion, SWV 481'' (1666), ''Matthäus-Passion, SWV 479'' (1666). Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. 4CD Dacapo (2011). Also available as single discs. * Plainchant, various. The Christmas Story. Ars Nova Copenhagen, Theatre of Voices & Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi (2011)

Romantic

* Julens Sange - Christmas songs. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Exlibris * Årstidernes sange. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Exlibris *

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he ...

: Songs. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Exlibris * Fædrelandssange. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Tamás Vetö. Exlibris * The Golden Age of Danish Partsongs. Music by Nielsen, Kuhlau, Weyse, Hartmann, Gade,

Laub Laub may refer to: People * Bill Laub (1878–1963), Mayor and American football player-coach * Daryl Laub (born 1925), television and radio personality * Donald Laub (born 1935), American plastic surgeon * Dori Laub (1937–2018), Israeli-Am ...

Heise Heise may refer to: People with the surname * Bob Heise (born 1947), American Major League Baseball player * David R. Heise (born 1937), American sociologist * Geoff Heise, American actor * Georg Arnold Heise (1778–1851), an influential Germa ...

, Schultz and Nørholm. Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Dacapo (2014)

Contemporary

: ''Sønderjysk Sommer Symfoni''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Exlibris *

Per Nørgård Per Nørgård (; born 13 July 1932) is a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style has varied considerably throughout his career, his music has often included repeatedly evolving melodies—such as the infinity series—in the vein o ...

: Den Foruroligende Ælling. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Ivan Hansen. Exlibris * New Music For Choir - Hans Abrahamsen ''Universe Birds''.

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016) was a Danish composer. Biography Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was the son of the sculptor Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. He studied at the Royal ...

''Konstateringer''.

''Grundtvig Motets''.

''Wie Ein Kind''.

Poul Ruders Poul Ruders (born 27 March 1949) is a Danish composer. Life Born in Ringsted, Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s. Ruders regards his own compositi ...

''2 Motets''.

Sven-David Sandström Sven-David Sandström (30 October 1942, in Motala – 10 June 2019) was a Swedish classical composer of operas, oratorios, ballets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works. Life and career Sandström studied art history and musicology at ...

''En Ny Himmel Och En Ny Jord''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Kontrapunkt 32016 *

Ib Nørholm Ib Nørholm (24 January 1931 in Søborg, Gladsaxe Municipality – 10 June 2019) was a Denmark, Danish composer and organist. Life and career Nørholm studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he later taught (from 1973 ...

: ''Elverspejl'' (The Elf Mirror), Pavlovski, Resmark, Hoyer, Vocal Group Ars Nova & Frans Rasmussen. Kontrapunkt 1996 *

: ''Orfeo-Fragmenter I-VI''. Niels Rosing-Schow ''Sommerfugledalen''. Exlibris 30055 (1996) *

: Choral Works. ''Americana op.89, MacMoon Songs III op.154, Sjaefuld Sommer op. 146, 3 Lieder, Fuglene op.129''. Vocal Group Ars Nova, Danish Chamber Players & Tamás Vetö. Dacapo *

: Works for Voices and Instruments. Vocal Group Ars Nova, Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen & Ivan Hansen. Dacapo *

. ''Singe die Gärten'' Works for Choir I. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Tamás Vetö. Dacapo *

. ''Mythic Morning - Works for Choir II. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Tamás Vetö. Dacapo 2005 *

Rued Langgaard Rued Langgaard (; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years afte ...

: Rose Garden Songs Dacapo. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Tamás Vetö. reissued 2009 *

Terry Riley Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his music became notable for it ...

. ''In C''. Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Ars Nova Records 2006 *

: ''Lygtemaendene tager til byen'' (The Will-o'-the-Wisps Go to Town), Dam-Jensen, Kihlberg, Gjerris, Henning-Jensen, Jensen, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Danish National Symphony Orchestra & Thomas Dausgaard. Dacapo * Svend Nielsen (b. 1937). ''Sommerfugledalen'', for 12 solo voices. (Also includes a reading of the poem by the poet recorded in 1991 for the earlier Kontrapunkt release). Ars Nova Copenhagen & Tamás Vetö. Dacapo 2007 *

David Lang (composer) David Lang (born January 8, 1957) is an American composer living in New York City. Co-founder of the musical collective Bang on a Can, he was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music for ''The Little Match Girl Passion'', which went on to win ...

. ''The little Match Girl Passion''. Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi 2009 *

(b. 1932). The Natural World of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Dacapo 2010 * ''A Bridge of Dreams.''

