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Season 2017-18

DANISH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

SEASON 2017-18

DEAR AUDIENCE Welcome to a season in which the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi bring heaven and earth together in a series of magnificent musical works that grapple with the most powerful forces in human life.

In the Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s new concert season we dare to

invite the public to experience some of music’s most powerful and redemptive works; music where existence itself is at stake; in which the heavens open and the sound of the orchestra is borne aloft by strong singing voices, graphic texts and spiritual drama – from Beethoven’s masterly Missa Solemnis through Bartók’s macabre erotic thriller opera Bluebeard’s Castle to James MacMillan’s new St. Luke Passion and Franz Schmidt’s grand oratorio The Book with Seven Seals.

If there is one consistent theme that runs through the musical works of the season, it is the acknowledgement of love as the sustaining force of human life.

In beautiful Late Romantic tone poems, great symphonies and dramatic oratorios, the composers of the season return constantly to earthly or celestial love as a redemptive power. For the musician – and for humanity in general – it is hard not to be captivated by the beauty of the message!

Whether you are an experienced or a brand new concert-goer, in this season you will have rich opportunities to choose freely between well-known classics, great musical dramas and not least a number of works that the orchestra has never played before – both new and old. You can also choose to try out a whole range of concert experiences that we have put together for you in a subscription series. Perhaps you will be surprised?

Welcome to a new season with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra – we hope you will join us in our journey into the music!

Kim Bohr Chief Executive & Artistic Director DR Choirs & Orchestras

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DANISH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2017/2018

P R I N C I PA L C O N D U C T O R

FABIO LUISI

“During the short period, I have been Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, I have lost my heart to the Orchestra and the Danish audiences.”

Credit: Jeppe Carlsen / Balu Photography

Here in Copenhagen I have encountered a quite special openness, trust and equality among the musicians that is very rare – and which I associate with a special Nordic mentality. The Danish National Symphony Orchestra is not only a phenomenally good symphony orchestra; it is also a fantastic grouping of living personalities, each of whom offers his or her take on the music. This gives me, as a conductor – and as a human being – the very best conditions for working freely, concentratedly and quite uncompromisingly in the service of the music without having to struggle with either personal reservations or burdensome hierarchies and traditions.

The same openness that I experience from the musicians, I also sense from the Danish audiences. There is a uniquely warm atmosphere in DR Koncerthuset, which the Orchestra and I can clearly feel on the stage. The regular concertgoers and the new faces alike allow themselves to be captivated by both the familiar and the entirely unknown – and that means everything to us who create the music!

I am truly looking forward to the new season at DR Koncerthuset, where the Orchestra and I will together present to the public several of the truly great musical masterpieces – and will do our utmost to reach the hearts of the audience and unlock the innermost essence of the music. Fabio Luisi

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AUGUST 2017 / SEPTEMBER 2017 / OCTOBER 2017

31. Aug & 1. Sep

7. & 8. Sep

14. & 15. Sep

Luisi & Mahler 8

Luisi & Nielsen 5

Blomstedt Honeck & & Mendelssohn Dvořák 9

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Danish National Concert Choir MDR Choir Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soloists: Ricarda Merberth, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Christoph Fischesser Mahler: Symphony No. 8

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soloist: Julia Fischer, violin Henze: Il vitalino raddoppiato Nielsen: Symphony No. 5

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt Mendelssohn: The Hebrides overture Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian” Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”

Thursday 31/8 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Friday 1/9 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

This year’s biggest concert! Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 – “Symphony of a Thousand” – that praises God and eternity, is rarely performed. Up to 400 performers will be on stage at the Concert Hall, including eight vocal soloists and two large choirs.

Luisi & Mahler 8 (Fabio Luisi)

Thursday 7/9 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Friday 8/9 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

For the first time, Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi presents Carl Nielsen’s Fifth Symphony - arguably the most famous Danish symphony. This evening’s soloist is Julia Fischer of Germany, who plays Henze’s unique violin concerto, which is inspired by Baroque music.

Luisi & Nielsen 5 (Julia Fisher)

Thursday 14/9 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Friday 15/9 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s conductor laureate Herbert Blomstedt has handpicked his favourite music for this purely Mendelssohn concert. Indestructible classical favourites that take us on a journey from wind-swept Scotland to the sunny cheerfulness of Italy.

