Discover some of today’s leading voices in the world of Baroque music: Emma Kirkby and Marc Mauillon in an intimate concert with Concerto Copenhagen, conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
The concert will take place on October 12 in one of the country’s most beautiful Baroque churches: Frederiksborg Palace Church. With its gilded angels and exquisite wood carvings, the palace church provides the perfect setting for the concert.
Where Baroque Meets the Present:
This afternoon’s concert features a varied program with works from the early Baroque era and newly composed pieces from our own time. Experience the reunion of Emma Kirkby and Lars Ulrik Mortensen in a mad song by John Blow and Buxtehude’s heartfelt cantata Herr, Wenn Ich nur Dich hab. Marc Mauillon takes us on a journey through France’s rich musical tradition with songs by Henri Du Mont, Michel Lambert, and Honoré d’Ambruis.
Concerto Copenhagen is one of the ensembles that specializes in performing music with an understanding of historical instruments and approaches to music. When they draw their bows across the strings, the music resonates with both timelessness and the present at the same time: a duality that the orchestra explores through new works by composer Signe Lykke, written for the voices of our time. The concert will feature the world premieres of two of Lykke’s works: one for Emma Kirkby and Lars Ulrik Mortensen on the clavichord, and another for Marc Mauillon and organist David Bendix Nielsen on the church’s historic Compenius organ.
The Present in Eternity
Music is an art form that reaches into eternity yet exists only in the moment it is heard. When we step into the castle chapel at Frederiksborg Castle, we walk on the same stones and gaze upon the same gold decorations that MON admired for hundreds of years. But music—whether created in the Baroque era or today—will always be brought to life anew when it is played. That is what makes musical experiences unforgettable.