Søren Nils Eichberg: Symphony No. 1: Orchestra: Score

Symphony No. 3 for Orchestra and Mixed Choir SATB by Søren Nils Eichebrg (2015). Poems Qu Yuan and David Vogel.Premiered by The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra April 10 2015.

Søren Nils Eichberg's Morpheus - Concerto for Orchestra (2013). Commissioned by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR. Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk Programme note Morpheus in the Greek mythology is the most powerful of the Oneroi the gods of dreams. He is the one who sends us our dreams and he may appear to us within the dreams in disguise. Analogous to the logic of dreams in Morpheus everything is interwoven as chains of associations appear to logically lead us from one line of thought to another. Everything seems strangelyfamiliar. But the logic is treacherous and we already feel it may only be valid within the dream. Nothing that appears similar is actually ever really the same. Half awakening we struggle to hold on to a vanishing world we felt we were on the verge of understanding but which we already know will eventually escape us when we fully awake. Everything remains a mystery until the end.   The seven movements/dreamscapes are:   Vortex Trees and Walls Escher (Toccata) Crystal Into the Cloud Non-Euclid Arctica

POD-This is the solo part for Charybdis - 'Wirbelrausch für Bratsche und Orchester' by Søren Nils Eichberg (2016)Concerto for Viola and Orchestra dedicated to Rafael AltinoPremiere by Rafael Altino and Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Schønwandt on October 27 2016

In Circles - 16 Imaginary Dances for 18 Players (2010). Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk Instr.: FluteOboeClarinet in BbBass ClarinetBassoonHorn2 Trumpets In BbTenor-Bassposaune2 PercussionistsPiano2 ViolinsViola2 CellosDouble Bass Programme note About five years ago the Ensemble Modern commissioned a composition giving me relatively free rein over instrumentation duration and completion date. I was very excited about the opportunity and eager to start work but first I had to finish asymphony and a cello concerto. However when I wanted to begin writing the piece for Frankfurt inspiration became silent and remained silent for the next three years apart from the two works for chamber orchestra: I experienced my first writer’s block. This was not my first commission but the first time that I was seriously worried about a piece and started thinking about the commissioning ensemble and its expectations. If anything I held the Ensemble Modern in too high esteem. The ensemble is notorious for being a group of all-rounders who have already seen and done everything. However it was simply time for me to challenge my self-belief as composer and to search out what kind of composer I really am. Whatever the true reason was I still didn’t get anything down on paper. Nothing would gel. In 2008 a stipend from a New York foundation led me to an Italian lavender-castle from the 15th century far away from everything else deep in Umbria. The deadline for my first opera moved dangerously closer but was barely started. The next commission for an orchestra was also waiting in addition to the piece for EM: only empty sheets.  When I came home six weeks later though I hadn’t finished anything the spell was broken. Behind the massive walls drafts had been created for what within the