An exciting development, with many changes both marked and at times dramatic have taken place over the years.
See, read and listen through more than 30 years of Ensemble history.
Autumn 1990
Musicians wanted!
A total of six musician positions were advertised in the dailies, but the instruments were not specified - everyone could apply, including harpists. The 1st round of the competition was held solo, divided into instrument groups, and the 2nd round was reserved for chamber music.
On 1 May 1991, the "Basic Ensemble in Storstrøms County" was established. The composer and conductor Svend Aaquist had been hired as artistic and administrative director of the ensemble, and had already begun this work some time before the musicians started. Immediately after some intense introductory meetings in private with Svend Aaquist, the actual musical rehearsal work began. The ensemble was so privileged to have a rehearsal room available downstairs at the Music School in Nykøbing Falster. The central library in the city also had a small office space in surplus, which served as the administration room for the ensemble for the first six years. The first public concert took place in the hall of the library a few weeks later.
In the summer of 1992, Storstrøm's Chamber Ensemble (which was now the official name) began a collaboration - which was to prove to be unusually long-lasting - with Egnsteatret Masken. The local play / folk opera "Dreamed me a dream" became a great success not least thanks to a large group of tireless volunteers both on and behind the stage. Kim Helweg had composed the music. There was a very special atmosphere during the performance that night, when Denmark played the final of the European Football Championship ...!.
In the original constellation, the ensemble consisted of 6 musicians, but it was planned from the beginning that two expansions of 2 musicians would be needed in the coming years. The first expansion took place in the autumn of 1992, when violin and viola were added. The ensemble's repertoire possibilities were thus quite significantly increased.
Thanks to good contacts to the Australian music scene through the ensemble's trumpeter Paul Terracini, an almost spectacular tour to Australia (with Paul's brother, singer Lyndon Terracini as soloist) was set up in the early summer of 1993. The ensemble first played in the Church of Denmark in Singapore, and then gave concerts in Brisbane and along the east coast of Australia. The tour ended with a concert at the Sydney Opera House.
This second expansion of the ensemble should have originally meant two more musketeers. But an agreement was reached with the granting authorities on a model in which a bassoonist was now employed, and the remaining funds would then have to be used for changing guest musicians.
"Venderne på Lolland" in Ravnsborg Bakker - and collaboration with Ole Buck
With "Venderne på Lolland", another regional play became a reality, evocatively placed in the beautiful Ravnsborg Hills on Nordlolland and in collaboration with the Nørregade Theater in Maribo and the composer Ole Buck. The ensemble had 3 years before it initiated a well-functioning, and long lasting collaboration with Ole Buck who over a number of years composed his "Landscapes" for the ensemble.
In 1996, the ensemble was awarded the prestigious "Music Critics' Artist Prize". The reception took place at a concert in Tivoli's concert hall, where a newly composed work by the composer Niels Marthinsen had his premiere with the ensemble as soloists in front of the Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
In 1997, the ensemble's then leader, Finn Hansen, succeeded in negotiating an agreement in place with the Classenske Fideicommis that Storstrøm's Chamber Ensemble could establish itself in the historic Fuglsang Herregaard - it was with all due respect something of an upgrade from the previous basement rooms at Nykøbing Falster Music School ... The ensemble's administration was housed in Herregaarden's east wing and the ensemble and its musicians received joy and artistic inspiration from trying and holding concerts in the recently renovated and very beautiful music hall. A new era had begun.
Another large-scale and overseas tour took place in 1999. The newly founded "Association for Danish-Argentine Cultural Exchange" was one of the main forces behind the project. New Danish works by i.a. Niels Rosing-Schow and Peter Bruun were presented at a number of concerts in the great country - not least in the famous "Teatro Colon" in Buenos Aires. Tango music was explored and several significant and close ties between the ensemble and Argentine musicians and composers were forged.
In the summer of 2000, the ensemble tried its hand at an international summer academy for young woodwinds and horn players. Under the direction of the ensemble's artistic advisor, the clarinetist Murray Khouri, he succeeded in creating an intense process that to that extent took advantage of Fuglsangs opportunities for immersion and artistic inspiration. English oboist Gordon Hunt was enrolled as an assistant director alongside the ensemble's musicians. The success was repeated the following year, where the process also ended with a concert in Tivoli's Concert Hall.
