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Frederik Magle is a 32 year old composer and organ player from Denmark. He studied organ and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark. His fame comes from his compositions for the Denmark Royal Family, including the christening ceremony’s music of Prince Nikolai, ten years ago. His other acclaimed composition uses the writings of Denmark’s Prince Henrik and is called Cantabile.

Cantabile is a symphonic suite, formed of three movements. Magle’s composition skills are mainly self developed. As most of his work, Cantabile is melodic with few atonality components.

The first performances of the Cantabile, all played by Read the rest of this entry »