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GUNNAR SVENSSON
FREDERIK MAGLE:
C,4CILIEKANTATE
BIRGITTE EWERLOE SOPRAN
TUVA SEI,4IVIINGSEN, ALT
JORGEN DITLEVSEN, BAS
KLAUS JERNDORFF, PIANO
PIGEKORET PULS
DAN E. NIELSEN:
C,4CILIEMESSE
BENJAMIN BRITTEN:
C,4CILIEHYMNE
FELIX
MENDELSSOHN-
BARTHOLDY:
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Frederik Magle (te71 - )
Kantate til Sankt Cecilies dag iTekst: Iben Krogsdal)
Cantata for St Cecilia's Day (Text: Iben Krogsdal)
IllHelligeCccilie,
| 2 I Hven'r kan splitte sig selvt
[ 3 ] Ingens bgnner er uhprte.
| 4 I Cecilie, du omvendte blinde til tro.
| 5 I Livet er sidan her pijorden,
[6lOgstadigidag,
Soliste r/soloists:
Birgitte Ewerltif. sopran/soprano Tuva Semmingsen. alt/alto Jorgen Ditlevsen, bas/bass
Ceciliekoret .Pigekoret Puls/The girls' choir PULS
Orkeste r/orchestra:
Ossip Frolov, floite/flute Vladimir Landa, violin l/violin I
Peter Halaburt, obo I/oboe I Anton Lasine, violin Il/violin II
Radi Radev. obo Il/oboe II Kenneth McFarlan. bratsch/viola
Carina Nyberg, klarinet/clarinet Peter Tiinshoff, cello/cello
Enrilie Deichmann, fagot/bassoon Pernille Rgmer, kontrabas/double bass
BenteErreboNielsen,trompet/trumpet KlausJerrrdorff,klaver/piano
V:erket blev bestilt af Gunnar Svensson til uropfgrelse 22. november 1998.
The work was commisioned by Gunnar Svensson to be given its first perfbrmance on 22
November 19913.

Dan E. Nielsen (19s6 - )
Missa Sanctae Caeciliae
[7 ] Kyrie
| 8 I Gloria
[ 9 ] Credo
!01 Sanctus
! l l Benedictus
[2] Agnus Dei
SoList/soloist: Anders Skovsted, tenor
Vrerket er tilegnet Creciliekoret - uropfgrt 16. november 1995.
The work is dedicated to the C:eciliekoret - first performed on 16 November 1 995.
Benjamin Britten (.t 9 t3 -1 6)
tl3l A Hymn to Saint Cecilia
Solister/so Loi st,s:
Cecil Krarup Vedstesen, sopran I/soprano I Helle Nielsen, sopran Il/soprano ll
Eva Nyboe Petersen, alt/alto . Carsten Rysgaard, tenor' Rasmus Gerdes, bas/bass
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (ltj09-,+7)
ll4l Motet "Hear my Prayer"
SoLi.st/sobist: Signe Hyldgard, sopran/soprano ' Klaver/piano: Klaus Jerndorff
De tre fbrste varker er af komponisterne tilegnet skytshelgeninden Cecilie, det sidste er tilegnet
hende af de ud0vende.
The flrst three works have been dedicated by their composers to Cecilia, the patron saint; the last
is dedicated to her b1 the performing singers.
Cieciliekoret . Dirigent/conduclor: Gunnar Svensson

Folo: Frrnz Hcnrikscn
Gunnar Svensson
Gunnar Svensson, fbdt 5. decernber 1935. har studeret nrusikpir:dagogik ved Dannrarks
Liererh6jskole, incl. studierejser til Llngarn. og efier kantoreksamen i Kpbenhavn knrledelse r
England. hvor han fulgte arbejdet i kor sorn King's College. Cambridge, New College. Oxfirrd. og
the London Chorale. Dirigent tbr koret. soln synger pir nierva:rende CD, siden 1 972. Tillige er
GunnerrSvenssonorganistogharCD-indspilletdanskromantiskorgelnrusik(DACOCDzl3lo
445) samt fiansk barok: Couperins to orgelnresser (DACOCD -5 l4 og -5 l-5).

Foto: Jorn BriBnd!onrcl
Fot): Hrns l(n-gco Brun
De medvirkende i Ovrigt:
Solister:
Birgitte Ewerliif
Birgitte Ewerlof er efier studier ved KObenhavns Universitet
(fi'ansk. dansk. nrusik og kristendomskundskab) uddannet sorn
san-uer pir Det kgl. danske Musikkonservatoriurn hos Bodil
Gobel og Birgit Bastian.
Diploneksamen I987 og debut fra konservatoriets solistklasse
l 989.
Videregiende studier hos bl.a. Anna Reynolds (Tyskland) og
Sena Jurinac (Wien).
Virksornhed sonr solist ved liedafiener, oratorieopf'prelser og
kirkekoncelter.
Siden 1988 har Birgitte Ewerlof veret ftrst engageret som
operasanger ved Det kgl. Teater.
T[va Semmingsen
Fodt 13. januar 1975 uden fbr Oslo. Norge.
Uddannet pi Nor-ees Musikhggskole hos prof'essol Ingrid
Bjoner. Studerer nu pi Opelaakademiet hos prof'essor Kirsten
Buhl-Mdller.
Tidligere optraden med bl.a. Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester'
Bergen. Filharrnoniske Orkester og Den Norske Operas
Orkester. Har givet koncerter i Tyskland, Frankrig. lsrael.
Slovenien m.rn.
Hendes store interesse fbr balokmusik har fbrt til san.ralbejde
med Kenneth Weiss. Shalev Ad-El. Oslo Barokorkester o-u
Concerto Copenhagen.
Engagementer n.red Bach Collegiurn Leipzig under
n.rusikf'estivalen i Bad Kissingen sommeren 1999 sarlrt en
rrkke oratolieil'enrfblelser i Skandi navien.
Debut pir Det kgl. Teater efieriret 1999 son Chelubino i
Figarcs Bryllup.