A significant musical-dramatic performance in collaboration with the local theater Cantabile 2 in Vordingborg took place in the spring of 2001. The ensemble played Marco Spallanzani's evocative music live to all the otherwise wordless performances.
Internationally acclaimed oboist Gordon Hunt is associated with the ensemble as an artistic advisor. It was to prove to be the beginning of a very long and very rewarding collaboration, in which Gordon Hunt was particularly important for the ensemble's annual summer festivals. But the years that followed also featured two marked ones CD recordings with music by WA Mozart respectively and J. Ibert.
Most adults who were born at that time can remember where they were on September 11, 2001 ... Storstrøm's Chamber Ensemble was in Riga, Latvia on a small tour. The dramatic day began in front of the television in the hotel lobby, before the bus transported the musicians to rehearsal before tonight's concert. The next day they flew (...) on to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, where several concerts were to take place. During the Danish cultural promotion in the Baltics, e.g. played works by Ole Buck and Vagn Holmboe.
Following a presentation by the ensemble's artistic advisor, Gordon Hunt, the festival "Summer Music on FuglsangIt should become an annual tradition that lives on to this day. Intense days (in the beginning it was actually a whole week) with many concerts - some with guest soloists / ensembles - and other events related to the festival's current theme or Fuglsang as a locality. The public has the opportunity to spend the night at Herregaarden or other places nearby and thus be a part of the busy, creative time. The musicians are here and there and everywhere, and there is ample opportunity to talk "back stage".
Local enthusiasts in and around Nakskov Gymnasium made an absolutely fantastic event in Sankt Nikolaj Kirke in February 2005. A concert with Storstrøm's Chamber Ensemble, Ensemble Domino, Nakskov Gymnasium's Choir and not least the world star, soprano Barbara Hendricks. It was all conducted by Frans Rasmussen and was a very great experience for both the audience, the participating high school students, the musicians and Nakskov cultural life in general.
The ensemble was very active in the celebration of Hans Christian Andersen's 200th birthday. Partly as a participating orchestra in a large-scale dramatic performance "HC Andersen and Jenny Lind" touring the region, and partly in a more intimate theater concert "The Wild Swans" with music by Gunner Møller Pedersen, with whom the ensemble had collaborated for several years.
It succeeded in persuading the French-Lebanese composer and organist Naji Hakim to instrument his "Sakskøbing Preludes" for the ensemble. He had originally composed these preludes to well-known Danish hymns for organ, and performed them in Sakskøbing Church, where he had inaugurated the church's new digital organ. The work was the start of a long collaboration with Naji Hakim, and also filled a large place in the otherwise very modest repertoire for chamber music with real church content. The ensemble has performed the work many times since and recorded it on CD.
As is well known, Denmark's counties were closed down in connection with the local government reform in 2007. As a result, the very significant part of the ensemble's operating subsidy that had hitherto come from Storstrøm County disappeared. However, a 2-year transitional arrangement ensured some peace of mind - but ahead, uncertainty awaited both economically, politically and culturally ... The ensemble's close friend, the composer Niels Rosing-Schow, wrote a supportive portrait of the ensemble and its situation - read it below.
In 2007, trumpeter Paul Terracini chose to leave his position in the ensemble and move back to his native Australia. The ensemble's finances were not enough to re-occupy the position, which is why the remaining 8 instruments then made up the ensemble - which in turn fortunately still exists to this day.
2007
2008
The Talent Academy is established
The ensemble established "Talentakademi Storstrøm" in 2008. The purpose was to create a link in the food chain between music school and the local conservatory preparation course MGK, which the ensemble had been involved in from the beginning in 1991. Talents from the five music schools in the new grant municipalities were admitted to the academy after the entrance exam and could look forward to a fruitful 2-year course. Unfortunately, it was politically decided to close the Talent Academy in 2016. And with the closure of MGK in Nykøbing Falster in 2017, it has become much more difficult to develop the musical talents in southeastern Denmark.
