Pastorale (from Babettes Gæstebud / Babettes Feast) - Version for String Orchestra (the original version from 1997 is for string trio). Parts are for hire: hire@ewh.dk Preface / Programme Note My PASTORALE is melodically utterly simple almost 'ear-catching'. The simplicity stems frommy hymn-tune JERUSALEM the theme of which permeates my incidental music for Oscar winning film (Best Foreign Film.1987) BABETTE' S FEAST by Danish director Gabriel Axel. The film is based on a short story by another reknown Dane Karen Blixen; it is the story of two sisters who are members of a very Puritancongregation but deceide to have a big feast of earthly (gastronomic) delights; the PASTORALE is heard during the sumptuous meal. Below the song-like surface of my PASTORALE the metrical implications arerather ambiguous; the changes between marked and un-marked beats forces the ear to perceive a phrase to beo nthe beat at one moment and off the beat at the next moment. In this way the simple lines of lyrical pastoral serenity conjure the listener to be lulled into an artificial Paradise which is exactly the mood ofthe guests at the banquet the feast in the central scene ofthe movie. The original PASTORALE is scored for string trio; the present version for string orchestra came along in 1988 and was premiered in New York City that year. (Per Nørgård 1999)

Primo Encores is a collection of folk songs classical themes rounds and original compositions arranged in such a way as to be extremely versatile in meeting the need of the beginning level string orchestra. Eachinstrument has the melody line as well as additional harmony lines. By using all the parts a string orchestra is achieved. With the addition of Piano any size string class can successfully perform these selections.

Primo Encores is a collection of folk songs classical themes rounds and original compositions arranged in such a way as to be extremely versatile in meeting the need of the beginning level string orchestra. Eachinstrument has the melody line as well as additional harmony lines. By using all the parts a string orchestra is achieved. With the addition of Piano any size string class can successfully perform these selections.

Primo Encores is a collection of folk songs classical themes rounds and original compositions arranged in such a way as to be extremely versatile in meeting the need of the beginning level string orchestra. Eachinstrument has the melody line as well as additional harmony lines. By using all the parts a string orchestra is achieved. With the addition of Piano any size string class can successfully perform these selections.

The magnificent interweaving of harmonies and dialogue-like Voices in Handel’s For Unto Us A Child Is Born make it a perfect addition to the festive choral repertoire. German-born British Baroque composer George Frideric Handel originally composed this piece in 1741 for the English-language oratorio Messiah which eventually became one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music. As the last song of Scene 3 of Part I of the oratorio which addresses Isaiah's specific prophecy about the virgin birth of a Messiah For Unto Us A Child Is Born tells the news of Christmas thebirth of a son in Isaiah’s words as found in the Scripture (Isaiah 9:6). The delicate familiar theme is introduced by the Sopranos and taken up by their counter-voices the Tenors later the same dialog is given over to the Altos and Basses. The tutti culminates in 'Wonderful' 'Counselor' 'The Mighty God' 'The Everlasting Father' and 'The Prince of Peace'.