The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra marks its 100th anniversary with one of the orchestra's great international successes, namely the masterpiece Music of the Spheres , which they have previously performed at The BBC Proms, among other places.

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Luisi & the Music of the Spheres

DR Koncerthuset

Michael Schønwandt conducts the Southern Jutland Symphony Orchestra in our unofficial, recurring season opening: Rued Langgaard Festival – an evening that, as usual, explores Langgaard's most visionary works.

The whole thing begins evocatively with Messiaen's motet O Sacrum Convivium! and then features Langgaard's concert piece The Star in the East, which is heavenly music with soprano Louise McClelland as soloist. This is followed by Symphony No. 6, - a dramatic main work with strong ties to the opera Antichrist, which the orchestra has previously performed with great success. After the interval, Ludolf Nielsen's nature-depicting Skovvandring will be performed, and the concert will conclude with Langgaard's choral work Fra Dybet, performed by a united choir of young, talented singers. Michael Schønwandt has been one of Denmark's leading conductors for almost 50 years. Chief conductor and music director of the Royal Danish Orchestra. Theatre and Orchestra 2000-2013, chief conductor of the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester 1992-98, 1st guest conductor of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra 1889-2000, chief conductor of the Opera and Orchestra in Montpellier 2015-23 are just some of the orchestras he has been associated with over time.

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Ribe Cathedral

The Antichrist makes his entrance into a godless world. Sent by Lucifer into the world, he adopts many guises. Mankind is tested and tempted by pride, lust, lies, despondency and hatred in an “all-against-all altercation”. Langgaard’s opera is suffused with fin de siècle atmosphere and pessimism, warning of catastrophe and denouncing the vices of the modern age: egotism, arrogance, frivolity. Langgaard, though, was also an optimist, convinced of the transformative, transcendental power of art and the importance of music as a thread connecting people to the godhead. So it is that the world is freed of all evil and sorrow in the culminating chorus scene in ANTIKRIST.

Antichrist

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Strauss was 84 and in the autumn of his life when he composed Vier Letzte Lieder – a song cycle for soprano and orchestra. The songs are about saying goodbye to life, but there is no dirge about Strauss's work – rather a clarity. The music is sparklingly beautiful, and together with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra this evening, the Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg, who since her employment at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin from 2013-15, has been in demand on opera and concert stages all over the world.

Strauss & Langgaard

Aalborg Central Waterfront

This is how most adventures start. Forget the stress of everyday life, sit back and let yourself be enchanted and come on a magical flight through an adventurous sound universe. Where your dreams come true and where imagination has no limits. Here there is only joy and warmth. Come and get a big musical hug!

Aarhus Chamber Music Festival: FAIRY TALES

Musikhuset Aarhus

Study concert with voice students under Tuva Semmingsen


Study concert with voice students

DKDM

Study concert with chamber music under Fredrik Sjölin


Study concert with chamber music

The Studio Hall

Concert lecture by philosopher and music historian Søren Schauser and pianist Emil Gryesten.

The Sublime

Join us for an evening of profound musical exploration with the CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra at the Praxis Fiber Workshop. The event, titled "Landscape of Memory," promises to be a journey through the evocative realms of memory and reflection, brought to life through the medium of string quartets.

This event is a must-attend for lovers of classical music and those interested in the ways music can evoke and explore memories. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the power of string quartets in an intimate setting, performed by a talented ensemble of musicians.

Landscape of Memory

Praxis Fiber Workshop

Debut concert Mattias Branner

Konservatoriets Koncertsal

Study concert with bassoon- and accompaniment students under Mattias Branner, Sebastian Stevensson, and Audun Halvorsen

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