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John Frandsen (born 13 March 1956) is a

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composer,

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists. In addition, an organist may accompany congregational ...

and choral conductor, whose work includes operas, chamber music, and

religious music Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual. Relig ...

. His 1999 ''Now Flashes the White Light of the Spirit'' commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the

establishment Establishment may refer to: * The Establishment, a dominant group or elite that controls a polity or an organization * The Establishment (club), a 1960s club in London, England * The Establishment (Pakistan), political terminology for the military ...

of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church was performed simultaneously in over 100 Danish churches on the day of the anniversary.

Biography

Frandsen was born in

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and studied at

Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra G ...

and the

Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus The Royal Academy of Music (Danish: ''Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium'') in Aarhus and Aalborg, Denmark, is a conservatoire and state institution under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture, charged with responsibility for the further educ ...

with

Hans Abrahamsen Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His '' Let me tell you'' (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at ''The Guardian'' as the finest work of t ...

and

Karl Aage Rasmussen Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 13 December 1947 in Kolding, Denmark) is a Danish composer and writer. Composition Quotation and particularly collage played an important role in his music from the early 1970s, but increasingly he used pre-existing m ...

. From 1993 to 1995 he was chairman of the music committee of the Danish National Arts Foundation, and since 1999 he has been chairman of the Danish Composers' Association. His opera trilogy, ''Tugt og Utugt I Mellemtiden'' (''Virtue and Vice in the Meantime''), based on the novel of the same name by

Svend Aage Madsen Svend is a Danish and Norwegian given name that may refer to: * King Svend * Svend Aagesen (c.1145–?), Danish historian * Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), Danish jazz violinist known as "The Fiddling Viking" * Svend Auken (1943–2009), Danis ...

premiered in 1998 at the Aarhus Summer Opera. His other operas include ''Amalie'' (premiered 1995 at the Musikteateret Undergrunden in Aarhus), ''Dronning Boudicca'' (''Queen

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'') (premiered in 1997 at Anden Opera in

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) and ''I-K-O-N'' (premiered in 2002 at the

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.Aarhus Sommer Opera

Religious music

John Frandsen's commissions for religious music include: *''

Stabat Mater The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to Mary, which portrays her suffering as Jesus Christ's mother during his crucifixion. Its author may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III.Sabatier, Paul ''Life o ...

'' for

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors i ...

and organ, commissioned by the Sorø Organ Festival (1986) *''Det evige Halleluja'' (''The Eternal Hallelujah'') cantata for soprano,

contralto A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type. The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typical ...

, mixed choir, recitation and organ, commissioned by the Amager Music Festival (1992) *''Talsmand som på jorderige'' (''Advocate as on Earth'') for mixed choir a cappella, commissioned by the Dansk Kirkesang (Danish Sacred Song Society) *''Nu blitzer Åndens hvide lys'' (''Now Flashes the White Light of the Spirit'') ten variations for organ solo with a concluding choral movement, commissioned by the Danish National Evangelical Lutheran Church (1999) *''Messe til det nye Årtusinde'' (''Mass for the New Millennium'') for five soloists, chamber choir, male choir, large choir, brass, chamber orchestra and organ, first performed in Aarhus on 31 December 1999.

Notes and references

Sources

*Nielsen, Svend Hvidtfelt
John Frandsen
2000 *Aarhus Sommer Oper

References

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