A circle of dedicated and loyal audiences will be established by the Friends' Association in 2008. It will prove to be of great importance to the ensemble and its musicians in the years to come. Numerous times the members of the association perform voluntary work, and the modest contingent of the association enables valuable gifts for the ensemble (such as new musician chairs). Come and join!
The ensemble's program committee got a brilliant idea: 7 Danish composers are invited to visit the newly opened Fuglsang Art Museum to choose each one image that can inspire them to a new composition for the ensemble - "New exhibition images". The idea was that the works should be recorded and released on CD together with Jakob Westh's fine instrumentation of Mussorgsky's well-known and beloved "Exhibition Pictures". The works were composed and performed several times, and have also been recorded - but the CD is unfortunately still on the drawing board for financial reasons ...
In the first years, Svend Aaquist's private vehicle was used. This was followed by a period in which the ensemble was partly dependent on being able to borrow the Central Library's van after opening hours and partly diligent customers at "Avis" in Nykøbing F. But in 2009 they finally managed to acquire a "real company car" to handle the transport of the much equipment and the large instruments that are necessary for a concert to be carried out. The car (an Iveco with lift) is driving just yet ...
2009
Autumn 2009
Deep crisis - and survival!
The ensemble's supporting economy has been somewhat strained for several periods, but never has its existence been as directly threatened as was the case in 2009. At the end of the transition period after the municipal reform in 2007, agreements had to be negotiated in place with the new municipalities that now constituted the area and population of the late Storstrøms County. It was not easy... But thanks to far-sighted politicians and a strong offensive from both the ensemble's leader, Maria Frej, the ensemble's musicians on their own and great support from the local and national cultural and music life, they managed at the last minute to reach the first framework agreement between the municipalities Guldborgsund, Næstved , Vordingborg, Lolland, Faxe and the Statens Musikudvalg. This framework agreement is continuously renewed and is valid for 4 years at a time and continues to form the formal foundation for the ensemble's work.
The now former solo flutist in DRSO, Toke Lund Christiansen, joins the ensemble as a new artistic advisor. It turned out to be an extraordinarily good match and Toke is still here! His enormous knowledge and repertoire knowledge especially benefits the ensemble in the planning of the annual festival or festivals. And the audience regularly enjoys his always extremely well-placed concert introductions.
Starting in 2011, the main prize at the annual "Young Player Classical" competition for talented children and young people is to be a soloist with the ensemble at a number of concerts around the region. The ensemble is represented in the jury and the competition and the subsequent winning concerts are a great experience for both the young people, the ensemble and the large audience.
Like everyone else, the ensemble also celebrated Carl Nielsen's 150th birthday - all year round! Not least the performance "Carl and Marie" was a big bet. Based on the handed down exchange of letters between Carl Nielsen and his wife Marie, a very artistic and sometimes stormy marriage is described. Actress, author and director Lotte Andersen was the creative force behind the production and composer Jesper Nordin had composed the music. The singers Signe Asmussen and Joachim Knopp performed the vocal parts with great empathy and the result was a deeply moving performance, in which the musicians also participated quite dramatically.
In 2016, the Danish Chamber Players were able to celebrate its 25th anniversary. New name - new logo - new domicile (see below) - and a string of concerts that were both retrospective and innovative in programming. 4 new works were composed for the ensemble on the occasion of the anniversary, and a CD - which can still be acquired by contacting the ensemble - was recorded and distributed free of charge. The summer festival was also marked by the anniversary. The next 25 years will hopefully be at least as marked, significant, innovative, breathtaking and necessary.
The former tenant housing to Fuglsang After a thorough renovation and rebuilding in 1863, the manor house from 2016 was inaugurated as 'KUMUS' - a center for music and art on Lolland-Falster. The building is divided between the ensemble and Fuglsang Art Museum's dissemination department. The ensemble's then head, Claus Due, exerted his influence especially with a view to the design of the concert hall, which today stands as a distinguished and modern concert hall with excellent acoustics for chamber music.
