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

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was appointed chief conductor by the singers in the group and Holten founded his own ensemble,

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. Ars Nova Copenhagen is now led by

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, and collaborates on a regular basis with his ensemble

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. 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: ''Requiem'', Giaches de Wert ''5 Motets''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Kontrapunkt 32001. * Pierre de la Rue: ''Missa L'Homme Arme''. Nicolas Gombert: ''Lugebat David Absalon'', ''Musae Jovis''. Vocal Group Ars Nova & Bo Holten. Kontrapunkt 32008 * Nicolas Gombert: 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: ''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 ''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: 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: 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,

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, Gade, Laub, Heise,

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and

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. 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 Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His '' Let me tell you'' (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at ''The Guardian'' as the finest work of t ...

''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 Niels Rosing-Schow (born 1954, in Copenhagen) is a Danish composer. He was a student of Ib Nørholm Ib Nørholm (24 January 1931 in Søborg, Gladsaxe Municipality – 10 June 2019) was a Denmark, Danish composer and organist. Life and career Nør ...

''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). ''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 (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 (2009). Anne Boyd (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. 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: "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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