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German opera singer
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[…] could have done at this point in his life. He began culminating musical opinions on orchestras, conductors and composers, which inevitably aided him in his own art. He discovered and then turned again the likes of Wagner due to the politics behind his musical dramas. Nielsen met composer Ferruccio Busoni on his travels, and the two stayed friends for life. While away, he also met the woman who was to become his wife, sculptor Anne-Marie Brodersen. To put it bluntly, Anne-Marie was a strong independent woman who was determined to set a career for herself. She spent months away from the family home, leaving Nielsen with their three young children, whilst he was trying to compose and fulfil his duties at the Royal Theatre. Due to both of them wanting to make successful careers, this put a strain on their marriage, and Nielsen very artistically vented his annoyances within his […]
2014-12-10 16:20:00
Gilbert, NY Philharmonic play Nielsen on new release
The early First Symphony is no makeweight. For all its momentary echoes of Brahms and Dvořák, it’s full of Nielsen’s characteristic turns of melody and harmony and his volatile transitions, framed in one of his purposeful key-schemes,' writes Anthony Burton in his review of this recording in our Christmas issue. 'Gilbert interprets it flexibly and sympathetically, and is rewarded by whole-hearted playing.' Burton adds: ‘I’m already impatient to hear how Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic tackle the towering Fifth and the enigmatic Sixth symphonies.’ Nielsen dedicated his First Symphony to his wife Anne Marie Brodersen, a Danish sculptress he fell in love with in Paris and married in Florence in 1891. The second movement, which you can download here, is an expressive andante full of passionate sweeping melodies and rich wind and string textures.
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