28. Sep

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Bluebeard’s Castle

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Thursday 5/10 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Saturday 7/10 • 2017 • 3.00 pm

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Manfred Honeck Soloist: Paul Armin Edelmann, baritone Dvořák: arr. Honeck Rusalka Suite Strauss: Lieder Schubert: Lieder Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” Dvořák’s most beloved symphony, the “New World Symphony ”, which tells of America’s greatness - and the longing for the old world that is so far away. Honeck also presents his own orchestral suite with music from Dvořák’s opera about the little mermaid, Rusalka.

12. Oct

Thursday 28/9 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

Thursday 12/10 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

Turangalîla

Bluebeard’s Castle

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Juanjo Mena Soloists: Steven Osborne, piano, Valérie Hartmann Claverie, ondes martenot Messiaen: Turangalîlla Symphony

Honeck & Dvořák 9 (Manfred Honeck)

5. & 7. Oct

There is no music that can be compared with Olivier Messiaen’s giant symphony, Turangalîla. An ecstatic work of love so strong that it takes ten movements, a huge orchestra and a virtuoso piano soloist.

Turangalîla must simply be experienced – live!

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Alain Altinoglu Soloists: Nora Gubisch, mezzo, Gábor Bretz, bass Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle A concert performance of Bartok’s incomparable opera. A psycholo­ gical thriller based on the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale about the powerful Bluebeard and his young wife, who may not get too close to him. Yet she slowly has the locked doors in his castle opened...

17. Oct Tuesday 17/10 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

Rachlin & Brahms Norwegian National Opera Orchestra Conductor: Karl-Heinz Steffens Soloist: Julian Rachlin, violin Brahms: Violin Concerto Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

“Veni, Creator spiritus” – “Come, Spirit of Creation!” – are the first sounding words in this concert season, in which Mahler’s great Eighth Symphony praises God, Creation, Eternity and not least Love.

Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben is a musical self-portrait of a genius and displays his orchestral art to the maximum. The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra and chief conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens also present a guest virtuoso: Julian Rachlin from Vienna, who is the soloist in Brahms’ Violin Concerto.

26. & 27. Oct

Thursday 26/10 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Friday 27/10 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

Temirkanov & Tchaikovsky Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov Soloist: Nikolai Lugansky, piano Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 If you love Russian music, then this is a concert not to be missed!

Experience the best of Tchaikovsky and Rach­maninov, played by the virtuoso Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky and conducted by Yuri Temirkanov - a magician of the podium in a league of his own.

Credit: Per Morten Abrahamsen / Felix Broede

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NOVEMBER 2017 / DECEMBER 2017

Afkham & Aimard (Pierre-Laurent Aimard)

10. Nov Friday 10/11 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

23.& 24. Nov

Thursday 23/11 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Friday 24/11 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

Dausgaard & Missa Solemnis Afkham & Aimard Swedish Chamber Orchestra Swedish Radio Choir Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard Soloists: Malin Christensson, Kristina Hammarström, Michael Weinius, Joseph Wagner Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Gardner & Grieg’s Piano Concerto (Edward Gardner)

9. Nov Thursday 9/11 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

Two Dreamers Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Otto Tausk Soloist: Johannes Moser, cello Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen: Cello Concerto (First Performance) Schumann: Symphony No. 4 Two composers mirrored in a world of dreams. Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen’s beautiful new Cello Concerto is melancholic, vivid music that is the perfect foil to the romanticist Schumann and the wistful world of his Symphony No. 4.

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Beethoven’s masterful Missa Solem­ nis for orchestra, choir and soloists was composed at the same time as his famous Ninth Symphony.

Experience this guest performance with Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, one of the world’s leading Beethoven ensembles.