To the great regret of everyone in and around the orchestra and not least the audience, the "Storstrøm Symphony Orchestra" was closed down in 2018. Failing finances were the main reason for this, and the reason for this can be traced back to the municipal reform in 2007. The orchestra had existed since 1952 and had been a significant part of the ensemble's work since 1991. The musicians consisted of a discreet mix of local amateurs, traveling professionals, the ensemble's musicians, MGK students and even music school students.
The children's performance "The Nutcracker and the Mouse Queen" was created in a collaboration between Teatret Masken, NørregadeTeatret in Maribo and the ensemble. Hoffmann's fairy tales and Tchaikovsky's music formed the basis of playwright Camilla Hübbe's festive performance filled with good music. During the 44 performances that took place, it was experienced by no less than 5.500 lucky children from Lolland and Falster.
Like so many other institutions in Denmark, the ensemble also had to shut down its activities in the spring of 2020 due to the global Corona pandemic. But the musicians had to stay in shape and the audience missed signs of life. They therefore chose on their own initiative and in a very primitive way to produce some small videos that showed that the music was still alive and that you could well - to a certain extent - play chamber music from a great distance!
"Little and the Cat of Happiness" - education for the youngest
Following an idea from the musicians in the ensemble, the performance "Little and the Lucky Cat" was launched. A musical adventure written by Camilla Hübbe and based on Maurice Ravel's beautiful music "Ma Mère l'Oye". The project is part of Guldborgsund and Lolland municipalities' "formation backpack", and will thus reach a very large number of children in first grade during the three years that have been set aside so far.
The spring festival in Næstved 2021 became the first festival without the audience physically present. It therefore gave the ensemble an opportunity to experiment with other ways to reach out with the music. It turned into 3 live-recorded video productions that were distributed on social media.
On the basis of extremely benevolent donations from the Augustinus Foundation, the Lolland-Falster and Langelands Brandsocietets Foundation, the AP Møller Foundation and the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation, we succeeded in being able to acquire a new grand piano. The choice fell on a really good-sounding and beautiful Steinway. The instrument will be a joy for both the audience, the ensemble and other actors in the concert hall in KUMUS.
On the basis of extremely benevolent donations from the Augustinus Foundation, the Lolland-Falster and Langelands Brandsocietets Foundation, the AP Møller Foundation and the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation, we succeeded in being able to acquire a new grand piano. The choice fell on a really good-sounding and beautiful Steinway. The instrument will be a joy for both the audience, the ensemble and other actors in the concert hall in KUMUS.
The spring festival in Næstved 2021 became the first festival without the audience physically present. It therefore gave the ensemble an opportunity to experiment with other ways to reach out with the music. It turned into 3 live-recorded video productions that were distributed on social media.
"Little and the Cat of Happiness" - education for the youngest
Following an idea from the musicians in the ensemble, the performance "Little and the Lucky Cat" was launched. A musical adventure written by Camilla Hübbe and based on Maurice Ravel's beautiful music "Ma Mère l'Oye". The project is part of Guldborgsund and Lolland municipalities' "formation backpack", and will thus reach a very large number of children in first grade during the three years that have been set aside so far.
Like so many other institutions in Denmark, the ensemble also had to shut down its activities in the spring of 2020 due to the global Corona pandemic. But the musicians had to stay in shape and the audience missed signs of life. They therefore chose on their own initiative and in a very primitive way to produce some small videos that showed that the music was still alive and that you could well - to a certain extent - play chamber music from a great distance!
The children's performance "The Nutcracker and the Mouse Queen" was created in a collaboration between Teatret Masken, NørregadeTeatret in Maribo and the ensemble. Hoffmann's fairy tales and Tchaikovsky's music formed the basis of playwright Camilla Hübbe's festive performance filled with good music. During the 44 performances that took place, it was experienced by no less than 5.500 lucky children from Lolland and Falster.
To the great regret of everyone in and around the orchestra and not least the audience, the "Storstrøm Symphony Orchestra" was closed down in 2018. Failing finances were the main reason for this, and the reason for this can be traced back to the municipal reform in 2007. The orchestra had existed since 1952 and had been a significant part of the ensemble's work since 1991. The musicians consisted of a discreet mix of local amateurs, traveling professionals, the ensemble's musicians, MGK students and even music school students.
