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Composer of the Week: Carl Nielsen

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Carl Nielsen 's international reputation today rests as much as anything on his six symphonies. Donald Macleod charts Nielsen's first years as a composer, up to his first symphony, begun in 1891, the year in which he married the Danish sculptress Anne Marie Brodersen. Serenade; Beware o ' Bonnie Ann Peder Severin (tenor), Dorte Kirkeskov (piano)
Little Suite for strings
BBC Symphony Orchestra. conductor Gerard Korsten
Symphony No 1
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Thomas Dausgaard

Contributors

Unknown:
Carl Nielsen
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Anne Marie Brodersen.
Unknown:
Bonnie Ann
Tenor:
Peder Severin
Piano:
Dorte Kirkeskov
Conductor:
Gerard Korsten
Conductor:
Thomas Dausgaard
Source: Radio Times

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