Copenhagen Girls' Choir

The Copenhagen Girls' Choir (Sankt Annae Pigekor) rates among the best of its kind in Denmark and has its home at the Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, the Copenhagen Municipal Choir School. The Choir has a broad repertoire with special focus on new music and popular music. Many composers of stature have felt persuaded to write for the choir, among them Knut Nystedt, Ib Nørholm, Svend S. Schultz, Thomas Clausen, Leif Kayser and Michael Bojesen. This music is often taken up by other girls’ choirs. The choir also performs older music by composers such as Gabriel Fauré and Johs. Brahms.

The Copenhagen Girls' Choir is characterized by its homogenous sound, partly resulting from the fact that the girls are of the same age, partly a result of the careful voice-training that all the pupils of the Sankt Annæ Gymnasium go through. The Choir consists of all the girls from grade 6 through 9 at the Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, nearly 130 girls altogether. Depending on the task at hand, the choir usually performs with somewhere between 30 and 60 voices.

Cheif conductor Claus Vestergaard Jensen was educated at The University of Copenhagen where he received his Masters of Musicology degree. He has taught at The Sankt Annæ Gymnasium since 1978 in a broad range of musical topics such as voice training and ear training. Claus Vestergaard Jensen has composed much music for girls’ choir. He was co-founder of the choir "Cantus Firmus" in 1980 and conductor of the choir of Frederiksborg Castle Choir for 15 years and the Frederiksborg Chamber Choir for 7 years. He has often been requested as instructor at choir seminars and is often a judge at choral competitions.

Discography

Part of Eternity

Sommer Lovald Julekveld Lovspring Den Danskw San Den Kedsom Vinter Gik Sin Sin Gang Yndigt Dufter Danmark Midsommersang Vinger Tre Kinesiske Digte Tapoti Febulen Vinterskyer Lidt Af Evigbedegen Forst Var Ordet Evigheden

With such a strong tradition of choral music it comes as no surpise that this world-class girls choir delivers susch a fine fine recording as this. Featuring the compositions of Denmark's top composers such as Carl Nielson, Otto Mortensen, Niels la Cour, Michael Bojesen and Niels W. Gade including many a cappella works.

Make A Joyful Noise

This Is The Day Which The Lord Hath Made Tell Ye The Daughter Of Sion Ave Maria Make A Joyful Noise O Queen Of Heaven Rejoice Blessed are They That Heareth Singing Unto The Lord The Sermon On The Mount Owe No Man Anything I Have Heard Thee Sing O ye Heavens My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord Hodie Christus Natus Est Now Thank Ye All Our God O Clap Your Hands All Ye People I Am The Bread Of Life We Will Walk In The Name Of The Lord

Highly regarded throughout Europe this top-notch girls choir has been delighting audiences and critics for several decades and this recording shows why they have garnered such acclaim. Singing a news selection of Danish compositions this recording shows the versitilty and talents of director Claus Vestergaard Jensen.

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