Jorgen Ditlevsen
Uddannet ved bl.a. Det kgl. danske Musikkonservatorium.
Operaakademiet og prii,at hos Anna Reynolds i Bayleuth.
Har otie vrcret solist i Dannralk som i Lrdlandet.
Tidli,eere medlem af Det kgl. Operakor. nu
Radiokanr nrelkoret.
Desuden ansilt soln organist veci Mariakirken. Kobenhavn.
Lrrer i sang vecl Det kgl. danske Musikkonselvatoriunr.
Klaus Jerndorff
Klaus JelndorfT er pianist og organist. f'odt den 1 6. september
l9-12. pii Flederiksbelg. Har f'rlrst r.jort karriere som
konceltpianist ettef uddannelse hos organist og kapelnrester
Jolrn Flandsen sanlt hos pianist og komponist Hern.ran D.
Koppel ved Det kgl. danske Musikkonservatoriunr i
Kpbenhavn og vidunderlige Naclil Boulan-rer i Paris. Eftel sin
debutkoncert nlrdtog Klaus Jerndorif Kunstklitikernes
iereslecat. Klaus Jerndortl hal vlcret vidt omkrin,e sonr solist
os kamnrermusiker rred violinisten Per Bokelund i USA.
Mexico. Peru. Argentina. Australien.
Klaus Jerndorff havde en tul.lg arv at l(rtie sonr den dengan-u
eneste mandlige efierkorlrler i kunstnertumilien Jerndorfl. 3
kunstrralere pii rad og rrkke. Heldigvis havde fiu'far August
JerndortT gitiet sig nred Betty Matthisru-Hansen. datter 01'
clomorganisten i Roskilde. sir at Klaus Jerndoltl'kunne git
musikervejen. Da det er svlcl't at leve som pianist i Danmark.
kom Klaus Jerndolff ind pii konservatrxiets videre,sirende
kirkemusikalske linie. og da han var firr gantmel til
solistklassen. fik han lov at af,slutte nred musikpiedagogisk
eksanren i or-rrel og horeltcre. Klaus JerndorfT nyder i sit
daglige virke at have studeret hos sir sbre kapaciteter sonr
Finn ReitT. Finn Hoftdin-q. Finn Videro og Leif Kayser. Nadra
Boulan-uer niiede han lige at tir et kurstts i konposition hos. da
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Ansgalkilkcn p:r Magcr c.i og Cltcilieinstittlttets kor.
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-elltdc ll Klaus Jct ntkrril.s clrlc sorll orgilllist og re lletitor'
l,ise-l\larie Thrane
Korc'ts sungpitrlauog. Lisc-Marie Thrane. dipltlnleksitttle n i
srng olt \lngpiu(lirgogik liir tttttsikkonset l'ittot iet. llcrer vcd
S.jlcl lards kirkcnrLrsikskolc og Cicci I ieinstitLlttet. ll'e!' lance
san!:cr og sangllutlago!.
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Ligestemmigt kor, Pigekoret Puls (girls' choir);
Sarah Anderson .Julie Scott Georgsen .Louise Hvidberg.Mette Hvidberg Fie Ivelsen
Pia Kierby Jensen . Caroline Jorgensen . Elli Kappclgaard . Nanna LindclLtist
Malie-Louise Neiclel Olsen . Maria Rrsnrussetr . Siuu Rasrttusset't
Stif tet 1993 af Mre Korp Jensen. sorrr el uddannet pii Det kgl. danske MLrsikkonservutoriunr sonr
organist og korlecier. Licrerstuderendc Mona Bor',u er knyttet til ko|et sonr leder og
akkonrpagniltor. Korets h.jemsted er Nazaret Kirke pii Ostefbro. her synger kot'et ved koncertcr'og
andre sicIIi ge arran gementer.
Creciliekoret:
S t t p n t t t t' t /.s t t p ru t t r t.s :
Tanil Bro-Jlargensen
AIice Christollersen
Minna Ekr
Signe Hyldgarcl
Dolthe Jiils
Christina Kloglr
Helle Nielsen
Stine Rasrt.russen
Anne Munch Terkelsen
Cecil KrarLrp Vedstesen
B u.s.s e r/ I x t.s.s t'.t :
Allan Diehl
Rasmus Cerdes
Anders Skovsted
AIte r/u ltos:
Vibeke Eir
Ruth Horak
Ditte Johansen
Eva Nyboe Petersen
Stine Romer PoLrlsen
Gunvor Krarup Vedstesen
Irene Vester
T2tutra rhctutr.s:
Jonus Glnrkjltr
Peter Jorgensen
Carsten Rysgaard
Moften Skovsaald
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Andcrs Skovstccl .AIlan Diehl . Rasrnus Gcrdc's

Hvem var Cacilie?
Ifglge gammel tradition er hun skytshelgeninde for sangere og musikere. Cacilie var en ung
jomfru i det gamle Rom, som pi sin bryllupsdag omvendte sin mand, Valerianus, og senere sin
svoger, Tiburtius, til den kristne tro. Det var i en tid, hvor man fbrfulgte de kristne, si de blev alle
tre domt til doden. valerianus og Tiburtius blev halshugget, mens cacilie skulle pines til dode.
Hun blev muret inde i en badstue, som blev overophedet, si der blev si hedt som i en bageovn.
Den voldsomme varme skulle ombringe hende. Til alles forblofTelse gik hun tre dggn syngende
omkring, trods den hgje temperatur. Det blev se besluttet, at hun skulle ud igen afbadstuen og
halshugges. Men bgdlen kunne ikke - trods ihterdigt forspg - skille hovedet fra hendes hals. Tre
dage efter d6de hun af sine lidelser.
Der findes lorskellige beretninger om Cecilies sidste dage, den ene mere grufuld end den anden.
Hendes grav menes fundet i Roms katakomber.
Crecilieforeninger
I mange byer, ogsi i Kobenhavn, har der eksisteret C:tcilieforeninger, en musikfbrening, der
arrangerede koncerter og fejrede Cecilie den 22. november, som er Cacilies dag. Det er ej heller
ualmindeligt, at kor opkaldes efter sangernes skytshelgeninde. Mogens Wijldike dirigerede, fBr
han stiftede Kobenhavns Drengekor, "cecilie-koret" - det kor er forlsngst oplost. Et kor i Arhus
kalder sig i dag Ceciliakoret.
Creciliekoret. Kgbenhavn. 1999
Ceciliekoret, som synger pi nerverende CD, blev stiftet 19'12 knyttet til Filips Kirke pi
foranledning af kirkens davzerenede menighedsrAd. Filipperkoret hed det og begyndte som
drengekor i overensstemmelse med den tradition, at drenge synger til gudstjeneste om spndagen.
Men allerede iret efter blev der optaget piger i koret; mange 6r var forholdet det, at var der 20
piger, var der 5 drenge. Koret sang ved gudstjenester og koncerter. Som tiden gik, blev drengene
og pigerne voksne - koret blev til et blandet kor. Nu afdode Gunnar Haastrup-Vig bad i 1979 koret
opf6re Hlindels Messias ved to koncerter. Han Onskede, dette v:erk i hans levetid skulle opf'@res
pi Amager af et Amagerkor; han betalte, hvad det kostede. Og det skete - hans opfordring blev
optakt til en rakke tilbagevendende Messias'er. Siden kom ogsi Johannespassionen pi korets
repertoire tilligemed Bach-kantater som "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (I dodens bind vor Frelser
16) og "Ein'f'este Burg ist unser Gott" (Vor Gud, han er si last en borg). I 1994 ophorte

