Works
Organ
* ''Lais'' (1985)Piano
* ''Angelus'' (?) * ''The Shadows of Silence'' (2002) * ''The Masque of the Red Death'' (1990) * ''Lullabies'' (2000) * ''Berceuse No.2'' (2007) * ''Twelve Nocturnes'' (2000–2014) * ''Fantasia Appassionata'' (2017)Solo
* ''The Songs of the Decaying Garden'' for clarinet (?) * ''Troldspil'' for clarinet (1982) * ''The Lady of Shalott'' for viola (1987) * ''The Bells of Vineta'' for trombone (1990) * ''The Shadows of the Shepherds'' for oboe (1990) * ''Plainte d'un Troubadour'' for oboe (1993) * ''Angelus Waltz'' for guitar (1996) * ''Shadow Siciliano'' for guitar (1997) * ''Sliding Sarabande'' for guitar (1999) * '' Looking on Darkness'' for accordion (2000) * ''The Hill of the Heartless Giant'' for double bass (2001) * ''Midnight Mazurka'' for guitar (2006) * ''Doll March & Dark Jig'' for guitar (2008)Chamber music (2 to 6 players)
* ''Trotto'' for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon and horn (1983) * ''Mädelein'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (1985) * ''Les Tuchins'' for 2 cellos, 2 trombones and 2 electric guitars (1986) * ''Adieu'' for string quartet (1986) * ''Alman'' for string quartet (1984) * ''Angels' Music'' for string quartet (1988) * ''Camelot by Night'' for bass flute and guitar (1988) * ''The Birds of Lament'' for 2 trombones and 3 percussions (?) * ''The Deserted Churchyards'' for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion and piano (1990) * ''The Lady of Shalott'' for string quartet (1993) * ''Schreie und Melancholie'' for string quartet (1994) * ''The Wings of Night'' for string quartet and trombone (1997) * ''Sieben Sehnsüchte'' for violin, piano and trombone (1999) * ''Nocturnal'' for string quartet and trombone (2001) * ''Phantasmagoria'' for violin, cello and piano (2007) * ''Mondnacht'' for clarinet, viola and piano (2007) * ''Wasserflussen / Kirschgarten'' for clarinet, viola and piano (2008) * ''Lugubre Gondola'' for violin, viola and cello (2009) * ''Gondola l'Amore'' for violin, viola and cello (2010) * ''Gondoli '' for violin, viola and cello (2010) * ''Schattenlinie'' for viola, clarinet and piano (2010) * ''Ständchen 4'' for clarinet, trombone, piano, guitar, violon and cello (arr. 2010) * ''Vorspiel'' for clarinet, trombone, piano, guitar, violin and cello (2010) * ''Syv Længsler'' for mezzo-soprano, violin and piano (?) * ''Rosenblad – Papillions'' for piano and string quartet (2013)Ensemble (7 or more players)
* ''Clairobscur'' for 10 instruments (1987) * ''Minnewater: Thousands of Canons'' for 15 instruments (1988) * ''Shadowland'' for 10 instruments (1988/89) * ''Funeral Procession'' for violin, viola and 6 instruments (1989) * ''Minnelieder – Zweites Minnewater'' for 14 instruments (1994) * ''Sirenengesang'' for 12 instruments (1994) * ''Birds and Bells'' for 13 instruments (solo trombone) (1995) * ''This Night of no Moon'' for 13 instruments (1999) * ''The Weeping White Room'' for 9 instruments (2002) * ''Sinful Songs'' for 14 instruments (?) * ''Ständchen'' for 8 instruments (?) * ''Pantomime – Papillons'' for 11 instruments (2013–2014)Orchestra
* ''Lacrymae'' (1984) * ''Symphony'' (1996) * ''Intermezzo'' (2000) * ''Exit Music'' (2007) * ''Sounds Like You'' (2008) * ''Tunnels de lumière'' (2010) * '' Evening Land'' (2017) * ''Second Symphony'' (2019)Concertos
* ''Sterbende Gärten'' for violin and orchestra (1993) * ''The Lady and the Lark'' for viola and orchestra (1997) * ''Intermezzi'' for 2 mezzo-sopranos, 6 violins, and orchestra (2003) * ''La Notte'' for piano and orchestra (1988) * ''La Mattina'' for piano and orchestra (2009) * ''It is pain flowing down slowly on a white wall'' for accordion and string orchestra (2010) * ''Serenidad'' for clarinet and orchestra (2012) * ''Doll Steps in Venice'' for clarinet and orchestra (2013) * Concerto for trumpet and orchestra (2013) * ''Mignon – Papillons'' for piano and string orchestra (2014) * ''Whispering'' for recorder and string orchestra (2014) * ''L'isola della Città'' for violin, cello, piano, and orchestra (2015) * ''Sei Anime'' for harpsichord and orchestra (2020)Choir
* ''Recordare'' (?) * ''Trois Motets'' (1985) * ''Lacrimosa'' (1985) * ''Strunge-sange'' (1988) * ''In Paradisum'' (2002) * ''Havet står så blankt og stille'' (2005) * ''Søstrene'' (2006) * ''Benedictus'' (2006) * ''Fragments of Requiem'' (2007) * ''Et Blad Falder til Himlen'' (2008) * ''O Magnum Mysterium'' (2008) * ''Og solen går ned'' (2008) * ''Livet og Døden'' (2009) * ''Sneklokker'' (2010) * ''Matthæuspassion'' (2019)Solo voice(s) and chamber ensemble
* ''Cyprianus'' for 3 sopranos, 2 clarinets and 2 percussions (1982) * ''Donne'' for voice, violin and guitar (1983) * ''Garnet to Garnet'' for voice, percussion and guitar (1985) * ''I Love You If You Do'' (?) * ''Popsange'' for tenor and piano (1990) * ''Roses are Falling'' for mezzo-soprano and piano (1998) * ''Cavatina'' for mezzo-soprano, violin and piano (2001) * ''Seks sange'' for mezzo-soprano and violin (2001) * ''Vokalise'' for mezzo-soprano and violin (2001) * ''Three Stones'' for voice (2006) * ''Triptykon'' for voice and piano (2006)Choir and orchestra or ensemble
* ''The Echoing Garden'' with solo soprano and tenor (?) * ''In Paradisum'' with two solo sopranos (?) * ''Den Lille Havfrue'' with solo soprano and tenor(2005)Opera
* ''Under Himlen'', libretto by Peter Asmussen (?) * '' Asle og Alida'' (2025), libretto byDiscography
Monographies
* ''Bent Sørensen, Sterbende Gärten, The Echoing Garden'', in ''« Sterbende Gärten – The Echoing Garden »'', Rebecca Hirsch (violin), Åsa Bäverstam (soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor), Choir et Orchestra of the Danish Radio, dir.Other recordings
* ''Bent Sørensen, Alman, Adieu and Angels' Music'', in ''« String Quartets by Karl Aage Rasmussen & Bent Sørensen »'' (with 2 pieces by Karl Aage Rasmussen, Arditti String Quartet, 2 CDs DA CAPO, 1990, N° 9003a/9003bReferences
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