The former tenant housing to Fuglsang After a thorough renovation and rebuilding in 1863, the manor house from 2016 was inaugurated as 'KUMUS' - a center for music and art on Lolland-Falster. The building is divided between the ensemble and Fuglsang Art Museum's dissemination department. The ensemble's then head, Claus Due, exerted his influence especially with a view to the design of the concert hall, which today stands as a distinguished and modern concert hall with excellent acoustics for chamber music.
In 2016, the Danish Chamber Players were able to celebrate its 25th anniversary. New name - new logo - new domicile (see below) - and a string of concerts that were both retrospective and innovative in programming. 4 new works were composed for the ensemble on the occasion of the anniversary, and a CD - which can still be acquired by contacting the ensemble - was recorded and distributed free of charge. The summer festival was also marked by the anniversary. The next 25 years will hopefully be at least as marked, significant, innovative, breathtaking and necessary.
Like everyone else, the ensemble also celebrated Carl Nielsen's 150th birthday - all year round! Not least the performance "Carl and Marie" was a big bet. Based on the handed down exchange of letters between Carl Nielsen and his wife Marie, a very artistic and sometimes stormy marriage is described. Actress, author and director Lotte Andersen was the creative force behind the production and composer Jesper Nordin had composed the music. The singers Signe Asmussen and Joachim Knopp performed the vocal parts with great empathy and the result was a deeply moving performance, in which the musicians also participated quite dramatically.
Starting in 2011, the main prize at the annual "Young Player Classical" competition for talented children and young people is to be a soloist with the ensemble at a number of concerts around the region. The ensemble is represented in the jury and the competition and the subsequent winning concerts are a great experience for both the young people, the ensemble and the large audience.
The now former solo flutist in DRSO, Toke Lund Christiansen, joins the ensemble as a new artistic advisor. It turned out to be an extraordinarily good match and Toke is still here! His enormous knowledge and repertoire knowledge especially benefits the ensemble in the planning of the annual festival or festivals. And the audience regularly enjoys his always extremely well-placed concert introductions.
The ensemble's supporting economy has been somewhat strained for several periods, but never has its existence been as directly threatened as was the case in 2009. At the end of the transition period after the municipal reform in 2007, agreements had to be negotiated in place with the new municipalities that now constituted the area and population of the late Storstrøms County. It was not easy... But thanks to far-sighted politicians and a strong offensive from both the ensemble's leader, Maria Frej, the ensemble's musicians on their own and great support from the local and national cultural and music life, they managed at the last minute to reach the first framework agreement between the municipalities Guldborgsund, Næstved , Vordingborg, Lolland, Faxe and the Statens Musikudvalg. This framework agreement is continuously renewed and is valid for 4 years at a time and continues to form the formal foundation for the ensemble's work.
In the first years, Svend Aaquist's private vehicle was used. This was followed by a period in which the ensemble was partly dependent on being able to borrow the Central Library's van after opening hours and partly diligent customers at "Avis" in Nykøbing F. But in 2009 they finally managed to acquire a "real company car" to handle the transport of the much equipment and the large instruments that are necessary for a concert to be carried out. The car (an Iveco with lift) is driving just yet ...
2009
2009
New Exhibition Pictures
The ensemble's program committee got a brilliant idea: 7 Danish composers are invited to visit the newly opened Fuglsang Art Museum to choose each one image that can inspire them to a new composition for the ensemble - "New exhibition images". The idea was that the works should be recorded and released on CD together with Jakob Westh's fine instrumentation of Mussorgsky's well-known and beloved "Exhibition Pictures". The works were composed and performed several times, and have also been recorded - but the CD is unfortunately still on the drawing board for financial reasons ...
A circle of dedicated and loyal audiences will be established by the Friends' Association in 2008. It will prove to be of great importance to the ensemble and its musicians in the years to come. Numerous times the members of the association perform voluntary work, and the modest contingent of the association enables valuable gifts for the ensemble (such as new musician chairs). Come and join!