Lou Harrison Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments. Harrison initially wrote in a dissonant, ultramodernist style similar to his form ...

(America, 1917-2003) ''Mass for Saint Cecilia's Day'' (1983).

Ross Edwards (composer) Ross Edwards (born 23 December 1943) is an Australian composer of a wide variety of music including orchestral and chamber music, choral music, children's music, opera and film music. His distinctive sound world reflects his interest in de ...

(Australia, b. 1943) ''Sacred Kingfisher Psalms'' (2009).

Jack Body John Stanley Body (7 October 1944 – 10 May 2015) was a New Zealand composer, ethnomusicologist, photographer, teacher, and arts producer. As a composer, his work comprised concert music, music theatre, electronic music, music for film and da ...

(New Zealand, b.1944) ''Five Lullabies'' (1989).

Liu Sola Liu Sola (Chinese: 刘索拉; pinyin: Liú Suǒlā; b. Beijing, China, 1955) is a Chinese composer, vocalist, music producer, and author. Biography After graduating from the Central Conservatory of Music with a degree in composition, she publi ...

(China, b.1955) ''The Seafarer'' to a text of

Kevin Crossley-Holland Kevin John William Crossley-Holland (born 7 February 1941) is an English translator, children's author and poet. His best known work is probably the Arthur trilogy (2000–2003), for which he won the Guardian Prize and other recognition. Cros ...

(2009).

Anne Boyd Anne Elizabeth Boyd AM (born 10 April 1946) is an Australian composer and emeritus professor of music at the University of Sydney. Early life Boyd was born in Sydney to James Boyd and Annie Freda Deason Boyd (née Osborn). Her father died when ...

(Australia, b.1946) ''As I crossed a bridge of Dreams'' (1975). A cappella music from Australia and New Zealand. Andrew Lawrence-King, Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Ars Nova Records 2011 *

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in pa ...

(b. 1935). Creator Spiritus. Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi (2012) *

Bent Sørensen (composer) Bent Sørensen (born 18 July 1958) is a Danish composer. He won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 2018 for ''L'isola della Città'' (2016). He studied composition with Ib Nørholm at the Royal Danish Academy of Music an ...

(b. 1958)/

Johannes Ockeghem Johannes Ockeghem ( – 6 February 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance music. Ockeghem was the most influential European composer in the period between Guillaume Du Fay and Josquin des Prez, and he was—with his ...

. Fragments of Requiem. Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Dacapo 2012 *

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

: The Complete John Cage Edition Volume 18: The Choral Works 1. Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier. Mode Records *

Axel Borup-Jørgensen Axel Borup-Jørgensen (22 November 1924 – 15 October 2012) was a Danish composer. He was born in Hjørring in Denmark, but grew up in Sweden. He died in Birkerød. He studied piano at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. As a com ...

: Carambolage: Works for ensemble and voice. Århus Sinfonietta, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Søren Kinch Hansen. Dacapo 2014 *

Pablo Ortiz Pablo Ortiz (January 25, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was an American construction superintendent, and former Navy SEAL. He worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the organization that managed the World Trade Center (1973–20 ...

: Gallos y Huesos , Notker. Ars Nova Copenhagen and Paul Hillier. Orchid Records 2015 * "First Drop".

Howard Skempton Howard While Skempton (born 31 October 1947) is an English composer, pianist, and accordionist. Since the late 1960s, when he helped to organise the Scratch Orchestra, he has been associated with the English school of experimental music. Skempt ...

: "Rise up my love"; Michael Gordon: "He Saw a Skull"; David Lang: "When we were children";

Kevin Volans Kevin Volans (born 26 July 1949) is a South African born Irish composer and pianist. He studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne in the 1970s and later became associated with the ''Neue Einfacheit'' (New Simplicity) mov ...

: "Walking Song rgan;

: "Five Monets";

Louis Andriessen Louis Joseph Andriessen (; 6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although ...

: "Un beau baiser";

Gabriel Jackson Gabriel Jackson may refer to: * Gabriel Jackson (composer) Gabriel Jackson (born 1962 in Hamilton, Bermuda) is an English composer. He is a three-time winner of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors British Composer Award. Fr ...

: "L'homme armé";

: "More sweet than my refrain";

Steve Reich Stephen Michael Reich ( ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, a ...

: "Know what is above you";

: "Clapping Music" (arr.

);

: "Mexico City Blues"

References

External links

Homepage of Ars Nova Copenhagen
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