samarbejdet med Filips Kirkes menighedsrid, og koret tog sit nuverende navn. Disse vaerker er
blandt dem, der har veret optgrt af Caciliekoret:
John Rutters Magnificat - med radiotransmission - 1994,
' Haydns Ceciliemesse i Filips Kirke 1995,
Dan E. Nielsens Missa Sanctae Caeciliae for solo og blandet kor a cappella uropfEtrt samme iir i
Kong Hikons Kirke,
Haydns Skabelsen 1996, i Mariakirken og Sankt Anne Kirke,
' To uropforelser 1997: Dan E. Nielsens Messe pi Dansk fbr blandet kor a cappella, og - med
tilskud fra Sonning-Fonden - oratoriet "Den fortabte Spn" af guldalderkomponisten Johan Adam
Krygell (1 835-1915) i Vor Frelsers Kirke,
Purcells Cecilieode ( 1683), Brittens C:tciliehymne og Ravels Ronde pA Thorvaldsens museum
samme ir,
J.S. Bachs Johannespassion i Christiansborg Slotskirke 1998.
Frederik Magles Caciliekantate uropfort pi Glyptoteket samme 5,r.
Alle koncerter dirigeret af Gunnar Svensson.
De fgrste korrejser - og den seneste.
I I 979 fandt fgrste korrejse sted - den gik til Fer6erne, koncerter i Klaksvig og Thorshavn.
1 980 rejste koret til Saarland og opf-Orte Gades Elverskud pi konservatoriet i Saarbri.icken -
samarbejdet med Klaus Jerndorff begyndte med denne rejse.
En indbydelse fra musikchef'en ved Peterskirken f@rte til, at koret i I 9U3 kom til Rom og Assisi.
Oslo, Trondheim, Lincoln, Kalmar, Bremen, Hannover, Warszawa, Stuttgdrt, Freiburg, Salzburg,
Wien, Menton, Verona har vrret mil for korets koncerttourn6er, sidst var det Sankt Petersborg,
Ceciliekoret rejste til ijuni 1999, afslutningskoncert i universitetets festsal Sankt Hans alten - og
efterfplgende sejltur pii floden Neva.

?li.
Frederik Magle. t'odt 17. l.pril 1977 i Stubbekobing. hvot'
hlus t:u' vnl organist. Som barn viste han konrposittlriske
evner - til hans tblste klaverstykker skrev fadelen noderne -
Fr-ederik havcie ikke llcrt denr endnu. Fredelik Magle har'
studeret kolnposition hos Ib Norholm og LeifThybo.
I l98ll opf'ortes luns ntinimusical "Et julebarn" og
adventskantaten "Vi el bange" af l (X) optltdende i en stopfitld
G ru ndt v i gs k i lke.
I Ri-gas clomkirke urcpf'orte Frederik Magle 1993 sin
olgelsymtirni "Let there be light". og sin LEGO-titnt{si fbr
klaver og ol'kestel'har han CD-indspillet nred Londttt.tf
ilhrrmonikerne under David Parry.
I kulturbyirret I996 blev Frederik Ma-sle bedt om at skrive sin
julekantate "Et nyfodt baln fbl evi,shed Gud".
For tiden arbejder han pir sin tlalste syrltbni.
Dan E. Nielsen. f'odt l.l. december' | 956. har studeret
musikvidenskab ved universitetet o,u orgel hos Jens E.
Christensen. Som konrponist el han autodidakt. har
konrponeret en del fbr orgel. nrigle klavervlerker o-u fbr kor
udover Missa Sanctae Caeciliae ogsit Messe pit Dansk. som
Cieciliekoret uroptl,trte i Vor Frelsers Kilke den 6. maj 1997
Iben Krogsdal. f'odt l3.juli I967. billedkunstner. cand.phil. r
religionsvidenskab. Salmedigter.
Om vrerkerne:
Kantate til Sankt Ciccilies dag. komponeret af Frederik Magle.
Gunnar Svensson onskede i l99tl. at Clcciliekorets koncert pir Crcilies dag det irr skulle runtnte
en uroptorelse. Alet f'or havcle han hort Flederik Magles julekantate "Et nyfbdt barn lbr evi-qhed
Gud". da dette blev opfirrt ved en koncert i Messiaskirken. Han besluttede at bestille en Cicciliekantate
hos Flederik Magle. Inridleltid skulle kantaten have en tekst. og Gunnar Svensstl.t fandt.
det kunne vrre nrorson.lt at lii en helt ny tekst sat i nrusik. En af san-eet'ne i kolet gav ham den icli
at sporge lben Krogscial. Gunnar Svensson var bekendt nred en del af hendes digteliske prodLrktion

