My sister Maj Kullberg, and I are second generation Nørgård collaborators having been brought up with the composer as a regular guest in our childhood home as he taught composition in our hometown as well as collaborated on new works with our parents. 

I remember a frost touched January morning at Frederiksdal Manor on Lolland, as my string quartet and I were awaiting the arrival of Per Nørgård. We had already worked extensively with the composer on his string quartets and had had the honour of having his 10th quartet, Harvest Timeless, dedicated to us. 

With Per humour has always been an integral part of our communication and this morning was no different. My sister and I picked him up from the ferry together with our host, Christine Krabbe, who herself has been instrumental in many Nørgård oriented projects such as the documentary film Les Archers. However, instead of taking him to the beautiful manor where our three day workshop would take place, my quartet, Mrs Krabbe and I had decided to pull the old composer’s leg and take him to an industrial cow stable through backways that would obscure that mansion.