Carl Nielsen - Flute Concerto (1926)
Carl August Nielsen (9 June 1865 - 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.
Flute Concerto (1926)
Dedication: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen
1. Allegro moderato
2. Allegretto un poco - Adagio ma non troppo - Allegretto - Poco adagio - Tempo di marcia
Aurèle Nicolet, flute and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur
The Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (FS 119) was written in 1926 for Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, who succeeded Paul Hagemann as flautist of the Copenhagen Wind Quintet. The concerto, in two movements, was generally well received at its premiere in Paris in October 1926 where Nielsen had introduced a temporary ending. The first complete version was played in Copenhagen the following January. The flute concerto has become part of the international repertoire.
In 1921, Nielsen heard the Copenhagen Wind Quintet rehearsing music by Mozart and was struck by the group's tonal beauty and musicianship. That same year, he wrote his Wind Quintet expressly for this ensemble. The last movement of the wind quintet is a theme and variations depicting in music the personalities of the five players and their respective instruments, much in the manner that Elgar portrayed his friends in the Enigma Variations. Promising he would write a concerto for each member of the quintet, he started with the flautist Holger Gilbert-Jespersen (1890-1975). As a result of poor health, he was only able to complete one more concerto before his death, the Clarinet Concerto, for the group's clarinetist, Aage Oxenvad, which he completed in 1928.
Nielsen began work on the flute concerto while travelling in Germany and Italy in August 1926, intending it to be performed in Paris at a concert devoted to four of his works on 21 October. Unfortunately, as a result of a prolonged stomach complaint, he did not complete the work in time and had to introduce a temporary ending for its Paris premiere
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0:06 - 1st movement 11:39 - 2nd movement
Interesting . . . I've been listening to his 6 symphonies over the last few days; Nielsen was really good - deserves a lot more air and hall time than he gets. Thanks to people like you who post on YT.
@neilwalsh3977
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the symphonies are actually quite extraordinary, daring and well written.
@neilwalsh3977
3 жыл бұрын
You're quite right. He's been hidden. The more I listen, the more impressed by his craft and his daring
Carl Nielsen:Fuvolaverseny 1.Allegro moderato 00:06 2.Allegretto un poco - Adagio ma non troppo - Allegretto - Poco adagio - Tempo di marcia 11:39 Aurèle Nicolet-fuvola Lipcsei Gewandhaus Zenekar Vezényel:Kurt Masur
17:58, pairing flute with timp. What a mad, brilliant idea!
Bass Trombone excerpt at 4:03
And cool brass opening to 2nd movment. This is phenomenally interesting stuff
At 8:46, you see that Nielsen was willing to take risks and was a very ''innovative'' composer. Remarkable stuff
@mrtchaikovsky
Жыл бұрын
How exactly did you come to this conclusion after listening to the passage in question?
Gute idee! Das gehfählt mir. Grande e bom Nicolet ! Muito boa gravação e partitura.
Un concerto veramente buffo. Nicolet stupendo.
Talk about a cool piece!
The opening bars of the second movement have a striking similarity to parts of the 3rd movement of Shostakovich's 8th symphony.
@julianarculus2142
3 жыл бұрын
Nielsen's 5th Symphony is so original and anticipates Shostakovich so vividly, it MUST have influenced him!
@mrtchaikovsky
Жыл бұрын
Not at all.
Wonderlijke muziek, dank daarvoor.
At 11:03, very 'star wars' like great use of winds, brass and flute - very interesting orchestration
Bellissimo!!
I really like this recording and I can see why Emmanuel Pahud was influenced by him :)
In around minute between 8:40 to 8:50, the note sound like east asian music.
Flute always have funny notes in almost all parts.
17:00
11:40
15:30 and 16:58
Oo, this is really slow. It's like Andante instead of Allegro.
@MVargabass
7 жыл бұрын
Michael L. Cooney there is no allegro
@jeremiahwillson9855
5 жыл бұрын
@@MVargabass First movement is Allegro Moderato suggested at 100-112 and this recording is often in the 80's, maybe low 90's.
For some reason, I really don't like the weak ending of the third movement.
@bartjebartmans
6 жыл бұрын
ok....uuh.... so??
@joshscores3360
5 жыл бұрын
There is no 3rd movement
@nickbamber268
2 жыл бұрын
@@joshscores3360 Hence the weak ending
I dunno. All the commenters here like it. I find it too weird and frankly boring.
@porkyminch5131
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. His wind instrument concertos are crap. He can never devolbe a meldoy which is easy to listen to. It's always this like randomly generated mess.
@porkyminch5131
2 жыл бұрын
And dont get me wrong! I love Carl Nielsen. His symphonies are in my opinnion, easily competing with the greats.