Works for Violin & Piano

Featuring

Johannes Søe Hansen
Christina Bjørkøe
Fini Henriques

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Fini Henriques excelled in composing short pieces with sharp characterization, charm, and warm-heartedness, rather than broad symphonic works.

Composer Biography

Fini Henriques studied violin with Valdemar Tofte and later with Joseph Joachim, a famous violinist and Tofte's teacher, at the Königliche Preußische Hochschule für Musik in Berlin.

Performer Biography

Johannes Søe Hansen, the violinist on this album, won the Gold Medal in the Berlingske Tidende Music Competition at age 14 and was a prizewinner in the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition.

Cultural Impact

Fini Henriques is perhaps best known for his lullaby, 'Wiegenlied,' which is likely his most-played piece and exists in both violin and piano versions.

Composer Biography

Fini Henriques, a Danish composer, was a virtuoso violinist who also had a career as a soloist, known for mixing his skillful playing with various gags.

Compositional Technique

Fini Henriques's 'Novelletter, op. 26' features a recurring four-note motif identical to the beginning of the 'Dies Irae' melody from the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass.

Performer Biography

Christina Bjørkøe, the pianist, received Danish Music Awards in 2005 and 2009 for her recordings of Knudåge Riisager's Piano Works and Carl Nielsen's Complete Piano Works, respectively.