lben Krogsdal sagdeja til at digte teksten, og Frederik Magle accepterede at sette den i musik.
Missa Sanctae Caeciliae. komponeret af Dan E. Nielsen.
Gunnar Svensson blev bekendt med Dan E. Nielsens komponistvirksomhed gennem nogle
vierker, som komponisten fiemfgrte ved en orgelkoncert i Vor Frelsers Kirke. Pd det tidspunkt var
samme komponist i f:erd med at skrive en messe tbr solo og blandet kor. Gunnar Svensson syntes
om musikken. Dan E. Nielsen kaldte sit verk "Missa Sanctae Caeciliae", og han dedicerede det til
Ceciliekoret. Sangerne i koret kom til at holde af tonesproget, som indstuderingen skred frem.
Det var med gliede. koret gav denne komposition sin t'Orste opfgrelse. og det var fgrste gang.
koret havde en uropfgrelse pd sit repertoire.
A H1,nin to Saint Cecilia, komponeret af Benjamin Britten.
Komponisten. 1913-76, var som komponist. pianist og dirigent en central skikkelse i nyere
engelsk musik. Blev iste r kendt for sit "War Requiem" fra 1961 og for det musikp:rdagogiske
verk "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", 1 946. "A Hynrn to Saint Cecilia" er blot en af
de mange kompositioner. som er tilegnet hende, som beskytter og inspirerer sangere og musikere.
Det kan anfBres, at Henry Purcell sidst i 1 6-hundredetallet skrev et nyt vrerk hvert lr til Sankt
Caecilies dag, og slir man op i et musikleksikon, er rrkken af Cecilievierker uendelig.
Motetten: Hear my Prayer. komponeret af Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Komponisten, I U09-47, regnes sammen med Fr. Chopin og Robert Schumann for den rornantiske
klassicismes hovedskikkelse. Han var en fiemragende dirigent, hvis store fbrtjeneste var, at han
gjorde J.S. Bach kendt derved, at han opfprte Matthauspassionen. Bach var efier sin dpd giet i
glemmebogen, Mendelssohn genopdagede han. Mendelssohn levede og opholdt sig i Leipzig.
hvor han I 843 lagde grunden til et musikkonservatorium. Blandt lererne her var danske Niels W.
Gade.
Rekken af Mendelssohn kompositioner er enorm - flest kender harn miske. tbrdi han i vrrket
"En skersommernatsdrpm" skrev Cen bryllupsmtrrch, som mange brudepar har gledet sig over at
hgre som udgangsmusik efter deres vieise.
Man kunne kalde motetten, det her handler om. Caciliemusik med tanke pi C6cile Jeanrenaud.
Mendelssohns hustru - teksten er fra Davids 55. Salme i Det samle Testamente.
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Soloists:
Birgitte Ewerliif
After studies at the University of Copenhagen (French, Danish, Music and Religious Knowledge)
educated as a singer ar rhe Royal Danish Academy of Music, taught by Bodil Gobel and Birgit
Bastian.
Diploma exam 1987 and ddbut from the soloist class of the Academy 1989.
Further studies with, among others, Anna Reynolds (Germany) and Sena Jurinac (Vienna).
Soloist at lieder recitals, oratorio performances and church ooncerts.
Since 1988 permanent engagement as an opera singer at the Royal Theatre.
Thva Semmingsen
Born on 13 January 1975 outside Oslo, Norway.
Educated at the Norwegian Academy of Music with professor Ingrid Bjoner. Currently studying at
the Opera Academy, Copenhagen, with prof'essor Kirsten Buhl-Mgller.
Previous appearances with, among others, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic
orchestra and the orchestra of the Norwegian opera. Has given concerts in Germany,
France, Israel, Slovenia, etc.
Her intense interest in baroque music has led to cooperation with Kenneth Weiss, Shalev Ad-El,
the Oslo Baroque Orchestra and Concerto Copenhagen.
Engagements with the Bach Collegium Leipzig during the music festival in Bad Kissingen in the
summer of 1999, as well as a number of oratorio performances in Scandinavia.
Ddbut at the Royal Theatre, autumn 1999, as Cherubino in the Marriage of Figaro.
J6rgen Ditlevsen
Educated at, among other things, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, the Opera Academy and
privately with Anna Reynolds in Bayreuth.
Frequent soloist appearances in Denmark as well as abroad-
Previously member of the Royal Opera Choir, at present the Chamber Choir of the Danish
Broadcasting Corporation.
In addition employed as organist at Mariakirken in Copenhagen.
Teacher of singing at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
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Klaus.Ierndorff
Klaus JerndorfT, pianist and organist, was born on l6 September 1932 in Frederiksberg. Initially,
he made a ca.reer as a concert pianist after studying with John Frandsen, the organist and
conductor, Herman D. Koppel, the pianist and composer, at the Royal Danish Academy of Music,
as well as mervellous Nadia Boulanger in Paris. After his ddbut he received the Art Critics'
Honortry Award. He has travelled widely as a soloist and as a chamber musician with Per
Bokelund, the violinist, in the U.S.A., Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Australia. In terms of
heredity, Klaus Jerndorff faced a severe challenge as the then sole male descendant of the
Jerndorff artist family of three painters in unbroken succession. Fortunately, his paternal
grandfather, August Jerndorff, had married Betty Matthison-Hansen, daughter of the cathedral
organist in Roskilde, so that Klaus was able to embark upon the musician's profession. As it is
hard to make a living as a pianist in Denmark, he entered the advanced church music course of
the Academy of Music, and being too old for the soloist class, he was allowed to graduate ln
Music Pedagogy, majoring in organ and ear training. In his everyday activities, Klaus Jerndorff
enjoys the benefit of having studied under outstanding professionals such as Finn Reiff, Finn
Hpffding, Finn Videro and Leif Kayser. With Nadia Boulanger he just managed to get a course of
composition when she was a very old lady of 90 yet in full possession of her mental taculties. A
splendid Conrad Christensen organ in Ansgarkirken in Migevej and the Choir of the Cecilia
Institute, Ied by Gunnar Svensson, frequently profit from Klaus Jerndorff's talent as an organist
and chorus master.
Lise-Marie Thrane
Lise-Marie Thrane, singing teacher of the Choir.
Diploma exam in singing and singing pedagogy from the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Teacher at the Church Music School of Zealand.
Free lance singer and teacher of singing.
The girls'choir Puls, fbunded in 1993 by Mie Korp Jensen, who has graduated from the Royal
Danish Academy of Music as an organist and choir conductor. Student teacher Mona Borg is
attached to the choir as choirmaster and accompanist. The domicile of the choir is the
Nazarethkirken in Osterbro, here the choir sings at concerts and special alTangements.

