Hoffding: Orchestral Works

Featuring

Frank Cramer
Jenaer Philharmonie
Finn Høffding

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Performer Biography

The Jena Philharmonic, the largest symphony orchestra in the German state of Thuringia, was established in 1934 and has achieved international status through extensive concert activities.

Historical Context

Finn Høffding held a central position in Danish music, connecting Carl Nielsen and the 'three great symphonists' of the post-war period: Herman D. Koppel, Vagn Holmboe, and Niels Viggo Bentzon.

Compositional Technique

Høffding's Third Symphony, written in 1928, distances itself from Romantic orchestral sound by using a prominent piano role and a transparent soundscape with audible contrapuntal part-writing.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Høffding's later orchestral works, Evolution and Det er ganske vist, are called symphonic fantasies and focus on organic melodic growth within single-movement structures.

Composer Biography

Finn Høffding, a prominent figure in 20th-century Danish music, never formally attended the Royal Danish Academy of Music but studied privately and in Vienna.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The work Det er ganske vist (It is perfectly true) by Finn Høffding is based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about gossip, and it tells this fable with disarming humor.

Recording & Production

This recording was made at Jena Concert Hall from March 28-30, 2011, with Morten Mogensen as the recording producer and Claus Byrith as the sound engineer.