10:00 a.m.
The Mystical Microcosm of Music
Langgaard Hall
In the decades around 1900, esoteric movements like spiritualism and theosophy flourished across Europe and left their mark on all the arts - but how did they influence music in Denmark?
TBA
11:00 a.m.
Winner of the Rued Langgaard Competition 2025
Sct. Catharinæ Church
TBA (early May 2025)
12.15 pm
Langgaard's piano renovated
Café Rued
Sit down concert
Various Langgaard, Ludolf Nielsen and Tekla Griebel Wandall: e.g. Pierettedans and possibly other dances from the ballet I Rosentiden (1895), Vinter (Afskedelsstrofe) from Piano Compositions II.
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Free of charge
13.45 pm
Langgaards Bench
Ribe Old Cemetery. By the bell tower and butterfly gate
Sit on a bench or in the grass and listen to the music in the distance, the sounds of nature and the words of Open Sky.
15:00
Prize concert with cathedral organist Birgitte Ebert
Ribe Cathedral
The Frobenius Foundation's Grand Prize 2025 of DKK 250,000 goes to Birgitte Ebert, cathedral organist at Ribe Cathedral - for a long and dedicated career as an organist and for: "as co-founder of the Rued Langgaard Society 2007 - and from 2010 the driving force behind the Rued Langgaard Festival, making an outstanding effort to ensure that the festival has developed into one of the most significant music festivals in Denmark."
Birgitte Ebert, organ
Speech by Henrik Paludan, Chairman of the Frobenius Foundation and Elof Westergaard, Bishop of Ribe Diocese.
At 16.00
Antichrist - the movie
Langgaard Hall
Rued Langgaard's Doomsday production in a production from Deutsche Oper, Berlin
Movie.
Introduction by Bendt Viinholt.
16:00
Langgaard Afternoon - Sacred versus Antichrist
Ribe Art Museum
Poetic walking concert in the museum garden by Ribe Å, on Sct. Nicolaj Gade and in Ribe Art Museum.
At 18:00
Communal dining
Ribe Warehouse
8:00 p.m.
Lenore - Horror Hour
Sct. Catharinæ Church
Songs and music by Rued Langgaard, Ludolf Nielsen and Tekla Greibel Wandall.
TBA
22:30
The Antichrist walks again
Ribe Cathedral
World premiere of Skaden - for vocals, electronics and organ.
With inspiration from Rued Langgaard's Music of the Spheres and Antichrist.
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Day program 2024
Rued Langgard Festival in Ribe, September 4-8
Wednesday
Thursday
Fridays
SATURDAY
Sunday
Venues
Cast and crew
The festival is supported by
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