Cecilia Music
Who was Cecilia?
According to ancient tradition, she is the patron saint of singers and musicians.
Cecilia was a young virg:in in ancient Rome, who on her wedding day converted her husband
Valerranus, and later also her brother-in-law Tiburtius. to the Chdstian faith. This was a period
when Christians were persecuted. so the three of them were condemned to death. Valerianus and
Tiburtius were beheaded. whereas Cecilia was to be tortured to death. She was immured in a
Roman bath. which was overheated to become as hot as a furnace. The fierce heat was intended to
put her to death. To everybody's amazement she kept walking about singing for three days and
nights despite the towering temperature. It was then decided to remove her from the bath to be
beheaded. In spite of persistent endeavours, however, the executioner failed to sever her head
from her neck. Three days later she died fiom her sufTerings.
Various accounts of Cecilia's last days are extant, one more horrifying than the other. Her tomb is
believed to have been discovered in the catacombs of Rome.
Cecilia Societies
In many cities, as in Copenhagen, a Cecilia Society has existed, a musical society ananging
concerts and commemorating Cecilia on November the 22nd, which is St Cecilia's Day.
Nor is it uncommon tbr choirs to be named after the patron saint of singers. Befbre founding the
Copenhagen Boys'Choir, Mogens Wcildike used to conduct the "C:tcilie-koret", now long
disbanded. Today in Arhus a choir calls itself the Ceciliakoret.
The Caciliekoret, Copenhagen 1999
The Ceciliekoret recorded on the present CD was founded in 1972 to be associated with Filips
Kirke, at the instance of the then parochial church council. The Filipperkoret was its designation
at the time, and it began as a boys' choir in accordance with the tradition that boys are to sing at
Sunday service. But already during the fbllowing year girls were admitted to the choiri fbr many
years the ratio was 20 girls to 5 boys. The choir sang at services and at concerts.
As time went by, the boys and girls grew up - the choir grew into a mixed-voices choir.
In 1979 the late Gunnar Haastrup-Vig requested the choir to perform Handel's Messiah at two
concerts. He wanted this work to be performed in Amager by an Amager choir within his lifetime;
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he was prepzLred to lbot the bitl. And this did come about - his request provided the impetus for a
series of recurrent Messiah concerts. Subsequently also the St John Passion entered the repertoire
of the choir, together with Bach cantatas such as "Christ lag in Todesbanden" and "Ein' feste Burg
ist unser Gott".
In 1994 the cooperation with the parochial church council at Filips Kirke ceased, and the choir
assumed its present name. The fbllowing works are among those that have been perfbrmed by the
Caeciliekoret:
John Rutter's Magnilicat, broadcast 1994;
Haydn's Missa Sanctae Caeciliae in Filips Kirke 1995r
Dan E. Nielsen's Missa Sanctae Caeciliae fbr solo and mixed voices a cappella, first performance,
the same year in Kong Hikons Kirke;
Haydn's The Creation, 1996, in Mariakirken and St Annae Kirke;
Two first performances. 1997: Dan E. Nielsen's Mass in Danish fbr mixed voices a cappella and,
subsidized by the Sonning Foundation, the oratorio "The Prodigal Son" by the golden-age
composer Johan Adam Krygell (1 835-1915) in Vor Frelsers Kirke;
Purcell's Ode for St Cecilia's Day (1683), Britten's A Hymn to St Cecilia and Ravel's Ronde in
the Thorvaldsens Museum in the same year;
J.S.Bach's St John Passion in Christiansborg Slotskirke 1998;
Frederik Magle's Cantata for St Cecilia's Day in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in the same year.
All concerts conducted by Gunnar Svensson.
The first concert tours - and the latest one:
1979 saw the flrst tour ofthe choir, to the Faroe Islands with concerts in Klaksvig and Thorshavn.
In 1980 the choir visited Saarland, presenting Gade's Elverskud ('Elf-Shot') at the
Konservatorium in Saarbrucken - the cooperation with Klaus Jerndorff began with this tour.
An invitation tiom the music director ofSt Peter's Church caused the choir to come to Rorne ano
Assisi in 1983.
Oslo, Trondheim, Lincoln, Kalmar, Bremen. Hannover. Warsaw, Stuttgart, Freiburg, Salzburg,
Vienna, Menton. Verona have been the destinations of the choir's concert tours; most recently it
was St Petersburg that the Ceciliekoret travelled to in June 1999, the concluding concert taking
place in the Ceremonial Hall of the University on Midsummer Eve - with a cruise on the Neva to
follow.
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On the works:
Cantata for St Cecilia's Day, composed by Frederik Magle. In 1998, Gunnar Svensson wanted
the CEeciliekoret's concert for St Cecilia's day to include a first perfbrmance. The preceding year
he had heard Frederik Magle's Christmas Cantata, "A Newborn Babe before Eternity God",
performed during a concert in Messiaskirken. He decided to commision a St Cecilia cantafa fiom
Frederik Magle. The cantata was to be supplied with words, however, and Gunnar Svensson
found it would be attractive to have an entirely new text set to music. One ofthe singers in the
choir suggested the idea of asking Iben Krogsdal. Gunnar Svensson was familiar with part of her
poetry.
Iben Krogsdal consented to write the text, and Frederik Magle accepted the task of setting it to music.
Missa Sanctae Caecilia, composed by Dan E. Nielsen.
Gunnar Svensson became acquainted with Dan E. Nielsen's works as a composer through some
pieces performed by the composer at an organ recital in Vor Frelsers Kirke. At the time, the
composer was writing a mass fbr solo and mixed voices. Gunnar Svensson took a liking to the
music. Dan E. Nielsen named his work 'Missa Sanctae Caeciliae', and he dedicated it to the
Ceciliekoret. The singers came to cherish its tonal idiom as the rehearsals progressed. It was with
pleasure that the choir gave this composition its first performance, and it was the first time for the
choir to har e a l irst performance in its reperloire.
A Hymn to Saint Cecilia, composed by Benjamin Britten.
As a composer, pianist and conductor, Britten (1913-76) was a central figure in modern English
music. He became known in particular for his 'War Requiem'fiom l96l and for the
musicpedagogical work 'A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', 1946. 'A Hymn to Saint
Cecilia' is merely one of many compositions dedicated to the lady who protects and inspires
singers and musicians. In the late 17th century Henry Purcell wrote a new work for St Cecilia's
day every year, antl in any sizable tlictionary of music the entries for Cecilia works are practically
innumerable.
'Hear my Prayer', Motet, composed by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Together with Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann, Mendelssohn (1809-47) is considered a
key ligure of romantic classicism. He was an outstanding conductor, whose crowning achievement
it was to mzrke Johann Sebastian Bach known by perfbrming the St Matthew Passion. After

his death, Bach had sunk into oblivion; Mendelssohn rediscovered him. Mendelssohn lived in
Leipzig, where in 1 843 he founded an academy of music. Among its teachers was Niels W. Gade,
the Danish composer.
The array ofMendelssohn compositions is enormous presumably, most people know him because
in his 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' he included the wedding march which many married
couples have delighted in hearing as a postlude while leaving the church after their wedding.
This motet might be called Cecilia music, with reference to C6cile Jeanrenaud, Mendelssohn's
wife. The words derive from the 55th Psalm.
Gunnar Svensson
Gunnar Svensson, bom on 5 December 1935, studied Music Pedagogy at the Royal Danish
School of Educational Studies, including a period of studies in Hungary, and having graduated as
a precentor, he studied choral conducting in England, where he attended the practice of choirs
such as King's College Choir, Cambridge, New College Choir, Oxford, and the London Chorale.
He has been the condcutor of the choir heard on the present CD since 1972.
Besides, Gunnar Svensson is an organist and has recorded CDs ofDanish romantic organ music
(DACOCD 431 and445) as well as French baroque music: Couperin's two organ masses
(DACOCD 514 and 515).
Frederik Magle, born on 1'l April 1977 in Stubbekobing, where his father was organist. As child
he evinced compositional talents for his first piano pieces his father wrote the notes Frederik
had not yet leamt how to wdte music!
Frederik Magle studied composition with Ib Ngrholm and LeilThybo. In 1988 his mini-musical
'A Christmas Child' and the cantata for Advent, 'We Are Afraid', were performed by a l00-strong
body in a crammed Grundtvigskirken.
In the Cathedral of Riga in 1993, Frederik Magle gave the first perfbrmance of his organ
symphony 'Let There be Light', and his LEGO Fantasy fbr piano and orchestra he has recorded
on a CD with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Pany.
In 1996, when Copenhagen was European City of Culture, Frederik Magle was requested to write
his Christmas cantata 'A Newborn Babe before Eternity God'.
Currently he is at work on his first symphony.

