Royal Danish Concertos for Brass Aalborg Symphony Orchestra & Henrik Vagn Christensen

• Thorvald Hansen (1847 - 1915): I Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio:
• 1 Hansen: I Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio 06:31
• II Andante - Lento:
• 2 Hansen: II Andante - Lento 05:36
• III Allegretto - Giocoso:
• 3 Hansen: III Allegretto - Giocoso 04:17
• Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra:
• 4 Hansen: Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra 06:17
• I Polacca:
• 5 Hansen: I Polacca 04:52
• II Nella Pianura:
• 6 Hansen: II Nella Pianura 05:47
• III Festa:
• 7 Hansen: III Festa: Di mezza Estate 04:14
• Mogens Andresen (b. 1945): I Prelude:
• 8 Andresen: I Prelude 02:05
• II Polska:
• 9 Andresen: II Polska 06:36
• I The Islands:
• 10 Andresen: I The Islands 05:31
• II The North:
• 11 Andresen: II The North 03:56
• III The Sea:
• 12 Andresen: III The Sea 04:23
• I Post Signal and II Postillon d'Amour:
• 13 Andresen: I Post Signal and II Postillon d'Amour 03:47
• III Express Mail, On Time:
• 14 Andresen: III Express Mail, On Time 02:59
• Morten Raehs (1702 - 1766): I Andante:
• 15 Raehs: I Andante 02:27
• II Adagio:
• 16 Raehs: II Adagio 03:00
• III Allegro:
• 17 Raehs: III Allegro 01:34
• Total Runtime 01:13:52

Info for Royal Danish Concertos for Brass

The Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henrik Vagn Christensen, presents Royal Danish Concerts for brass instruments by Thorvald Hansen (1847–1915) and Mogens Andresen (born 1945), as well as an arrangement of a flute sonata by Morten Raehs (1702–1766) in the style of Maurice André. Outstanding soloists bring the featured works to life and guarantee a truly royal treat!

Ketil Christensen, trumpet (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 13, 14)
Bettina Ejlerts, trombone (tracks 1-3)
Erik Sandberg, horn (track 4)
Lars Ole Schmidt, trumpet (tracks 5-7, 15, 17)
Jacob Ringsmose, bass trombone (tracks 8, 9)
Mattias Johansson, tuba, (tracks 1-12)
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Henrik Vagn Christensen, conductor

Henrik Vagn Christensen
is regarded as his generation’s leading Danish ballet conductor, and has been associated with The Royal Danish Ballet from 1996 to 2012 and as from 2013 – The New York City Ballet. Henrik Vagn Christensen has also conducted the Finnish National Ballet, The Royal Swedish Ballet, The Norwegian Opera, State Theatre in Pretoria, Teatro Real de Madrid and Marinskij Theater in St. Petersburg. His very close cooperation with both The Danish National Chamber Orchestra and The Danish National Symphony Orchestra has offered many and varied tasks from concerts to ballet to recordings for film and TV.

The Danish regional orchestras have been the starting point for the symphonic repertoire, and Henrik Vagn Christensen has over the years played countless concerts with all of them and made ​​CD recordings and concert productions for children and the young audience. The professional brass repertoire has also been in focus, and Henrik Vagn Christensen has thus been Artistic Director / Chief Conductor of both Prinsen’s Musikkorps (2003-2009) and Den Kgl. Livgardes Musikkorps (2006-2009).

Born in 1963, and educated at The Royal Academies of Music in Aalborg, Aarhus and Copenhagen, Henrik Vagn Christensen studied with the conductors Jorma Panula, Frans Rasmussen and Tamàs Vetö. Furthermore, he studied in Stockholm and London before his debut concert with the Copenhagen Philharmonic in 1994.

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