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Mossy Mogens
An orchestral concert with live animation, where the hall sings, claps and dances a forest into being.
▶The concert · Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, 2024Quick facts
Duration42 min
Ageabout 5–8 years (grades 0–2)
AudienceSchool and family concerts
EnsembleSymphony orchestra · conductor · two singers · host with keytar (2024 version)
FormatOrchestral concert with animation projected above the orchestra
LanguagesDanish
What the audience sees
A troll who has grown stuck in his own moss, and a human girl who cannot help helping. The hall sings, claps and dances the moss into being. During the premiere week the children drowned out the soloists more than once.
“I have experienced both The Neverending Maze and Mossy Mogens as effective and strong concerts for children.”
Jonas Ervolder Bové, percussion, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra (recommendation, translated from Danish, cleared for MMM)
Performance materials
| Item | Value | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| full score | exists (Bryła) | K | F-MOG-8 |
| parts | exist for the 2024 version | K | F-MOG-8 |
| animation | exists (Ouros); rights agreement not clarified | ND | FACTS §5 (OUROS RIGHTS) |
| songbook teaching | Songbook, book and audiobook with Forlaget Dansk Sang; teaching films (Budapest Art Orchestra) | K | F-MOG-1, F-MOG-16, A-MOG-009 |
| rights text | Text co-author Ida Christine Jacobsen; rights OPEN | ND | F-MOG-2 |
Performance history
| When | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 29 May - 1 Jun 2024 | Orchestral premiere: six school concerts and a family concert | Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Musikkens Hus |
| Sep-Oct 2025 | Cinema Show (solo, interactive) | BUSTER, Cinemateket, Herlev, Nordisk Film Trøjborg, Elværket |
Credits
Music and concept: Mathias Madsen Munch · text: Ida Christine Jacobsen · orchestration: Thomas Bryła · animation: Ouros Animation
Education
Songbook, book and audiobook with Forlaget Dansk Sang; teaching films recorded with Budapest Art Orchestra. Orchestra CV →