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Kantate til Sankt Cacilies Dag 1998
Hellige Ctcilic, loft dit ansigt.
Syng!
Nu stejler lys i hodsonten.
Morket brydes af din skonne sternme.
HOr! Den stiEler klart mod himlens.lbning
lngen er si fi-om som du, Crcilie.
lngens bdn si dyb som dine bonner.
Pi dil bryllupsdag du sang alene.
stille i dit hjerte,
kun for Herren.
Hvcm kan splitte sig selv'l
Hvem kan dcle sin krop?
Hvem kan clske to l
Du elskcde Valerianus.
Han var ciin ungc brudgom.
Men allerhojst. Crcilic.
elskede du dog Gud.
Med snublen i stemmen, du fibte
Gud, jeg frygter ej min skebne!
Giv min brudgom en trol
Lard ham se, hvad jeg ser
Lad ham fii, hvadjeg fik.
HOrl Han riber forfardet:
Dcl af din Lro. snuktr(e hustru,
cLlcr jcg drcber digl
Ingcns bonner er uhprte.
ingens tro forgaves,
ingens hib visner.
hvor Gud viser sin storhcd.
Cantata for St Cecilia's Day
Holy Saint Cecilia, raise your visage.
Sing I
Nou,light rears up on the horizol.
Darkncss is rcnt by your voice's beauty.
Listcnl Shccr it soars (owards hellven's inlet.
No onc is dcvout as you. Cecilia.
No onc's prayer prolbund as those that you pra)
On your wedding da_v you hyrnned all alone,
Quictly in your hcart,
Solcly thc Lord.
Who can sever the self?
Who can halve his own fiarne?
Feel one love tbr two?
Indeed you loved Valerianus.
He was your youthful bridegroom.
Yet greatest of all. Cecilia,
Was your love of God.
ln a faltering voice you cried out:
God, I icar my desLinl'!
Give m1, briclegroom a failhl
Let him see whiit I scc.
Let him gain what I gained.
Listenl He shouts in teror:
Shrre lour frith. rn1 heruriful ur[.
Or I wiJl murder you I
No one's prayers shall go unhccdcd.
No one's taith is fltile,
No one's hope shall 1ade.
Where God's own grandeur shows forth.

Fra himlen, bevinget
From heaven. on great wlngs
med skinnende fjer
With plumes of bright sheen
sendte Gud sin engel. God sent out his angel.
To paradiskroner havde han med, Two paradise crowns he had in his charge,
den ene af rosel One was made of roses,
den anden af liljer, The other of lilies,
koner af liv, som aldrig forgir. Crowns of such life as never expires.
Kun den, som vuren, kunne se dem. He only who was pure could see them.
Og Valerianus And Valerianus
sd. Saw.
Cacilie, du omvendte blinde til tro.
Du rebte: Kastjeres fortider bort!
Bevabn jer med lyse viben!
Omtring dig skete mirakler,
og dine ojne spejlede
alt det store, der skete.
Den, som si dig,
forstod.
Livet er sidan pijorden,
ikke som i himlen:
Den onde truer,
den gode lider.
Du frygtede ej doden,
og dine forfplgere hviskede:
Si ungt et liv!
Sa sterk en tro!
Se, kvinden tor d0!
Selv da du li
som martyr
med blpdende hals fra bgddelens hug.
talte du udpint om tro,
Cecilia, you converted blind ones to faith.
You called out: Throw you past ages away!
Fumish yourselves with bright weapons!
Around you miracles happened,
And your eyes showed the reflection
Of all those awesome events.
He who saw you
Conceived.
Life is in this way here on this earth,
Not the way of heaven:
The vile one threatens,
The good one suffers.
Death held no terror for you,
And your persecutors spoke in whispers
So young a life!
So strong a faith!
The woman braves death!
Even when martyred you lay,
Your neck running blood
From the headsman's strokes,
Agonized, you spoke of faith,

og dine ord
vtr sagte musik,
der genlpd,
da du selv var borte
Og stadig i dag,
hvor stemmeme stiger,
hvor takterne temmes,
hvor rytmerne ryster
de sirbare sind.
Og stadig i dag,
hvor toneme strommer,
hvor flpjteme spiller,
vi skimter dit ansigt
i livets
musik.
Tekst: Iben Krogsdal
Missa Sanctae Caeciliae
Kyrie
Kyrie eleison,
Christe eleison,
Kyrie eleison.
Gloria
Gloria in excelsis Deo
et in tena pax hominibus
bonae voluntatis.
Laudamus te, benedicimus te,
Adoramus te, glorificamus te.
Spoke words that were
Soft musical strains,
Which echoed
When you yourself was gone.
And still to this day,
When the voices ascend,
When the measures are tamed,
When rhythms are convulsing
The sensitive minds.
And still to this day,
When the notes re flowing,
When the flutes tre playing,
Your face we discem
In the music
Of life.
Text: Iben Krogsdal
Trqnslation: Bent Sunesen
Hene, fbrbm dig,
Kriste, fbrbam dig,
Hene, forbam dig.
,;Ere vare Gud i det h6je -
og fred pi jorden i mennesker,
der har hans velbehag.
Vi lover dig, vi velsigner dig,
vi tilbeder dig, vi ophojer dig.

Gratias agimus tibi
propter magnam gloriam tuam.
Domine Deus. rex coelestis.
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili unigenite.
Jesu Kriste.
Domine Deus.
Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis.
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
suscipe dcprecatlonem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris,
miserere nobis.
Quoniam tu solus sanctus.
Tu solus Dominus.
Tu solus altissimus,
Jesu Kdste
cum sancto Spiritu
in gloria Dei Patris.
Amen.
Credo
Credo in unum Deum,
patrem omnrpotentem,
factorem coeli et teffae,
r iribiliunt omnirrm et rnr i.ibilium.
Et in ununr Dominum, Je sum Kristum,
Filiurn Dei Unigenitum;
et ex patre natum ante omnia saecula;
Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,
Deum verum de Deo vcro;
getritum, non tactum,
consubstantialem Patri,
per quem omnia facta sunt.
Qui propter nos homines
et propter nostram salutem
Vi bringer dig taksigelse
for din store herligheds skyld.
Herrc. vor Cud. himmel"kt konge.
almrgtige Gud Fader.
Hene, du enbirrne Sgn.
Jesus Kristus.
Herre, vor Gud,
Guds Lan, Faderens S0n.
Du. som borttager verdens synder.
forbarm dig over os.
Du, som borttager verdens sYnder,
modtag vor bon.
Du. som sidder ved Faderens hgjre hind,
forbarm dig over os.
Thi du alene er hellig.
Du alene er Hene.
Du alene den hojeste.
Jesus Kristus
med den He lligind
i Gud Faders herlighed.
Amen.
-
Jeg tror pi dn Gud,
den almegtige Fader,
himmelens og jordens,
alt det synliges og usynliges skaber.
Og pe 6n Herre. Jesus Kristus,
Guds enbirne SPn,
som er f'odt af Faderen for alle tider,
Gud af Gud, lys af lys,
sand Gud af sand Gudl
fbdt, ikke skabt,
af samme vrsen som Faderen,
ved hvem alt er skabt.
Som for os mennesket
og 1br vor frelse

