ORCHESTRA

Photo by Gävle Symfony Orchestra

Lil Lacy has a great passion for composing music for the orchestra. The colors and spatiality of the orchestra is of a never-ending and constant inspiration to Lil Lacy.
Lil Lacy will be Composer in Residence at the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra (DK) from 2024-2027 and at Gävle Symphony Orchestra (SE) from 2025 – 2026.

These long-term collaborations are of great value to Lil Lacy as a composer in relation to developing both her music for, experiences with and approaches to collaborating with orchestras across different cultures and countries. Furthermore, Lil Lacy is curious about how the music of the orchestra meets, engages with and communicates to the audience. This has among others resulted in an outdoor multichannel installation of the orchestra piece Aurōra, that will be premiered in 2026 in Gävle, SE in close collaboration with Gävle Symphony Orchestra. 
The orchestra music by Lil Lacy is published by Edition Wiilhelm Hansen

Orchestra pieces, premieres and recordings

Aurōra, 2023 (13 min.), for orchestra 

  • World premiere by Gävle Symphony Orchestra and conductor Christian Reif, 2023 

  • US premiere at The Lakes Area Music Festival with conductor Christian Reif, 2024 

  • CA premiere with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and conductor Christian Reif, 2025 

  • DK premiere with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Collon, 2025
    Commissioned by Gävle Symphony Orchestra

    About the piece: Aurōra is inspired by the sculpture Auroras Seger by Staffan Nihlen and the Roman Goddess of dawn transforming night into day, and darkness into light. The peice explores the transformation of silence into sound, noise into tone and darkness into light.
    The piece will be premiered as a multi-channel installation in Gävle, SE, Spring 2026.
    Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

    Aurōra was recorded during the US premiere on 18, 2024 at the Lakes Area Music Festival w. conductor Christian Reif in Brainerd, Minnesota, US. Recorded live by Michael DeMark.

 

Di drømm dæ bringe vos sammel (The Dreams that bring us together), 2023 (10 min.), for orchestra 

  • World premiere by the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Johannes Wildner, 2023
    Commissioned by the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra (Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester)

    About the piece: The title Di drømm dæ bringe vos sammel is in the dialect of Alsisk, meaning The dreams that bring us together in English. The piece is inspired by the history of the Southern part of Denmark, a.o. the songs that has helped to keep the Danish language and identity of the people here through generations, and the Danish resistance movement during the World War II. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Aliento del mar, 2021 (9 min.) for accordion soloist and orchestra 

  • World premiere by Gävle Symphony Orchestra and accordion soloist Bjarke Mogensen with conductor Ryan Bancroft, 2021
    Commissioned by Bjarke Mogensen

    About the piece: Aliento del mar is inspired by the movement of the tide; the rise and fall of sea levels.
    Aliento del mar means Breath of the ocean in English. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

 

Fluidity of Matter and Life, 2025 (25 min.) for flute and orchestra 

  • World premiere by the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Henrik Schaefer, Oct. 2025

  • SE premiere by Gävle Symphony Orchestra and conductor Christian Reif, Oct. 2025
    Commissioned by the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra
    Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

 

A Mountain of Hope, 2025 (15 min.) for orchestra 

  • World premiere by Gävle Symphony Orchestra and conductor Christian Reif, March 2026

  • US premiere at The Lakes Area Music Festiva with conductor Christian Reif, Summer 2026
    Commissioned by Gävle Symphony Orchestra
    Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Symphony (title TBA), 2025 (30 min.) for orchestra 

  • World premiere by the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Christian Øland, June 2026

  • SE premiere by Gävle Symphony Orchestra and conductor Christian Reif, 2026/2027
    Commissioned by the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with Gävle Symphony Orchestra
    Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Photos by Gävle Symphony Orchestra