16. & 18. Nov

Thursday 16/11 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Saturday 18/11 • 2017 • 3.00 pm

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: David Afkham Soloist: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite Ravel: La Valse The orchestra is particularly radiant when the music is by Ravel and Strauss, and the young German conductor David Afkham is unmatched in his control of the great forces. The soloist in Ravel’s much-loved Piano Concerto is the French virtuoso Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

30. Nov & 1. Dec

Thursday 30/11 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Friday 1/12 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

Gardner & Grieg’s Christmas Piano Concerto Oratorio I Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Edward Gardner Soloist: Javier Perianes Wagner: Faust Overture Grieg: Piano Concerto Grieg: Lyric Suite Strauss: Tod und Verklärung

Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Marcus Creed Soloists: Christina Landshamer, Wiebke Lemkuhl, Benjamin Hulett, André Morsch Bach: Christmas Oratorio, parts 1-3

Two sides of Scandinavia’s most popular composer, Edvard Grieg: first, his tempestuous Piano Concerto and then the Norwegian miniatures which make up his Lyric Suite for Orchestra. Richard Strauss’ ingenious Tod und Verklärung is a symphonic poem about the transition from life to death.

The Danish National Vocal Ensemble and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra launch the Christmas season with the first three parts of Bach’s great Christmas Oratorio. Bach wrote the music to be performed over the Christmas period, so the music follows the narrative of the Nativity Gospel. The last three parts of the Oratorio will be performed at the concerts in January.

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14. & 15. Dec

Thursday 14/12 • 2017 • 7.30 pm Friday 15/12 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

Luisi & Beethoven 7

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soloist: Lasse Mauritzen, horn Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Beethoven’s immortal Seventh ­Symphony is a triumphant accumulation of energy. Also discover works

by Schoenberg and Richard Strauss, which are in the safe hands of the Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi, and the orchestra’s virtuoso Principal horn player, Lasse Mauritzen.

21. Dec Thursday 21/12 • 2017 • 7.30 pm

The Book with Seven Seals The dramatic oratorio “The Book with Seven Seals” is a grandscale retelling of the heavenly visions of the Revelation of St. John – and a personal favourite of Fabio Luisi.

Credit: Marco Borggreve / Benjamin Ealovega / Thorbjørn Fessel / Per Morten Abrahamsen

29. & 31. Dec

Friday 29/12 • 2017 • 3.00 pm Sunday 31/12 • 2017 • 1.00 pm Sunday 31/12 • 2017 • 5.00 pm

New Year’s Galla Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti In keeping with tradition, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra performs a sweeping festive and evocative concert on the last day of the year. The young talented conductor Lorenzo Viotti, who has received a great deal of international recognition and is a popular guest with the orchestra, offers classic New Year favourites by Offenbach, Brahms and – of course! – the Strauss family.

Luisi & Beethoven’s No.7 (Lasse Mauritzen)

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Danish National Concert Choir Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soloists: Christoph Fischesser (Voice of God), Herbert Lippert (St. John) Franz Schmidt: The Book with Seven Seals

The Book with Seven Seals (Fabio Luisi)

A Late Romantic masterpiece, performed in Denmark for the first time in 30 years: It is Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi’s great desire to present Franz Schmidt’s rarely-heard oratorio “The Book with Seven Seals” – a magnificent retelling of the heavenly visions recounted in The Book of Revelation of St. John.

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JANUARY 2018 / FEBRUARY 2018 / MARCH 2018

11. & 12. Jan

18. & 20. Jan

1. & 2. Feb

Christmas Oratorio II

Saraste & Brahms 1

Kavakos & Dvořák 7

Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Marcus Creed Soloists: Christina Landshamer, Wiebke Lemkuhl, Thomas Hobbs, André Morsch Bach: Christmas Oratorio, part 4-6

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste Soloist: Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet Schumann: Manfred Overture Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Nobody knows de trouble I see Brahms: Symphony No. 1

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Leonidas Kavakos Soloist: Truls Mørk, cello Schumann: Cello Concerto Dvořák: Symphony No. 7

Thursday 11/1 • 2018 • 7.30 pm Friday 12/1 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

The Danish National Vocal Ensemble and its Chief Conductor Marcus Creed bid farewell to the Christmas season with the last three parts of Bach’s great Christmas Oratorio. The music was composed to be performed over the Christmas period and ends in January with the Feast of Epiphany. The soloists are a distinguished team of German Bach specialists.