descendit de coelis. steg ned fra Himlene
Et incmatus est og blev kod
de Spiritu sancto ved HelligSnden
ex Maria Virgine, af jomfru Maria
et homo factus est. og blev menneske.
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis Som ogsi blev korsfestet for os
sub Pontio Pilato, under Pontius Pilatus,
passus et sepultus est. blev pint og begravet.
Et resunexit tertia die, Og opstod pe tredjedagen
secundum scripturas. if6lge skrifterne.
Et ascendit in coelem: Og opfor til Himmels:
sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris. sidder ved Faderens hpjre hind
Et iterum venturus est cum gloria og skal kome igen i herlighed
judicue vivos et mortuos for at dome levende og dpde,
cujus regnis non erit finis. og der skal ikke vare ende pi hans rige
Et in Spiritu Sanctum, Og pi Helligmden,
Dominum et vivificantem, som er Hene, og som levendegor,
qui ex Patre Filioque procedit; som udgir fra Faderen og Sdnnen,
qui cum Patre et Filio og som tilbedes og eres
simul adoratur et conglorificatur: tillige med Faderen og Sonnen,
qui locutus est per prophetas. som har talt ved profeteme.
Et in unam sanctam, catholicam Og pi 6n, hellig, almindelig
et apostolicam ecclesiam. og apostolisk kirke.
Confiteor unm baptisma Jeg bekender dn dib
in remissionem peccatorum; til syndernes forladelse
Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, og forventer de dodes opstandelse
et vitam venturi saeculi. og den komende verdens liv.
Amen. Amen.
Sanctus
Smctus, sanctus, sanctus!
Domine, Deus Sabaoth!
Pleni sunt coeli et tena gloria tua:
Hosianna in excelsis!
Hellig, hellig, hellig er Henen
Gud, harskarers hene!
Himmelen og jorden er fuld af din herlighed!
Hosianna i det hoje!

Benetlictus
Velsignet vare har,
qui venit in nomine Domini I som korrmer i Henens navn!
Hosianna in excelsis! Hosianna i det h6je!
Agnus Dei Du Guds lam,
Agnus Dei, som berer verdens synder:
Qui tollis peccata mundi: forbarm dig over osl
miserere nobis. Du Guds lam.
Agnus Dei, som berer verdens synder:
qui tollis peccata mundi: forbam dig over osl
miserere nobis. Du Guds lam,
Agnus Dei, som brrer verdens synder:
qui tollis peccata mundi:dona nobis pacem. giv os fred!
A Hymn to Saint Cecilia
llymne til Sankt Crcilie
I
I
In a garden shady this holy lady I en have rig pi skygger lod denne hellige tiue
With reverent cadence and subtle psalm, med erei'ygtens tonefald og fint spundet salmemelodi
Like a black swan as death came on ligesom en sort svane, nir doden stunder til,
Poured lbrth her song in perfect calm: sin sang strgmme frem med fuldendt ro,
And by ocean's margin this innocent virgin og ved havets bred byggede denne uskyldigejomfru
Constructed an organ to enlarge her prxyer, et orgel op til at give sin bon lylde og bredde,
And notes tremendous liom her great engine og megtige toner fra hendes vreldige verk
Thundered out on the Roman air. tordnede ud og dvalede i den romerske luft.
Blonde Aphrodite rose up excited, Den lyse Afrodite rejste sig betaget,
Moved to delight by the melody, henfprt i fryd over velklangen;
White as an orchid she rode quite nakcd hvid som en orkide lod hun sig glide ganske npgen
In an oyster shell on top of the sea: i en rastersski{ pi havets flade;
At sounds so entrancing the angels dancing ved lyde si fortryllende tridte englene i deres dans
Came out of their tratrce into time again, ud af evighedens fortryllelse ind i tiden igen,
And around the wicked in Hell's abysses og rundt om synderne i helvedes afgrunde
The huge tlame flickered and eased their pain. blafredc kempeflammen til side og lindrede deres pine.
Blessed Cecilia, appear in visions Hellige Cccilie, vis dig i syner
To ull musicians, appear and inspire,
alle musikerc, vis dig og indgiv dent din dntl:
"^.for

Translated Daughte4 come down and startle
Cotttposing mortals with immortaL fire.
II
I cannot grow:
I have no shadow
To run away from,
I only play.
I cannot enl
There is no creature
Whom I belong to,
Whom I could wrong.
I am defeat
When it knows
It can now do nothing
By suffering.
All you lived through,
Dancing because you
No longer need it
For any deed.
I shall never be
Different. Love me.
Blessed CeciLia, appear in visions etc. .....
III
O ear whose creatures cannot wish to tall,
O calm of spaces unafraid of weight,
Where Sonow is herself, forgetting all
The gaucheness of her adolescent state,
Where Hope within the altogether strange
From every outwom image is released,
And Dread bom whole and normal like a beast
Fomandlede Datter, stig ned og overrask
musik.skabende dr,4delige med udqdelig ild.
il
Jeg kan ikte vokse;
jeg har ingen skygge
at lobe bort fra,
jeg spiller blot.
Jeg kan ikke fejle;
der er ingen skabning
som jeg tilhorer,
som jeg kunne krenke.
Jeg er nederlaget,
nar det ved, at det
nu intet kan udrette
ved at lide.
Alt det, du gennemlevede,
mens du dansede, fbrdi du
ikke lrengere behgver det
til nogen gerning.
Jeg bliver aldrig
anderledes. Elsk mig.
Helliee Cxcilie. vit tlig i rtner ctt. .....
III
O, ore, hvis skabninger ikke kan Onske at falde,
O, sindsro i vidder uden frygt for tyngde,
hvor sorgen er helt sig selv og glemmer alt det,
der er kejtet i dens endnu kun halvt modne tilstand,
hvor hibet inden for det fuldstandig ukendte
frigores fra ethvert udtjent sindbillede,
og redslen fpdes hel og normal som et dyr

