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3 unusual facts about Poul Ruders


Aage Haugland

In 2000, he played the role of the Commander in the première of Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale.

Poul Ruders

Ruders has composed a Concerto in Pieces (1995), which is a set of variations on the "Witches' Chorus" from Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas.

Ruders has created a large body of music ranging from opera and orchestral works through chamber, vocal and solo music in a variety of styles, from the Vivaldi pastiche of his first violin concerto (1981) to the explosive modernism of Manhattan Abstraction (1982).



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