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concert The Danish National Symphony Orchestra play Nielsen's Symphony No. 1 An award-winning Nielsen cycle with Fabio Luisi

An award-winning Nielsen cycle with Fabio Luisi

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra play Nielsen's Symphony No. 1 An award-winning Nielsen cycle with Fabio Luisi

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Danish composer Carl Nielsen establishes his unique compositional style in the flamboyant and unpredictable score of his Symphony No.1. In a performance by the outstanding Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Nielsen’s original and progressive understanding of modulation shines as the piece begins in a minor and closes in the joyous key of C major - a rather new idea in the world of the symphony. Composed in 1892 at the age of 27, the work reveals a surprising maturity and achieved rapid success following its première in Copenhagen. One recognized critic described the symphony as “unstable and brutal in its modulations yet marvelously innocent, like a child playing with dynamite”. 

Discover Nielsen’s complete symphonies and concert works here performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Fabio Luisi.

Cast

  • Clara Cecilie Thomsen | Soprano
  • Jacob Skov Andersen | Tenor
  • Jens Søndergaard | Baritone
  • Danish National Concert Choir
  • Danish National Junior Choir
  • Poul Emborg | Chorus Master
  • Susanne Wendt | Chorus Master
  • Danish National Symphony Orchestra
  • Fabio Luisi | Conductor

Program

  • Carl Nielsen, Helios Overture, Op. 17
  • Carl Nielsen, Springtime in Funen
  • Carl Nielsen, Symphony No. 1, Op. 7
    • I. Allegro orgoglioso
    • II. Andante
    • III. Allegro comodo - Andante sostenuto - Tempo I
    • IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Kasper Lange
  • Venue: DR Koncerthuset (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • Production date: 2023
  • Duration: 1 h 13 min
  • Production: © EuroArts
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