Programme
- Danish folk-songs
- Polka for Solo Violin
- Nordic and Danish Folk Music
- Violin Concerto
- Symphony No. 3, âSinfonia espansivaâ*
Performers
- Henning Kraggerudviolin
- DĂ©nise Becksoprano*
- Benjamin Applbaritone*
- Thomas Dausgaardconductor
Composers
Concert information
âThe whole world was like a great bow, stretching from north to southâ. As the 16-year old Carl Nielsen took the ferry from his island home to a new musical life in Copenhagen, he remembered that âeverything seemed to swell within meâ. He never lost that youthful sense of energy, of optimism, of life. It pulses in every bar of his soaring Sinfonia espansiva, and yells and leaps through his typically quirky (but hugely entertaining) Violin Concerto, music rooted in Nielsenâs working-class rural childhood. Thomas Dausgaard feels passionately about this composer and heâs assembled a team of outstanding young soloists, plus Denmarkâs leading string quartet, to dig deep into this wonderful music.
(approximate finish time: 5.30pm)
Please Note: there will be two intervals of approximately 20 minutes each.
During the intervals students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will perform chamber music by Nielsen: 'Canto Serioso', for horn and piano; 'Fantasy Piece' for clarinet and piano - and 'Five Piano Pieces, Op.3'.
Post-Concert Coda (approx. 5 minutes after the main concert has finished): Nielsen, String Quartet No.1 in G minor, played by the Danish String Quartet.
The main concert and post-concert coda will be recorded for future broadcast on ±«Óătv Radio 3.