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OUR Recordings release "L´amour et la foi" with Choir Music by Olivier Messiaen is nominated for the Danish Music Award "P2 Prisen" in the category " Best Danish Release". In November 2015 the release received the French "Grammy" - "Diapason d`Or de l´année" in Paris. The Live Broadcast at Danish Radio will take place January the 28th from the concert hall at The Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen

Today a new Live Video with the whole program from the CD "Let The Angels Sing" was launched. The concert took place in Garnisonskirken in Copenhagen December 11th 2015.

This week "Let The Angels Sing" is CD of the Week on Danish National Radio Classical Program P2

Of the countless Christmas Carols compilations coming out at Christmas, this is a considerable standout. Economy of choral texture and a restlessly chirping, crystal-clear recorder line ensure that familiar songs sound new (the arrangements are Bojesen`s) and penetrate the heart afresh. Petri`s descants add to the pure pleasure principle of the carols themselves a constant grace of gratultous delight – gratultous, but soon seeming indispensable. Favourite numbers are the Czech Zither Carol(Haunting!) and Rocking, the German In Dulci Jubilo, the English Coventry Carol and It Came upon the Midnight Clear. Paul Driver, Sunday Times

OUR Recordings release L´amour et la foi with Olivier Messiaens Choir Music, with Marcus Creed conducting Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Concert Choir and Danish National Chamber Orchestra get the prize in category Best Choral performance. The show is on Radio France direct November the 26th at 19:30 : ” You don’t forget this music once you’ve heard it. And fortunately Marcus Creed and his Danish singers and players–along with pianist Marianna Shirinyan and ondes Martenot soloist Thomas Bloch (in the Three Liturgies)–are more than just able advocates for Messiaen’s music: they are musicians of exceptional ability and admirable commitment, who leave no doubt that we are hearing performances that will stand alongside or above any in the catalog"! David Vernier, Classical Today

OUR Recordings release: La Follia is nominated for ICMA (International Classical Music Award)2016. Thank you to Michala Petri and Mahan Esfahani for their brilliant playing.
"This is a recording that will repay repeated listening as a masterclass in musical collaboration. It breaks new and higher ground." Julie Anne Sadie, Gramophone January 2015

On August the 27th OUR Recordings will release 2 new Albums with contemporary music: Danish & Faroese Recorder Concertos" and Nordic Sound".

A new tour of Japan will take place from December 13th to 20th 2015

with Marie Nishiyama, harpsichord

Few days ago Michala played in Hamburg´s "Musikhalle", with pianist Justus Zeyen. Justus Zeyen is well known for his work with accompanying leading singers, amongst others Thomas Quasthoff and Juliane Banse. In spite of her long list of concerts this was her first ever with piano! Partly because the original repertoire for those two instruments is limited, partly because the recorder until a few years ago existed only in its baroque version, with limited dynamic capacity in comparison with the piano. However, lately more succesful attempts have been made to make new models of the instruments, and in addition to Michalas "Modern Recorder", invented by Nik Tarasov and produced by Mollenhauer a few years ago, she was also at this concert premiering Ralf Ehlerts new "Ehlert Recorder", produced by Moeck. Both instruments matched the pianos volume with no problems, and responded to Michala´s wish for a high quality sound aswell as dynamic expression. The programmme went from baroque to modern, with a few transcriptions of flute- and violin-works, and was very entusiastically recieved by the audience. After this succesful premiere Michala and Justus Zeyen plan to do more concerts in the future.

A new Christmas Album with new arrangements of old European Songs and Carols is just recorded with the wonderful Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Michael Bojesen is conducting,- and he also made the great new arrangements.
The recording took place in the Concert Hall of The Danish Radio. Preben Iwan was the Producer,- and Mikkel Nymand his assistent. The CD will be released in October 2015.