Karl Aage Rasmussen
# Karl Aage Rasmussen

Karl Aage Rasmussen, né le 13 décembre 1947 à Kolding au Danemark, est un compositeur et auteur danois.

## Œuvres

### Opéra

* Jephta (1977)
* Majakovskij (1978)
* Jonah (radio opera 1983)
* Our Hoffmann (1986)
* The Sinking of the Titanic (1993)
* Sakontala (reconstruction of an unfinished opera by Franz Schubert, 2003)

### Orchestre

* Recapitulations (1968)
* Symphonie Classique (1969)
* Anfang und Ende (1973)
* A Symphony in Time (1982)
* Movements on a Moving Line (1987)
* Three Friends (1995)
* The Lion, the Mouse, the big Elephant and Jens, the Ant (1997, tale for children after Asger Jorn)
* Scherzo with Bells (1996)
* A Tempo (2001)
* Postludes, for 23 solo strings (2007)
* Building (2007)

### Œuvres concertantes

* Contrafactum, cello concerto (1980)
* Violin concerto ("Sinking through the Dream Mirror", 1993)
* Double concerto for harp and guitar (1998)
* Invisible Mirrors, for guitar and chamber orchestra (1999)
* Concerto for baroque oboe and (period) stringe (2015)
* Concerto for baroque violin (2017)

### Musique de chambre

* This moment (1966)
* Resonance (1972)
* Love is in the World (1975)
* A Ballad of Game and Dream (1975)
* Berio Mask (1977)
* Parts Apart (1978)
* Italian concerto (1981)
* Four, Five – for brass quintet (1982)
* Solos and Shadows (string quartet, 1983)
* Surrounded by Scales (string quartet, 1985)
* Movements on a Moving Line (chamber version, 1988)
* Webs in a Stolen Dream (1996)
* Twin Dream (1998)
* Trauergondol (1998)
* Camera oscura, saxophone quintet (2001)
* Liri for flute, clarinet, bassoon, strings and piano (2008)
* Scherzino - a homage to Brahms (2015) for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
* Follia, follia ... for 2 oboes, bassoon, string quintet and harpsichord (2015)
* Græs for large unaccompanied choir (2018)
* Gleichwie das Gras, Cantata nach Bach (2019)

### Piano solo

* 13 Etudes and Postludes (1990)
* Contrary Dances (1992)
* Barcarole (1996)
* Sonata IV (completion of Robert Schumann's unfinished fourth piano sonata)

### Arrangements, transcriptions, etc.

* Carl Nielsen: Commotio, interpretation for full orchestra (2000)
* Franz Schubert: Symphony in E (Gastein), reconstruction (2004)
* Robert Schumann: Five lieder (lyrics by Hans Christian Andersen), version for orchestra (2005)
* Franz Schubert: Der Taucher, version for orchestra (2006)
* Johannes Brahms: Serenade 1 in D major, version for 10 instruments
* Johannes Brahms: Serenade 2 in A major, version for 10 instruments
* Igor Stravinsky: Concertino, version for 9 instruments
* Erik Satie: Sports et divertissement, version for 7 instruments
* Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, a new reading for soloists, period strings and continuo
* Niels W. Gade: Piano trio in B-flat major, 1839, three unfinished movements completed

## Enregistrements

* The Four Seasons after Vivaldi par le Concerto Copenhagen, dir. Lars Ulrik Mortensen, label Dacapo Records (2018)
* Alone and Together par le Concerto Copenhagen, dir. Lars Ulrik Mortensen, label Dacapo Records (2019)
