Cortege & Danse Macabre (Dance of Death) by Frederik Magle

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An excerpt from "Cortège & Danse Macabre" (Procession and Dance of Death) - the second movement of the symphonic suite "Cantabile", composed by Frederik Magle.

Performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
Recorded live in the Copenhagen Concert Hall on June 10, 2009.

Cortège and Danse Macabre is based on a poem by His Royal Highness Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark

Notes: at approximately 0:33 the percussionist can be heard playing on real bones (A thigh bone)! And at 1:24 a pipe organ sets in.

Video still picture from the 'Dance of Death' by Michael Wolgemut (1493).

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