It is always with a very special pleasure that we present music by Carl Nielsen in our beautiful concert hall's Carl Nielsen Hall. And from the first chord kicks in, and Symphony No. 1 begins in “proud and cheerful” fashion (Nielsen loved obscure, Italian tempo designations – this one is “allegro orgoglioso”), we hear a 27-year-old, up-and-coming composer who has already solid take on the symphonic genre. He had begun work on the work while in the early 1890s on a grant-funded study tour around Europe and had become familiar with the "great music controversy", which required a young composer to decide whether he wanted to be "classicist" (like Brahms) or "new German" (like Wagner). And he had chosen a completely third path – of which the first symphony is unmistakable proof. Here there is an abundance of Danish tonal language, Beethovenian rhythmic processing of themes, and the special "progressive tonality" - ending in a different key than we started in - which also became one of Nielsen's hallmarks. Audiences widened their eyes when an unknown member of the second violin group stood and bowed after the premiere in 1894 – but once they found out who the elusive violinist was, he had to return and receive applause no less than three times.

2024 NIELSEN’S 1st & MOZART’S CLARINET CONCERT

Odense Concert Hall

Copenhagen Phil's honorary guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard takes us on a journey into Grieg's fabulous piano concerto – one of the most beloved works in music history. Czech piano virtuoso Lukáš Vondrácek sits at the piano.

Dausgaard and Grieg

Konservatoriets Koncertsal

First concertmaster Malin Broman leads this concert where bassoonist Daniel Handsworth takes the soloist role in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's playful concerto for the instrument. Also Dane Nancy Dalberg's Capriccio for orchestra and Johannes Brahms' lively Hungarian Dances .

Nancy Dalberg

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 21, 2025

Dausgaard and Grieg · Copenhagen Phil

14 - 15 May, 2025

Daniel Handsworth In Mozart's Bassoon Concerto · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Past events

May 24, 2024

2024 NIELSEN’S 1st & MOZART’S CLARINET CONCERT · Odense Symphony Orchestra

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