Bo Holten
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Bo Holten is a Danish
composer and conductor.
He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles Ars Nova and Musica Ficta (Denmark), as well as guest-conductor for the BBC Singers
. He is currently the principal conductor for the Flemish Radio Choir (Vlaams Radio Koor) in Bruxelles.
As a composer he has written more than 100 works, including 6 operas, 2 musicals, 2 symphonies, and 5 solo concertos. He has also composed several film scores, amongst them the music for Lars Von Trier
's The Element of Crime
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
composer and conductor.
He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles Ars Nova and Musica Ficta (Denmark), as well as guest-conductor for the BBC Singers
BBC Singers
The BBC Singers are the professional chamber choir of the BBC. As one of six BBC Performing Groups, the 24-voiced choir has been in existence for more than 80 years. The BBC Singers have commissioned and premiered works by the leading composers of the past century, including Benjamin Britten, Sir...
. He is currently the principal conductor for the Flemish Radio Choir (Vlaams Radio Koor) in Bruxelles.
As a composer he has written more than 100 works, including 6 operas, 2 musicals, 2 symphonies, and 5 solo concertos. He has also composed several film scores, amongst them the music for Lars Von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
's The Element of Crime
The Element of Crime
The Element of Crime is the first feature film directed by noted Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier. The film, released in 1984, is also the first in the director's Europa trilogy...
.
Notable works
- Sinfonia concertanteSinfonia concertanteSinfonia concertante is a musical form that emerged during the Classical period of Western music. It is essentially a mixture of the symphony and the concerto genres: a concerto in that one or more soloists are on prominent display, and a symphony in that the soloists are nonetheless discernibly a...
for Cello & Orchestra (1987) - Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1990)
- Wisdom and Folly, choir (1993)
- Operation OrfeoOperation OrfeoOperation Orfeo is a conceptual opera in three movements with music by Bo Holten, based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. The libretto is written by Ib Michael and the concept is created by Kirsten Dehlholm of Hotel Pro Forma. It was premiered in 1993....
, opera (1993) - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, choir (1992–95)
- Gesualdo, Opera (2003)
- The Physician-In-Ordinary's Visit (Livlægens Besøg), Opera (2008)