Nielsen Symphony Cycle II
19:30 Sat 13 Jun 2015 Main Auditorium
The orchestra performs Nielsen’s Second and Fifth symphonies alongside Mahler’s songs.
The orchestra performs Nielsen’s Second and Fifth symphonies alongside Mahler’s songs.
Programme
- Symphony No 2 'The Four Temperaments'
- Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, Trost im Unglück, Der Schildwache Nachtlied, Der Tambourg'sell
- interval
- Symphony No 5
Performers
- John StorgårdsConductor
- Florian BoeschBaritone
Composers
Concert Information
For Carl Nielsen, everything about life was worth celebrating. A country walk, a set of cartoons on the wall of an inn somehow bubbled up into the exuberant The Four Temperaments. Nielsen’s Second might just be the happiest symphony of the 20th century; but what’s certain is that his explosive, elemental Fifth is one of the very greatest.
