The first of three concerts featuring the symphonies of Nielsen, live from the Barbican Hall, London. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conductor Simon Rattle
Solveig Kringlebotn (sop) Olaf Bar (baritone)
Nielsen Symphony No 1 in G minor
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
8.05 Robert Layton looks at the way Nielsen's musical personality was formed and contrasts his early development with that of his contemporaries.
8.25 Nielsen
Symphony No 3 (Sinfonia Espansiva)
(In association with Carlsberg)