Holmboe: Brass Concertos

Featuring

Owain Arwel Hughes
Håkan Hardenberger
Christian Lindberg
Jens Bjørn-Larsen
Aalborg Symfoniorkester
Vagn Holmboe

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Recording & Production

This album features world premiere recordings of Holmboe's Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra, Op. 127, and Intermezzo concertante, Op. 171.

Composer Biography

Vagn Holmboe, a Danish composer, achieved national and international recognition, particularly for his thirteen symphonies and twenty string quartets.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Holmboe described the concerto genre as fundamentally involving an interchange, play, and a more or less faked fight and competition between solo and orchestra.

Performer Biography

Jens Bjørn-Larsen, a tuba player, began his musical training with Copenhagen's Tivoli Band and made his solo debut at sixteen.

Performer Biography

Christian Lindberg is recognized as the first professional trombone soloist in history and has inspired over forty composers to write works for him.

Composer Biography

Holmboe studied folk music in Romania, where he married pianist Meta May Graf.

Performer Biography

Håkan Hardenberger, a Swedish trumpeter, has inspired leading contemporary composers like György Ligeti and Hans Werner Henze to write new works for him.