Den 11. februar 2015 inviteres du til fødselsdagskoncert i Helligåndskirken i Købehavn i anledning af Bent Lorentzens 80 års fødselsdag. Koncerten starter kl. 19.30.
Bent Lorentzen er en af de tidligste pionnære for dansk elektronisk musik. Han står blandt andet bag The Bottomless Pit (1972) og har skrevet elektronisk musik, der kunne inddrages i undervisningssammenhænge - med undervisningsformål, fx Elektronmusikkens materiale (1968) og Water – electronic music for children (1968). Derudover har han skrevet orkestermusik for både oboe (1980), cello (1984), klaver (1984), saxofon (1986), trompet (1991) og violin (2001). Hans kammermusik indeholder også soloværker for orgel, klaver, trompet, saxofon, klarinet, guitar, violin, cello og bas så vel som strygerkvartetter og værker for blandet besætning.
Bent Lorentzen har været elev af Knud Jeppesen, Finn Høffding, Vagn Holmboe og Jørgen Jersild.
Medvirkende ved koncerten er:
Ørjan Johansen, klokkespil
Jens E. Christensen, orgel
Joanna Stroz, slagtøj
Jakob Bloch-Jespersen, basbaryton
Erik Kaltoft, klaver
Niels-Ole Bo Johansen, basun
Bolette Roed, blokfløjte
Efter koncerten er Edition Wilhelm Hansen vært ved en reception.
Du kan få et indtryk af Bent Lorentzens værker optegnet i 2012 her.
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