VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will stage a concert to mark the 150th birthday of late Danish composer Carl Nielsen at the HCMC Opera House in District 1 at 8 p.m. on Friday.


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Clarinet artist Dao Nhat Quang

 

Carl Nielsen was a pioneer composer of Denmark in the early 20th century. Previously, his works did not receive proper acknowledgement and care from the world’s community but recently people have paid much attention to his music, especially works for orchestras.

Nielsen had completed his last piece of the six-piece collection symphony in 1925 before composing two more concertos for flute and clarinet for the Copenhagen Wind Quintet and died at the age of 66.

His concerto for clarinet has drawn people’s attention thanks to its fresh music language and the perfect expression and melodies of clarinet instrument. Nielsen was among the first musicians to use the technique of “Progressive tonality” in composing music pieces. Audiences can discover this technique via his concerto for clarinet at the concert in Saigon.

The show is under the baton of popular Danish conductor Frans Rasmussen and features Vietnam’s leading clarinet artist Dao Nhat Quang who graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Quang had for a long time pursued his music career in Russia, other European countries and South Korea before coming back to Vietnam. He is considered one of the best clarinet artists in the region.

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Danish conductor Frans Rasmussen – Photo: Courtesy of HBSO

 

 

Apart from the concerto for clarinet and symphony orchestra op.57, the show will feature some other pieces of Carl Nielsen, including Overture to the comic opera Masquerade, Prelude from Act II of the comic opera Masquerade, Dance of the Cockerels from Act III of the comic opera Masquerade, Symphony No. 3, op. 27 “Sinfonia Espansiva,” among others.

Tickets are priced at VND80,000 (for students), VND200,000, VND350,000, VND400,000 and VND550,000. For booking and delivery, contact Ms. Huong on 0989 874 517 or Ms. Ly on 0903 604 539.        

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