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National Radio Series 2024–2025

Taste of Scandinavia

First Aired Feb 5, 2025
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Born only 20 years apart, Danish composer, Carl Nielsen and Norweigan composer, Edvard Grieg represent a fruitful tradition of skilled Scandinavian composers. Nielsen became fascinated with wind instruments at an early age, becoming a military trumpeter by 14. After hearing a rehearsal of Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante by the Copenhagen Wind Quintet, he set out to compose his own work for that instrumentation. His quintet features lighthearted and lyrical passages that perfectly highlight the voice of each instrument. Also composed out of inspiration, Edvard Grieg was commissioned to write a work celebrating the bicentenary of writer and philosopher Ludvig Holberg. The resulting five movement piano suite later arranged for string orchestra, explores a range of musical styles from the ‘Olden Style’ of Holberg’s time to the more modern music known to Grieg at the time.


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Carl Nielsen

(1865–1931)

Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn, Op. 43 (1922)

Sooyun Kim, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; David Jolley, horn

Edvard Grieg

(1843–1907)

Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (1884)

Arnaud Sussmann, Chad Hoopes, Danbi Um, James Thompson, Francisco Fullana, Kristin Lee, violin; Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, Jeremy Berry, viola; Sihao He, Mihai Marica, Dmitri Atapine, cello; Blake Hinson, double bass

 
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Bella Hristova

Violin

Nicholas Canellakis

Cello
Paul Marc Mitchell

Paul Watkins

Cello

Alessio Bax

Piano