Thursday 18/1 • 2018 • 7.30 pm Saturday 20/1 • 2018 • 3.00 pm

Symphonic masterpieces under the leadership of the great Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

The soloist is Håkan Hardenberger, one of the world’s finest trumpet players, who performs Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s jazz-inspired concerto based on an American spiritual.

25. & 26. Jan

Thursday 25/1 • 2018 • 7.30 pm Friday 26/1 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Alsop & Hahn

Alsop & Hahn (Hilary Hahn)

Saraste & Brahm’s No. 1 (Jukka-Pekka Saraste)

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Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Marin Alsop Soloist: Hilary Hahn, violin Ravel: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No. 2 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 Two of America’s classical stars, Marin Alsop and Hilary Hahn, present masterpieces from the 20th century. Prokofiev’s imaginative Violin Concerto No. 1, Ravel’s poetic love story Daphnis and Chloé, and Shostakovich’s mighty Fifth Symphony about the struggle for freedom.

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Thursday 1/2 • 2018 • 7.30 pm Friday 2/2 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Winner of the Sonning Prize Leonidas Kavakos returns as a conductor, this time with two Romantic works: Dvořák’s rousing Symphony No. 7 and the beautiful, tragic, Cello Concerto by Schumann. As his soloist, Kavakos has invited the Norwegian cello virtuoso Truls Mørk.

8. & 9. Feb

Thursday 8/2 • 2018 • 7.30 pm Friday 9/2 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Canellakis & Zimmermann Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Karina Canellakis Soloist: Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 4 Schumann: Fantasie in C major for Violin and Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 Four classics of the German repertoire, conducted by the young, talented Karina Canellakis from New York. In her company you can experience Beethoven’s energy, Mendelssohn’s verve, Schumann’s introspective dreams and Hindemith’s impish irony. The soloist is himself a German master: Frank Peter Zimmermann.

1. & 2. Mar

Thursday 1/3 • 2018 • 7.30 pm Friday 2/3 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Kavakos & Dvořák 7 (Leonidas Kavakos)

Luisi & Beet­ho­ven 5 Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soloist: Li Biao, percussion Guo Wenjing: The Rite of Mountains Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 is classical music at its most powerful.

Experience Beethoven alongside an explosive Chinese concerto for percussion and orchestra, The Rite of Mountains which has been performed many times in the West in the space of only a few years.

29. Mar

16. Mar

Thursday 29/3 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Friday 16/3 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

In his St. Luke Passion, James MacMillan draws on his own religious faith to present the Easter story anew – and the composer himself conducts the first Danish performance Credit: Michael Patrick O’Leary / Felix Broede / Jan-Olav Wedin / Kaapo Kamu

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Santtu-Matias Rouvali)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali Soloist: Hélène Grimaud, piano Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden’s national Orchestra, is making its first appearance in Denmark with its sensational Chief Conductor, the young Santtu-Matias Rouvali from Finland. The soloist in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto is Hélène Grimaud, a musician with an always distinguished presence on the concert platform.

St. Luke Passion Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Junior Choir Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: James MacMillan MacMillan: St Luke Passion (Danish premiere) The Scottish composer James MacMillan is one of today’s great regenerators of sacred music - a devout Catholic himself, his pieces are performed by choirs large and small, professional and amateur, the world over. His St Luke Passion, a powerful and intense retelling of the Gospel story, here receives its first performance in Denmark, conducted by the composer himself.

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APRIL 2018 / MAY 2018

13. & 14. Apr

Macelaru & Joshua Bell (Joshua Bell)

Friday 13/4 • 2018 • 7.30 pm Saturday 14/4 • 2018 • 3.00 pm

Patricia Petibon

5. Apr

22/4 - 25/4 • 2018

(Malko Competition preliminary rounds)

Macelaru & Joshua Bell

Malko 2018

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Cristian Macelaru Soloist: Joshua Bell, violin Stauning: New work (first performance) Beethoven: Violin Concerto Debussy: Images

Friday 27/4 • 2018 • 6:30 pm

The American violin star Joshua Bell is the soloist in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto - the Holy Grail among the great violin concertos. The conductor Cristian Macelaru from the USA presents Debussy’s impressionistic orchestral pictures together with a brand new work by the 34-year-old Danish composer Martin Stauning.

