The Hope is work written in 2001 by Frederik Magle

Frederik Magle

Frederik Magle is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He studied composition and music theory with Leif Thybo and attended the Royal Danish Academy of Music where he studied composition and organ...

, depicting the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. It consists of two movements, the second which includes text from Psalm

Psalms

The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...

 27.

The music was commissioned by the Admiral Danish Fleet

Admiral Danish Fleet

Admiral Danish Fleet is two things:* The English name of Søværnets Operative Kommando , the operationally supreme organisation of the Danish navy.* ADMDANFLT as a person is a kontreadmiral who is the chief of naval operations in Denmark, and as such the...

 (Danish Royal Navy's Operative Command) for the 200th anniversary of the battle in 2001. The work also commemorates Olfert Fischer

Olfert Fischer

Johan Olfert Fischer was a Danish officer in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He commanded the Dano-Norwegian fleet against British forces under Lord Nelson during the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801.-Life and career:...

 (Commander of the Danish fleet in 1801) who lies buried in the Reformed Church of Copenhagen, where the first performance of the work took place on April 1st, 2001.

Instrumentation

The work is scored for

Brass Band

Brass band

A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert...

with 4 cornets, 1 flygelhorn, 2 french horns, 2 trombones, 1 euphonium and 2 tubas

5 percussionists

Timpani

Mixed choir (SATB)

Organ

External links

• The Hope. Free download