MINI
2.2.1.1 – 2.2.2.0
2 fl (2 = picc), ob, eh, cl, bsn – 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn – timp + 2 perc (Perc I incl. timp)
City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong 2025; Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester 2026
Orchestral concert for young audiences · core repertoire
The Neverending Maze
An interactive fairy-tale concert where the audience decides which way the music goes.
▶Trailer · Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, 2023 · 2:00Quick facts
Durationto be confirmed
Age6–10 years
FormatInteractive concert · three audience choices, every outcome composed
LanguagesDanish · English · Russian · Latvian
VersionsMINI · MEDIUM · MAXI
Already on stage4 orchestras
What the audience sees
A maze that steals voices, and a hall that has to help win them back. Four string players step out of the orchestra as characters from the story, and the audience's choices along the way decide which path through the score the concert takes. The orchestra does not play the same concert two days running.
“For several years we have heard about his interactive formats from the other symphony orchestras. Now we experience ourselves how the audience is engaged.”
Adam Stadnicki, Head of Music and CEO, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, May 2026 (translated from Danish)
Already on stage
| When | Who | What |
|---|---|---|
| 13-14 Apr 2013 | DR Koncerthuset | World premiere (string quartet version) |
| 28 May 2019 | DR Koncerthuset | 100th performance |
| 2017-2019 | Riga and Madona (Latvia) 2018; Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Yekaterinburg (Russia) 2017-2019 | Touring abroad |
| 25-28 Oct 2023 | Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Musikhuset Aarhus | Orchestral premiere, 7 performances |
| 16-21 Sep 2024 | Musikkens Hus, Aalborg | Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Henrik Vagn Christensen |
| 24 Jan 2025 | Tsuen Wan Town Hall | City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, conductor Sharon Andrea Choa, in English |
| Apr-May 2026 | Kolding, Sønderborg, Aabenraa, Haderslev, Tønder, Flensburg | Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, seven school concerts on tour |
Listen
Audio excerpt
Does it fit your orchestra?
Three locked versions. Choose the one your fixed winds and brass cover: a smaller version can always be played, a larger one cannot. The string section size is not fixed in the score; percussion needs timpani and two players.
MEDIUM
2.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1
2 fl (2 = picc), ob, eh, cl, bcl, 2 bsn – 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tuba – timp + 2 perc
Aalborg Symfoniorkester 2024
MAXI
3.3.3.2 – 4.3.3.1
3 fl (3 = picc), 2 ob, eh, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bsn – 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tuba – timp + 2 perc
Aarhus Symfoniorkester 2023
Language and narration
Performed in Danish, English, Russian and Latvian. A new language needs a translated script and a narrator.
Production package
- Versions: MINI, MEDIUM, MAXI
- Full scores and parts
- Script (DA, EN)
- Teaching material (Danish, grades 3–4)
- Perusal score (watermarked)
- Technical rider (click track, playback, keytar)
- Narrator and translation policy
- Contracting party
How to start
On this page
Film, programme facts, versions and line-ups, track record.
On request
Perusal score, script, technical rider, teaching material, production package.
At contract stage
Terms, licence and performance materials.
Credits
Music, text and concept: Mathias Madsen Munch · orchestration: Thomas Bryła · illustration: Jan Kjær
Education
Danish teaching material from the Aarhus 2023 concerts (Levende Musik i Skolen / Koncertløftet).