Darkness & Energy - Festival & Friends 2025

Friday, June 20

Now we are here – in a moment, we’ll be gone

21:45 – 23:00

TICKETS

Sofia Gubaidulina: De Profundis

Bjarke Mogensen (accordeon)

Mikkel B. Grevsen: A reflection on the time we all live in—a time none of us have chosen, and none of us can escape (world premiere)

Mikkel B. Grevsen (trumpet, mellophone, synthesizer, electronics), Bjarke Mogensen (accordeon), Sophie Haagen (mezzo soprano)

What to expect:

With this concert, we explore the fusion of two contrasting wind instruments — the trumpet and the accordion — focusing on delicate movements and sonic details that gradually unfold into larger patterns, forming complete musical gestures with a tantalizing, fragmented undertone.

The concert also features mezzo-soprano Sophie Haagen in four arias. The libretto will consist of clear lines that evolve and dissolve, marked by sorrowful outbursts and open harmonies.

The work is a hymn to human nature, to nature itself, and to the structures imposed on the human mind. The music is conceived as an immediate and honest reflection of the time we all inhabit — a time none of us have chosen, and none of us can escape.

At its core, it is, hopefully, something beautiful to drift into — and surrender to.

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