Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Although Axel Borup-Jørgensen had a strong focus on the recorder, he never composed a recorder concerto. As a special tribute to Axel Borup-Jørgensen's work and his fondness for the recorder, The Danish Sinfonietta has commissioned a new recorder concerto by Mogens Christensen for this concert. Mogens Christensen writes the following about the new recorder concerto, dedicated to Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Michala Petri, and The Danish Sinfonietta.

"Pergolato Specchiato" in Italian can mean "mirrored trellis." More precisely, Pergolato is also the title of the last piece Axel Borup-Jørgensen composed—a solo recorder piece written for Michala Petri in 2010. "Pergolato Specchiato" mirrors Borup's piece, but the reflection reveals something different from the original. Borup's quiet, solitary notes are spread out, either as soundscapes that, like clouds on a summer day, weave into one another, or as melodies that, like a lark high, high above, gild the landscape with its song.
Requiem...? If so, it is more "In Paradisum" than "Dies Irae."