Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Throughout his life as a composer, Axel Borup-Jørgensen focused particularly on the recorder in a wide range of works, spanning from *Spil for 7* (1963) to *Pergolato* (2011). These works all explore the instrument’s potential and expressive capabilities. For this reason, *Pergolato*—Borup-Jørgensen's final composition—features in the concert program alongside *Sonatine* for two violins and *Lille Serenade,* which is Borup-Jørgensen's first work.
While *Pergolato* can be seen as a culmination and synthesis of Borup-Jørgensen's entire career as a composer, the two other works in the program illustrate how he explored and experimented in his early efforts to discover his personal style and unique voice. With these three pieces, listeners are brought close to the instruments and their expressive possibilities, as Borup-Jørgensen envisioned them.
Throughout his life as a composer, Axel Borup-Jørgensen focused particularly on the recorder in a wide range of works, spanning from *Spil for 7* (1963) to *Pergolato* (2011). These works all explore the instrument’s potential and expressive capabilities. For this reason, *Pergolato*—Borup-Jørgensen's final composition—features in the concert program alongside *Sonatine* for two violins and *Lille Serenade,* which is Borup-Jørgensen's first work.
While *Pergolato* can be seen as a culmination and synthesis of Borup-Jørgensen's entire career as a composer, the two other works in the program illustrate how he explored and experimented in his early efforts to discover his personal style and unique voice. With these three pieces, listeners are brought close to the instruments and their expressive possibilities, as Borup-Jørgensen envisioned them.