The ensemble established "Talentakademi Storstrøm" in 2008. The purpose was to create a link in the food chain between music school and the local conservatory preparation course MGK, which the ensemble had been involved in from the beginning in 1991. Talents from the five music schools in the new grant municipalities were admitted to the academy after the entrance exam and could look forward to a fruitful 2-year course. Unfortunately, it was politically decided to close the Talent Academy in 2016. And with the closure of MGK in Nykøbing Falster in 2017, it has become much more difficult to develop the musical talents in southeastern Denmark.
In 2007, trumpeter Paul Terracini chose to leave his position in the ensemble and move back to his native Australia. The ensemble's finances were not enough to re-occupy the position, which is why the remaining 8 instruments then made up the ensemble - which in turn fortunately still exists to this day.
2007
2007
Municipal reform!
As is well known, Denmark's counties were closed down in connection with the local government reform in 2007. As a result, the very significant part of the ensemble's operating subsidy that had hitherto come from Storstrøm County disappeared. However, a 2-year transitional arrangement ensured some peace of mind - but ahead, uncertainty awaited both economically, politically and culturally ... The ensemble's close friend, the composer Niels Rosing-Schow, wrote a supportive portrait of the ensemble and its situation - read it below.
It succeeded in persuading the French-Lebanese composer and organist Naji Hakim to instrument his "Sakskøbing Preludes" for the ensemble. He had originally composed these preludes to well-known Danish hymns for organ, and performed them in Sakskøbing Church, where he had inaugurated the church's new digital organ. The work was the start of a long collaboration with Naji Hakim, and also filled a large place in the otherwise very modest repertoire for chamber music with real church content. The ensemble has performed the work many times since and recorded it on CD.
The ensemble was very active in the celebration of Hans Christian Andersen's 200th birthday. Partly as a participating orchestra in a large-scale dramatic performance "HC Andersen and Jenny Lind" touring the region, and partly in a more intimate theater concert "The Wild Swans" with music by Gunner Møller Pedersen, with whom the ensemble had collaborated for several years.
Local enthusiasts in and around Nakskov Gymnasium made an absolutely fantastic event in Sankt Nikolaj Kirke in February 2005. A concert with Storstrøm's Chamber Ensemble, Ensemble Domino, Nakskov Gymnasium's Choir and not least the world star, soprano Barbara Hendricks. It was all conducted by Frans Rasmussen and was a very great experience for both the audience, the participating high school students, the musicians and Nakskov cultural life in general.
Following a presentation by the ensemble's artistic advisor, Gordon Hunt, the festival "Summer Music on FuglsangIt should become an annual tradition that lives on to this day. Intense days (in the beginning it was actually a whole week) with many concerts - some with guest soloists / ensembles - and other events related to the festival's current theme or Fuglsang as a locality. The public has the opportunity to spend the night at Herregaarden or other places nearby and thus be a part of the busy, creative time. The musicians are here and there and everywhere, and there is ample opportunity to talk "back stage".
Most adults who were born at that time can remember where they were on September 11, 2001 ... Storstrøm's Chamber Ensemble was in Riga, Latvia on a small tour. The dramatic day began in front of the television in the hotel lobby, before the bus transported the musicians to rehearsal before tonight's concert. The next day they flew (...) on to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, where several concerts were to take place. During the Danish cultural promotion in the Baltics, e.g. played works by Ole Buck and Vagn Holmboe.
Internationally acclaimed oboist Gordon Hunt is associated with the ensemble as an artistic advisor. It was to prove to be the beginning of a very long and very rewarding collaboration, in which Gordon Hunt was particularly important for the ensemble's annual summer festivals. But the years that followed also featured two marked ones CD recordings with music by WA Mozart respectively and J. Ibert.
A significant musical-dramatic performance in collaboration with the local theater Cantabile 2 in Vordingborg took place in the spring of 2001. The ensemble played Marco Spallanzani's evocative music live to all the otherwise wordless performances.
