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Composer of the Week: Nielsen

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Carl Nielsen once wrote that his life was lived through music ratherthan out in the everyday world. Today Donald Macleod introduces music Nielsen composed at the beginning of the 20th century. Maskarade (excerpts)
Bo Skovhus (baritone),
Gert-Henning Jensen (tenor), Michael Kristensen (bass-baritone), Marianne Rorholm (mezzo), Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano), Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ulf Schirmer
Symphony No 3 (Sinfonia Espansiva)
Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), Poul Elming (tenor), Danish National Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Michael Schonwandt

Contributors

Unknown:
Carl Nielsen
Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Baritone:
Bo Skovhus
Baritone:
Gert-Henning Jensen
Tenor:
Michael Kristensen
Baritone:
Marianne Rorholm
Soprano:
Henriette Bonde-Hansen
Conductor:
Ulf Schirmer
Soprano:
Inger Dam-Jensen
Soprano:
Poul Elming
Conductor:
Michael Schonwandt
Source: Radio Times

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