Poul Schierbeck's Largo for string orchestra, featured on this album, gained fame as a mood-setting component in the soundtrack of Carl Th. Dreyer's 1955 film 'Ordet' (The Word).
Performer Biography
Despite becoming permanent conductor of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Jensen suffered from progressive deafness, leading him to remark that his appointment might have come too late.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen became the permanent conductor of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1957, after the orchestra's members petitioned for him to replace the previous conductor during a demanding US tour.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Vagn Holmboe, a Danish composer featured on this album, developed a technique he called 'metamorphosis,' where a musical idea transforms while retaining its core identity, like a butterfly from egg to insect.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen, the conductor on this album, studied with Carl Nielsen, whose music is featured prominently.
Recording & Production
This album is part of 'The Thomas Jensen Legacy' series and includes previously unpublished broadcasts of music by Danish composers from the generation after Nielsen.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen, the conductor, began his musical career as a cellist, playing in Danish premieres of works by Beethoven and Mahler, and first performances of Nielsen's symphonies.
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