20. Apr

Thursday 5/4 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Friday 20/4 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Patricia Petibon

Luisi & Bruckner 7

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Robert Reiman Soloist: Patricia Petibon, soprano Repertoire: French opera arias and Spanish zarzuela

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soloist: Eva Steinaa, oboe Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

The incomparable French diva Patricia Petibon is back, and this time she sings both French and Italian opera, with excerpts from Manon and Faust, among others, as well as Spanish zarzuela. Be prepared for surprises, because Petibon is very spontaneous on stage - a personality of her very own.

Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi presents music by two of his favourite composers: Bruckner’s majestic Symphony No. 7, inspired by Wagner, and Richard Strauss’ refined Oboe Concerto. 23-year-old Eva Steinaa performs as soloist for the first time with her own orchestra under Luisi’s leadership.

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22. - 25. Apr

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27. Apr

Malko Final and Award Ceremony Danish National Symphony Orchestra Brahms: Symphony No. 1, 1st movement Brahms: Symphony No. 2, 1st movement Brahms: Symphony No. 4, 1st movement Nielsen: Maskarade (Masquerade), Dance of the Cockerels This year, the Danish National Sym­ phony Orchestra’s international Malko Competition for Young Conductors will be led by Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi at the head of a very strong jury. The competition was created by the orchestra itself and has been important for young conductors all over the world for more than 50 years, and internationally respected for its high professional level. Keep up with all four rounds and take part in guessing the winner!

Details at: malkocompetition.com.

Mahler’s life ended while composing his visionary Tenth Symphony; Pelle GudmundsenHolmgreen too composed until the end, and in May his Double Concerto is to be performed for the first time.

17. & 19. May

29. Apr Sunday 29/4 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Zubin Mehta Soloist: Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah” Mahler: Symphony No. 5 The fabled orchestra, together with the great conductor Zubin Mehta, gives a rare guest performance in DR Koncerthuset. Experience Mahler’s Fifth Symphony with its famous Adagietto and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1, a dramatic work composed during the Second World War.

10. May Thursday 10/5 • 2018 • 7.30 pm

Collon & Mahler 10

Thursday 17/5 • 2018 • 7.30 pm Saturday 19/5 • 2018 • 3.00 pm

Mena & Mozart Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Juanjo Mena Soloists: Mari Eriksmoen, soprano, Clara Mouriz, mezzo, Josep Miquel Ramón, bass Adès: Dances from Powder her Face (Danish premiere) Stravinsky: Funeral Song (Danish premiere) Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Mozart: Coronation Mass Two masterpieces of choral music in the same concert: Mozart’s beautiful Coronation Mass and Stravinsky’s landmark Symphony of Psalms. Hear also the first Danish performance of Stravinsky’s Funeral Song, a newly discovered work from 1909 that was thought lost.

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Nicholas Collon Soloists: Christina Åstrand, violin and Per Salo, piano Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Double Concerto (first performance) Mahler: Symphony No. 10

Mahler worked on his visionary Symphony No. 10 right up to the end of his life. Pelle Gudmundsen-­ Holmgreen also composed until the very end and at his death left a Double Concerto, which the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Christina Åstrand and Per Salo now perform for the first time.

Credit: Bill Phelps / Bernard Martinez / Per Morten Abrahamsen / Michal Novak / jim Hinson

Mena & Mozart (Juanjo Mena)

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DANISH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Danish National Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1925 as part of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation under the motto: “The best – only the best.” Today it is one of the leading symphony orchestras in Europe performing with the world’s finest conductors and soloists. The strong and straightforward personality of the Symphony Orchestra is rooted in its close relationship with Danish and Nordic music, and it is the world’s foremost Carl Nielsen-orchestra, bar none.

Since the beginning of the 201617 season, Maestro Fabio Luisi

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has been the Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, succeeding the late Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Throughout the years, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra has been conducted by amongst others Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Sergiu Celibidache, Kurt Sanderling, Sir Thomas Beecham, Nicolai Malko and Fritz Busch. Former Principal Conductors and Principal Guest Conductors include Herbert Blomstedt (conductor laureate), Thomas Dausgaard (conductor laureate), Gerd Albrecht, Leif

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Segerstam, Dmitri Kitajenko and Yuri Temirkanov.

