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This week KOTTOS got the wonderful surprise that we have been nominated for the Danish Radio P2’s listeners prize (P2s Lytterpris). We are super excited and honored! Now we need your help – the award is given to the album with the most internet votes – so please vote here for our progressive folk album!Click on the link, scroll down and vote for Kottos!

http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/klassisk/p2prisen/nyheder/lyt-og-stem-hvem-har-skabt-aarets-bedste-klassiker

This week KOTTOS is playing at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen in a contemporary opera about danish Second World War legend Kaj Munk, “Martyriet” by John Frandsen. First time ever, I dare to say, that an opera is premiered with an original score for recorder, bouzouki, accordion and cello. We had a wonderful premiere this Saturday and will be playing this week at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen.
Photos by: Martin Mydtskov Rønne

KOTTOS upcoming concerts in 2016
21/9 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
29/10 GLOBAL Copenhagen
15/12 Skt. Pauls Kirke, Copenhagen
17/12 Skt. Nicolai Kirke, Bornholm
18/12 Hans Tausens Kirke, Copenhagen

Wednesday 21/9 kl.17 @ SMK, Copenhagen
KOTTOS plays at the opening of the new exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark: ‘Fleeting moments – Drawings by Auguste Rodin’. The exhibition showcases Auguste Rodin’s unique work as a draughtsman, relating his drawings to his work as a sculptor.
National Gallery of Denmark, Sølvgade 48-50, 1307 København K
Free entrance

Saturday 29/10 kl.21 @ Global, Copenhagen
KOTTOS in concert @ GLOBAL
Global Copenhagen
Nørre Alle 7, 2200 København N
Doors open: kl. 20
Concert: kl. 21
Price: 90 DKK
http://globalcph.dk/kottos/

Händel’s Messiah
KOTTOS / Musica Ficta / Bo Holten
KOTTOS, Musica Ficta and conductor Bo Holten will repeat last year’s critically acclaimed version of Händel’s Messiah at three exclusive concerts in Copenhagen and Rønne, Bornholm.
15/12 Skt. Pauls Kirke, Copenhagen
17/12 Skt. Nicolai Kirke, Bornholm
18/12 Hans Tausens Kirke, Copenhagen

Woodpeckers will this Autumn have a series of concerts in Copenhagen and Oslo, plus a schools tour arranged by Danish Levende Musik i Skolen in the nearby of Copenhagen.
Thanks to Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse, Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet) and Nordic Culture Point (Kulturkontakt Nord) for making this possible.

Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet is playing:

September 19th 10.10: Havesalen, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium, Denmark. Musik i Tide festival arranged by LMS Denmark.
September 29th 19.00: Lillestrøm Kirke, Norway. Our lovely evening programme “Borrowed, not stolen…”
September 30th 11.00-12.00: Liveshow NRK 2, Norwegian Radio.
October 3rd 20.00: Early Monday, LitteraturHaus, Møllegade, Copenhagen N. “Borrowed, not stolen…” PLUS premiere of Patrik Jarlestam “The atrocities of mass displacement” written for Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet.
October 7th 12.15: Lunsj med Kultur på Blindern, Oslo University, Norway.
October 7th 16.30: Oslo Domkirke, Oslo, Norway. Afternoon mass with counter tenor Daniel Sæther. Music by Machaut.

November 10th -November 23rd: Schools tour near Copenhagen. LMS Denmark.

Read more at woodpeckersquartet.com

Vi glæder os meget til igen i år at gæste Frederiksværk musikfestival lørdag d. 30. juli kl. 13. Sidste år fik vi sommeren til at gå med at indstudere Bjarkes fantastiske arrangement af Nielsens ‘Helios Ouverture’, i år bryder vi kræfter med John Frandsens Stravinsky inspirerede ‘Carousel’, som uropføres ved denne lejlighed. Måske et venligt genbesøg i Skt Petersborgs karuseller fra Petrushka Balletten.
Og så præsenterer vi i samme ombæring hvad der sker når blokfløjte, accordeon, bouzouki og cello genbesøger værker af Igor Stravinsky selv. Programmet vil selvfølgelig være krydret med vores egen musik.
Arbejdet med Frandsens forunderlige ‘Carousel’ er en forløber for dennes opera, Martyriet, der kommer til at spille på Takkelloftet i februar 2017 med KOTTOS som ensemble.

Program:

John Frandsen: Carousel (uropførelse)

Reptile ( Christos Farmakis)

New York Rakija (Bjarke Mogensen)

Stratosphere (Josefine Opsahl) (uropførelse)

Water Walk (Josefine Opsahl) (uropførelse)

Sus (Bjarke Mogensen)

Mousetrap (Christos Farmakis)

Hommage á Stravinsky

KOTTOS spiller desuden på Vendsyssel Festival Søndag den 31. juli kl. 19.30, Den Gamle Station, Hirtshals.

New playful and melodic album by Kottos. All tracks are composed by Kottos with elements of folk music, classical chamber music with a psychedelic twist.
Preorder now: gatewaymusicshop.dk

Release June 2nd 19.30 in Copenhagen.