Into a world of truths that never change:
Reslore our fallen day: O reanange.
O dear white children casual as birds,
Playing among the ruined languages,
So small beside their large confusing words,
So gay against the greater silences
Of dreadful things you did: O hang the head,
Impetuous child with the tremendous brain,
O weep, child, weep, O weep away the stain,
Lost innocence who wished your lover dead,
Weep for the lives your wishes never led.
O cry created as the bow of sin
Is drawn across our lremhling violin.
O ueep. child. O weep awr) lhe slain.
O law drummed out by hearts against the still
Long winter of our intellectual will.
Thal what hrs been may never be again.
O flute that throbs with the thanksgiving breath
Of convalescents on the shores of death.
O bless the freedom that you never chose.
O trumpets that unguilded children blow
About the fortress of their inner fbe.
O weru lour tribulation like a rose.
Blessed CeciLiq, appear in visions
To all musicians, appear and inspire.
Translated Daughter, come down and startle
Composing mortaLs with immortal lire.
Text: W.H. Auden (1907-73)
ind i en verden af sandheder, der aldrig rndres:
Cenopret vor faldne dag; O, bring ny orden.
O, krre hvide bom, skodeslose som fugle,
i jeres leg blandt de sgnderbrudte sprog,
smi som I er ved siden af deres vidtfavnende, foruirrede ord,
muntre som I er op imod de stpne tavsheder
om de grufulde ting, I hu gjon; O, boj hovedet,
ubesindige bm med den forferdende, megtige hjerne,
O, grad, bam, grad, O, gred skampletten bort,
tabte uskyld, som onskede, din elskede skulle do,
gred over de liv, dine Onsker aldrig har ledet.
O, rib, der bliver til, nir syndcns bue
\lrlges over vor skrlvende riolin.
O, gred, bam, grad, O, grad skampletten bort.
O, lov, der trommes frem af hjefier op imod den tavse
Iange vinter, som vor fbrstandsskabte vilje er.
56 at det, der har vrret, aldrig skal vare igen.
O, flOjte, der pulserer af det taksigelsens indedrat,
der drages af syge i bedring pe dpdens kyst.
O, velsign den frihed, som I aldrig har valgt.
O, trompeter, som ubeskyttede bom bleser
rundt om deres indre ljendes fastning.
O, smykjer med jeres pr6velse som en rose.
Hellige Cccilie, vis dig i syner
for alle musikere, vis tlig og indgiv dem din dnd.
Foruqndlede Datter, stig ned og overrask
musikskabende d4delige med udOdelig ild.
Oversettelse: Bent Sunesen

Hear my prayer Hgr min bon
Hear my prayer, H6r min bpn,
O God, incline Thine ear! O Gud, vend hid dit Ore.
Thyself from my petition do not hide! Skjul dig ikke for min beden,
Take heed to me! giv agt pri mig.
Hear how in prayer I moum to Thee! Hpr hvordan i b6n jeg sukker til dig.
Without Thee all is dark, Uden dig er alt mprkt -
I have no guide. hajeg ingen ledelse.
The enemy shouteth Fjenden rriber
The godless come fast! De gudlgse kommer farende.
Inequity, hatred upon me they cast! Uret, had kaster de mod mig.
The wicked oppress me, De slette undertrykker mig.
Ah where shall I fly? Ak, hvor skal jeg flygte hen?
Perplexed and bewildered Rystet og forvildet,
O God, her my cry! O Gud, h6r dog mit skrig.
Recitativ:
My heafi is sorely pained within my breast, Mit hjerte er i dyb smerte inde i mir bryst.
My soul with deathly tenor is oppressed, Min sjtl er tynget afdpdelig skrak.
Trembling and fearfulness upon me fall Skelven og redsel falder over mig,
With honor overwhelmed, overveldet af gru -
Lord hear me call. Hene, hprjeg riber.
O for the wings of a dove! O - havde jeg en dues vinger,
Far away would I rove! da fjemtjeg ville flyve.
In the wildemess build me a nest I Orkenen bygge mig en rede
and remain there forever at rest. og blive evigt der i fred.
Text: W. Bartholomew

Recording
engineer:
Maibfitt Sune Atldersen
Producer: Fredelik Magle

C,4CILIEKOREI DIRIGENT: GUNNAR SVENSSON
DACOCD 520

Frederik Magle ( I977 - )
Kantate til Sankt Cacilies dag 26:2,1
Cantata fbr St Cecilia's Day
Te kst/Te.\t : I lte n K nt gxl a I
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[ 3 ] Ingens bonner cr uhorte,4:2/
[ 4 ] Crccilic. du omvcndte blinde til tro
[ 5 ] Livet er sirdarr her pijorden,5;40
[ 6 ] Og stadig i dag. 5;-i2
S o I i.s t a r/.s t t I t t i s t s :
Birgitte Ewerlijl'. sopran/soprano
Tuva Senrmingsen. alt/alto
Jprgen Ditlevsen, bas/bass
Cieciliekoret
Pigekoret Puls/The girls' choir PULS
Orkestar/ox ltesIxt:
Ossip Frolov. tlojte/f1ute
Peter Halaburt, obo l/oboe I
Radi Radev. obo IIloboc II
Carina Nyberg, klarinct/clarinet
Emilie Deichmann, f agoVbassoon
Bente Errebo Nielsen. trompet/trumpet
Vladimir Landa. violin l/violin I
Anton Lasine, violin Illviolin II
Kenneth McFarlan, bratsch/viola
Peter Tdnshofl cello/cello
Pernille ROmer. kontrabas/double bass
Klaus Jerndorff, klaver/piano
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Dan E. Nielsen ( 1956 - )
Missa Sanctae Caeciliae l9:01
[7.]Kyrie l:-11
[ 8 ] Gloria ,l: /,1
[9]Credo6:/5
[0] Sanctus /://
Il] Benedictus 2:27
ll2l Agnus Dei -ir20
Solist/soloi.st: Anders Skovsted. tenor
Benjamin Britten ( l9l3-76)
ll3l A Hymn to Saint Cecilia /0:22
Solistcr/sol(,i.\lt:
Cecil Krarup Vedstesen, sopran l/soprano I
Helle Nielsen, sopran Il/soprano II
Eva Nyboe Petersen, alt/alto
Carsten Rysgaard. tenor
Rasmus Gerdes. bas/bass
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
[4] Motet "Hear my Prayer" 9:20
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S ol i st/.so I o i.vt : Signe Hyldgard, sopran/soprano
K I uv e r/p itut o : Klaus Jerndorff
Dirigent/conductor: Gunnar Svensson
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