Name: New Year's Concert
Start: 2026-01-11T16:00:00
Location: Esbjerg Music Hall

Esbjerg Ensemble

The music takes us around the world to this very special concert with both a brand new premiere and with the young pianist star Valdemar Wenzel Most, who is once again a guest of the Esbjerg Ensemble. 

From Eastern Europe, we will listen to a Romanian rhapsody by Enescu, who himself was a legendary composer and virtuoso musician on both violin and piano. 

Russian Shostakovich's work was composed when he was just 16 years old, and compared to his later works, it also sounds very much like the romantic style from the previous century.  

Sunset In The East And West

Southern Denmark Conservatory of Music

Welcome to a concert featuring Beethoven's timeless tones in conjunction with works by four other remarkable composers, whose creativity and unique voices have contributed significantly to the modern musical landscape.

Rhythmic energy characterizes both Nørgård and Martinus' works. In  Fire over Water  both fire and water are present and an intense rhythmic energy describes the contrasting elements. In Martinus' work the rhythmic energy is shown in an expressive dialogue between violin and cello and at the same time with a refined balance between the two instruments.

A rhythmic intensity is continued in the alternation with lyrical passages in Milhaud's suite inspired by the French medieval atmosphere with musical depictions of everything from jesters to hunting scenes.

Fire Over Water

Join us on a very special musical adventure. English cellist and composer Birchall has set music to two of the most beloved stories from English literature, and actress Lotte Andersen brings the words to life.

The Wind in the Willows is the beautiful, crazy and perhaps also a little creepy story about the badger, the rat and the mole, who live their quiet lives by the river, but their friend, the flamboyant and transgressive toad, gets into an accident with his car, and they have to help him.  

Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland has been made in countless versions and has, with its quirky characters and inventions, inspired a multitude of artists in music, film, visual arts and theatre. An incredible story about the girl Alice, who is bored and therefore crawls down the rabbit hole and sets out on a wondrous journey in a very special land.

Music In Fairyland

We look forward to welcoming Ensemble MidtVest back to Esbjerg with a broad program featuring some of chamber music's finest composers.
Ensemble MidtVest is based primarily at the HEART art museum and creates exciting musical experiences in the tension between traditional chamber concerts and innovative outreach formats.

Guest Concert With Ensemble Midwest

Welcome to a concert with Esbjerg Ensemble's own musicians as soloists and with oboe, horn and percussion at the center. 

Look forward to Gerald Finzi's beautiful  Interlude in A minor , played by our oboist David Daniel Dinu, where the interaction with the homogeneous sound of the string quartet emphasizes the lyrical sound of the oboe. And to Jovilet's Sérénade , where the oboe is again at the forefront of the soundscape, but in the interaction with the rest of the ensemble retains its chamber musical expression.    

Lyrical Moods: Sounds From Obo, Horn And Percussion

Welcome to the New Year's party at Musikhuset Esbjerg, where Esbjerg Ensemble will set the tone for a new year with festive tunes and popping champagne corks.