live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Inge Nielsen (soprano)
Anne Gjevang (contralto) Poul Elming (tenor)
Aage Haugland (bass) Danish National Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra conductor
Dmitri Kitaenko.
Founded in 1925, the National Radio Symphony Orchestra is Denmark's leading ensemble. Under its chief conductor
Leif Segerstam it has recently undertaken major world tours, together with recordings of music by Nielsen, Sibelius and Mahler. Meanwhile its principal guest conductor, Dmitri Kitaenko (formerly of the Moscow
Philharmonic) is recording a broad repertoire, including Stravinsky,
Prokofiev, and the most important figure in 19thcentury Danish musical life, Niels Gade. Gade was a friend of Mendelssohn and was also influenced by Schumann. His early work in particular has a distinctive charm and spontaneity. His rarely performed choral cantata of 1853, The Elf-King's
Daughter, opens tonight's concert. Its subject is the dramatic encounter between Lor OIuf, on the eve of his intended wedding, and the elf-king's daughter. Niels Gade
The Elf-King's Daughter
8.15 An Ugly Duckling? "20 November 1825.
Stayed at home all day, read Byron's biography. Oh! he was just like me - ambitious and happy only when admired by everybody....
Michael Rosen visits the Hans Christian Andersen
Museum in Odense to learn more about the great Danish storyteller.
8.35
Musorgsky, orch Denisov Songs and Dances of Death
Prokofiev
Cantata: Alexander Nevsky