The Symphony Orchestra has toured in the USA, in South America, in Asia and in most countries in Europe, and performed at some of the most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Berlin Philharmonic, Cologne Philharmonic, Concertgebouw, Konzert­verein and Alhambra (Granada).

Each year more than 100.000 music-lovers experience the magic of live symphonic music with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra – both in the DR Kon-

certhuset and on the Orchestra’s major annual tour abroad. The Orchestra’s popular Thursday Concert series is experienced every week by many Danes on radio and TV, and millions tune in when the concerts are broadcast internationally.

The home of the Danish Natio­ nal­Symphony Orchestra is DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, built in 2009, and designed by the famous French architect Jean Nouvel. In 2012, DR Koncerthuset entered the big league when the renowned British music magazine Gramophone rated the concert hall among the ten best in the world.

DANISH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1st Violins Christina Åstrand Johannes Søe Hansen Soo-Jin Hong Emily Fowler Elna Carr Jan Rohard Anders Fog-Nielsen Helle Hanskov Palm Per Friman Camilla Sand Kjeldsen Fogh Sarah McClelland Tine Rudloff Sabine Bretschneider Sophia Bæk Trine Yang Møller Runi Bæk Patricia Mia Andersen Monika Malmquist Heidrun Petersen Vacant 2nd Violins Teresa Krahnert Gunvor Sihm Signe Madsen Maria Stabrawa Bodil Kuhlmann Julie Meile Line Most Marianne Bindel Morten Dulong Anne Marie Kjærulff Andrea Rebekka Alsted Hedvig Oftedahl Vivanco Jonida Tafilaj Stanislav Zakrjevski Christian Ellegaard Benedikte Pontoppidan

Thyssen Ida Balslev Vacant Violas Claus Myrup Dmitri Golovanov Gunnar Lychou Ulla Knudsen Carina Andersson Kristian Fogh Astrid Christensen Katrine Bundgaard Anne Soren Stine Hasbirk Brandt Katarzyna Bugala Alexander Butz Magda Stevensson Cellos Henrik Dam Thomsen Soo-Kyung Hong Carsten Tagmose Inger Guldbrandt Jensen Vanja Louro Mats Olof Larsson Birgitte Øland Johan Krarup Peter Morrison Louisa Schwab Vacant Double Bassses Joel González Axel Ruge Henrik Schou Kristensen Michal Stadnicki Michael Dabelsteen Ditlev Damkjær

Credit: Per Morten Abrahamsen / Søren Krabbe

Gerrit Mylius Mads Lundahl Kristensen Vacant Flutes Ulla Miilmann Vacant Mikael Beier Russell Itani Oboes Eva Steinaa Kristine Vestergaard Ulrich Ortmann Sven Buller Clarinets Johnny Teyssier Pedro Franco Lopez Klaus Tönshoff Søren Elbo Bassoons Audun Halvorsen Sebastian Stevensson Dorte Bennike Nikolaj Henriques Aksel Trige

Karl Husum Vacant Trombones Vacant Vacant Brian Bindner Thomas Dahlkvist Tuba Thomas Røisland Timpani René Mathiesen Vacant Percussion Gert Sørensen Vacant Piano/organ Per Salo Harp Zachary Hatcher

Horns Lasse Mauritzen Vacant Dominika Piwkowska Oscar Lejonklo Henning Hansen Jakob Arnholtz Trumpets Michael Frank Møller Laszlo Molnar THE DANISH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2017/2018

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Danish National Symphony Orchestra DR Koncerthuset Ørestads Boulevard 13 DK- 2300 København S Please contact Tatjana Kandel, Head of Artistic Planning, for further information.

Mail: tak@dr.dk Box Office: +45 35 20 62 62 danishnationalsymphonyorchestra.com Principal Conductor: Fabio Luisi Chief Executive & Artistic Director: Kim Bohr Head of Artistic Planning: Tatjana Kandel Editors: Cecilie Rosenmeier, Lea Strömgren.

Cover Photographs: Per Morten Abrahamsen Graphic Design: Bjørn Nørbo Andersen Please note that changes in the program may occur.

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra is generously supported

by A.P. Møller og hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal, Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legat and Aage & Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond.