Weyse Festival 2024: Theater
THE VERSATILE WEYSE
Concerto Copenhagen and the Royal Danish Academy of Music will celebrate Weyse's 250th anniversary at a large-scale Royal Danish Academy of Music will celebrate Weyse's 250th anniversary. Through presentations, talks and various concert formats concert formats with over 100 performers, the focus will be on the composer, his person and his time. in focus.
There is hardly a schoolchild in Denmark today who has not become acquainted with Weyse's melodies. Julen har bragt velsignet bud, I østen stiger solen op, Det er så yndigt and Nu titte til hinanden are songs that have manifested themselves in the Danish cultural heritage. Unfortunately, Weyse's versatility as a composer is still overlooked today, with very few people knowing his symphonies, song plays and cantatas. But in a large-scale collaboration between Concerto Copenhagen and the Royal Danish Academy of Music, it is precisely this multifaceted composer who is put on stage.
We will have the opportunity to hear Weyse in all his breadth and in different formats that appeal to children, young people and adults alike. For this year's celebration, we have carefully selected music from Weyse's versatile oeuvre and put it together in three main concerts under the headings: Church, Salon and Theater. Weyse's instrumental works, excerpts from cantatas and ballads, hymns, songs and his entire first symphony are on the program when Concerto Copenhagen conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen, students from the Conservatory and the Conservatory's children's choir join forces for a full-day tribute to one of the most significant composers in Danish music history.
Vi ser frem til at byde dig velkommen i koncertsalen på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium. Vi bestræber os på at tilbyde gode adgangsforhold, men på grund af særlige frednings- og bygningsmæssige forhold er der visse begrænsninger. Læs mere her.
THE VERSATILE WEYSE
Concerto Copenhagen and the Royal Danish Academy of Music will celebrate Weyse's 250th anniversary at a large-scale Royal Danish Academy of Music will celebrate Weyse's 250th anniversary. Through presentations, talks and various concert formats concert formats with over 100 performers, the focus will be on the composer, his person and his time. in focus.
There is hardly a schoolchild in Denmark today who has not become acquainted with Weyse's melodies. Julen har bragt velsignet bud, I østen stiger solen op, Det er så yndigt and Nu titte til hinanden are songs that have manifested themselves in the Danish cultural heritage. Unfortunately, Weyse's versatility as a composer is still overlooked today, with very few people knowing his symphonies, song plays and cantatas. But in a large-scale collaboration between Concerto Copenhagen and the Royal Danish Academy of Music, it is precisely this multifaceted composer who is put on stage.
We will have the opportunity to hear Weyse in all his breadth and in different formats that appeal to children, young people and adults alike. For this year's celebration, we have carefully selected music from Weyse's versatile oeuvre and put it together in three main concerts under the headings: Church, Salon and Theater. Weyse's instrumental works, excerpts from cantatas and ballads, hymns, songs and his entire first symphony are on the program when Concerto Copenhagen conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen, students from the Conservatory and the Conservatory's children's choir join forces for a full-day tribute to one of the most significant composers in Danish music history.
Vi ser frem til at byde dig velkommen i koncertsalen på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium. Vi bestræber os på at tilbyde gode adgangsforhold, men på grund af særlige frednings- og bygningsmæssige forhold er der visse begrænsninger. Læs mere her.
PROGRAM
C.E.F. Weyse (1774-1842)
Excerpts from the singing games
TheSailor's Drink (1809)
An Adventure in the Garden of Rosenborg (1827)
TheFeast at Kenilworth (1836)
Performers:
Concerto Copenhagen
Soloists and choir from DKDM
Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen