In a time of increased focus on female composers, it is a pleasure to present a program featuring works by four contemporary women: Ukrainian Svitlana Azarova, Lithuanian Rūta Vitkauskaitė, and Danish composers Mette Nielsen and Pernille Louise Sejlund.

The program also includes a work by Spanish guitarist and composer Augustín Castilla-Ávila, as well as a piece by Axel Borup-Jørgensen, who lived in Bistrup for many years until his passing in 2012.

CRAS consists of guitarists Peter Oldrup, Henrik Bay Hansen, Mikkel Egelund Nielsen, Jacob Nørrelund, Søren Eriksen, and Uffe Carl Hansen, who have performed together since 2017.

Program:

• Svitlana Azarova (b. 1976): Awesome Stories (2023)
• Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924–2012): Enhjørninger (Unicorns), Op. 143 (1992)
• Rūta Vitkauskaitė (b. 1984): Byoyomi (2020)

INTERMISSION

• Mette Nielsen (b. 1985): Guitar Cards (2026) – World Premiere
• Agustín Castilla-Ávila (b. 1974): Hex (2019)
• Pernille Louise Sejlund (b. 1979): Stinging the beads (2022)