Fridays
September 4, 2026
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Subject to change without notice
10.00 - 11.30 am
Swedish folk music in Rued Langgaard's music
Ribe Cathedral School
Lectures, musical examples and dance.
Get close to the rich Swedish folk music tradition that Rued Langgaard got to know during his frequent visits to Sweden.
The lecture begins with two choir songs:
Rued Langgaard: Vel må jeg kysse Dig, Hjertenskær from Rosengaardsviser (Thor Lange) BVN 164 (1919)
And a song by Elfrieda Andrée or Ture Rangström.
Cast:
- Dybfølt with Lena Jonsson, violin.
- Youth Choir Aarhus U
- Students from Ribe Katedralskole
- Conductor: Jonas Rasmussen
Free access
At 13.00
Langgaard's piano and a legend by Selma Lagerlöf I
Café Rued
Reading of The Flight to Egypt from Selma Lagerlöf's Christ Legends (1904) by Bodil Sixhøj Hyldahl from LæseSelskabet, Ribe.
Music:
Rued Langgaard: Sonata no. 3 Minder fra Høstens Tid" BVN 268 (1941) (30')
- Introduzione - Fra Kullen!
- From the hill
- Cornfields
- At Hotel "The King of Denmark"
- On the hill again!
Cast:
Benjamin Skydsgaard, piano
15:00
Langgaard's Swedish organs are a recurring theme
Sct. Catharinæ Church
Introduction by Philip Schmidt-Madsen and Esben Tange about the concert's music and Rued Langgaard's work in Sweden in Brunby Church and Kyrkhult Church.
Music:
- Rued Langgaard: Som en tyv om natten BVN 238 (1938) (4') and other works Langgaard played in churches in Sweden.
- Rued Langgaard: Berengaria Ribe-Sørgemarch BVN 366 (1948) (6') (arr. Mogens Andresen)
Pause
- Rued Langgaard: Works for organ and brass
- Elfrida Andrée: Organ Symphony No. 2 for organ and brass in E-flat major (1894) (20')
- Allegro moderato
- Andante cantabile
- Allegro maestoso
Cast:
- Philip Schmidt-Madsen, organ
- DKDM Brass
- Conductor: Jesper Juul Windahl
16:45 and 17:00
Rued Langgaard's organ bench
Sct. Catharinæ Church
Demonstration of the effects of the organ
Come up to the organ where Philip Schmidt-Madsen talks about Langgaard as an organist and demonstrates special effects.
At 19.30
Langgaard Festival Band I
Cathedral Square
Music and dance
Rued Langgaard and Swedish folk music.
Cast:
Esbjerg Culture School led by Dybfølt with Lena Jonsson
Free of charge
20.00
Rock pastorals
Ribe Cathedral
Symphony orchestra, choir and soloists
In Ture Rangström's King Erik's Songs, we meet the Swedish King Erik XIV, who looks back on the love of his life and the demons that have plagued him. The concert begins with an excerpt from Elfrida Andrée's opera Fritiofs Saga, where we meet the king's daughter Ingeborg, grief-stricken and longing after being married off against her will.
After the intermission, Rued Langgaard's Symphony No. 1 Rock Pastorals takes us on a journey that begins in the surf, where storm waves crash on the rocks of Kullen, and ends at the top, where the view of a magnificent sunrise gives new courage to live. With its extraordinary scope and inspiration from Wagner's mythological operas, the symphony is unique in Denmark.
Music:
Elfrida Andrée: Ingeborgs Klage (1898/1909) (4') from Fritiof Suite (from the opera Fritiofs Saga)
Ture Rangström: King Erik's Songs (Gustav Fröding) (1918) (14')
- A song about when I was funny with Welam Welamsson at Uppsala House and Archbishop Lars and Dr. Bengt were waiting outside
- A song about me and Hercules the fool
- A song for Karin after dancing
- A song for Karin from prison
- King Erik's last song
Pause
Rued Langgaard: Symphony No. 1 Rock Pastorals BVN 32 (1911) (60')
- Burns and Sunbursts
- Mountain flowers
- Legends
- Up the Mountain
- Courage to live
Cast:
- (David Risberg), baritone
- South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard
- Visual staging: Lene Juhl
10:30 p.m.
Langgaard Lounge
Café Rued
Meet some of today's artists while enjoying a Rued Langgaard porter from Ribe Bryghus.
Music:
Rued Langgaard: Summer vacation in Blekinge BVN 123 (1916) (18')
- Meeting (fragment)
- Sunday on Kirkebakken
- Cob cellars in Granskoven
- Coffee Reps and Resignation
- Swedish
- Pea flowers
- On the road
- Farewell
- Evening with Dance
Cast:
Denisa Irina Pirvulescu, piano.
Artists and musicians at the festival.
Hosted by Karen Bendix
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