A walking tour of Copenhagen with musicologist Jens Hesselager, in collaboration with Concerto Copenhagen, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and Golden Days, as part of the Weyse Festival 2024. 

“It seems I need not travel….
Your most humble
C.E.F. Weyse”

The composer C.E.F. Weyse is known for his beautiful melodies for songs such as “I østen stiger solen op” and “Julen har bragt velsignet bud.”
He is also known for his notorious aversion to travel, and indeed, he never left Denmark after arriving in Copenhagen at the age of 15. So, aside from a few regular trips to Roskilde and Vallø, his travels took him on foot around old Copenhagen.

In the run-up to Concerto Copenhagen’s grand celebration of Weyse in the concert hall on September 29, we invite you to join a walking tour led by Weyse expert Jens Hesselager, who will guide us in Weyse’s footsteps through the streets of Copenhagen.
We will see where the famous composer and organist lived and worked. We’ll hear about Weyse’s ups and downs, both personally and professionally, and get a general sense of Copenhagen’s cultural life in the early 1800s.

To mark the 250th anniversary of Weyse’s birth, Jens Hesselager is publishing a biography of the composer. On September 7, he will be our guide on a walking tour of the city, during which we will, of course, sing a couple of Weyse’s songs, and where there will be both musical and culinary treats along the way.

The city walk is organized in collaboration with GOLDEN DAYS.
September 7, 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (please arrive early)
Kyssetrappen
Sankt Annæ Pl. 31,
1250 Copenhagen

Ticket price: 240 DKK
Includes a light lunch, musical performances, and sing-alongs