In the summer of 2000, the ensemble tried its hand at an international summer academy for young woodwinds and horn players. Under the direction of the ensemble's artistic advisor, the clarinetist Murray Khouri, he succeeded in creating an intense process that to that extent took advantage of Fuglsangs opportunities for immersion and artistic inspiration. English oboist Gordon Hunt was enrolled as an assistant director alongside the ensemble's musicians. The success was repeated the following year, where the process also ended with a concert in Tivoli's Concert Hall.
Another large-scale and overseas tour took place in 1999. The newly founded "Association for Danish-Argentine Cultural Exchange" was one of the main forces behind the project. New Danish works by i.a. Niels Rosing-Schow and Peter Bruun were presented at a number of concerts in the great country - not least in the famous "Teatro Colon" in Buenos Aires. Tango music was explored and several significant and close ties between the ensemble and Argentine musicians and composers were forged.
In 1997, the ensemble's then leader, Finn Hansen, succeeded in negotiating an agreement in place with the Classenske Fideicommis that Storstrøm's Chamber Ensemble could establish itself in the historic Fuglsang Herregaard - it was with all due respect something of an upgrade from the previous basement rooms at Nykøbing Falster Music School ... The ensemble's administration was housed in Herregaarden's east wing and the ensemble and its musicians received joy and artistic inspiration from trying and holding concerts in the recently renovated and very beautiful music hall. A new era had begun.
In 1996, the ensemble was awarded the prestigious "Music Critics' Artist Prize". The reception took place at a concert in Tivoli's concert hall, where a newly composed work by the composer Niels Marthinsen had his premiere with the ensemble as soloists in front of the Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
"Venderne på Lolland" in Ravnsborg Bakker - and collaboration with Ole Buck
With "Venderne på Lolland", another regional play became a reality, evocatively placed in the beautiful Ravnsborg Hills on Nordlolland and in collaboration with the Nørregade Theater in Maribo and the composer Ole Buck. The ensemble had 3 years before it initiated a well-functioning, and long lasting collaboration with Ole Buck who over a number of years composed his "Landscapes" for the ensemble.
This second expansion of the ensemble should have originally meant two more musketeers. But an agreement was reached with the granting authorities on a model in which a bassoonist was now employed, and the remaining funds would then have to be used for changing guest musicians.
Thanks to good contacts to the Australian music scene through the ensemble's trumpeter Paul Terracini, an almost spectacular tour to Australia (with Paul's brother, singer Lyndon Terracini as soloist) was set up in the early summer of 1993. The ensemble first played in the Church of Denmark in Singapore, and then gave concerts in Brisbane and along the east coast of Australia. The tour ended with a concert at the Sydney Opera House.
In the original constellation, the ensemble consisted of 6 musicians, but it was planned from the beginning that two expansions of 2 musicians would be needed in the coming years. The first expansion took place in the autumn of 1992, when violin and viola were added. The ensemble's repertoire possibilities were thus quite significantly increased.
In the summer of 1992, Storstrøm's Chamber Ensemble (which was now the official name) began a collaboration - which was to prove to be unusually long-lasting - with Egnsteatret Masken. The local play / folk opera "Dreamed me a dream" became a great success not least thanks to a large group of tireless volunteers both on and behind the stage. Kim Helweg had composed the music. There was a very special atmosphere during the performance that night, when Denmark played the final of the European Football Championship ...!.
On 1 May 1991, the "Basic Ensemble in Storstrøms County" was established. The composer and conductor Svend Aaquist had been hired as artistic and administrative director of the ensemble, and had already begun this work some time before the musicians started. Immediately after some intense introductory meetings in private with Svend Aaquist, the actual musical rehearsal work began. The ensemble was so privileged to have a rehearsal room available downstairs at the Music School in Nykøbing Falster. The central library in the city also had a small office space in surplus, which served as the administration room for the ensemble for the first six years. The first public concert took place in the hall of the library a few weeks later.
A total of six musician positions were advertised in the dailies, but the instruments were not specified - everyone could apply, including harpists. The 1st round of the competition was held solo, divided into instrument groups, and the 2nd round was reserved for chamber music.
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