Niels W. Gade, the composer, was forced to resign his conducting post in Leipzig and return to Denmark due to the war between Germany and Denmark in 1848.
Performer Biography
Neeme Järvi, the conductor, won first prize at an international conducting competition in Rome in 1971, leading to invitations to conduct major orchestras worldwide.
Composer Biography
Niels W. Gade, the composer, came from a working-class family, being the son of a carpenter who later built instruments, contrasting with his father-in-law J.P.E. Hartmann's established musical family.
Compositional Technique
Niels W. Gade broke his own rule of making every fifth composition a symphony with his Symphony No. 6, which begins and ends in a minor key.
Composition History
Niels W. Gade gave his "Spring Fantasy" for four solo voices, piano, and orchestra as a betrothal gift to Sophie Hartmann, who later became his wife.
Composer Biography
Niels W. Gade's compositional output almost ceased after the death of his wife Sophie, less than a month after she gave birth to twins in 1855.
Composition History
Sophie Hartmann's wedding present to Niels W. Gade was his Symphony No. 5 in D minor, a work for piano and orchestra.
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