CD set shines spotlight on neglected composer and Peabody director Asger Hamerik
In case you missed my Sunday story, I couldn't resist providing this link.
The piece is about composer Asger Hamerik, whose 27 years at the helm of the Peabody Institute in the last part of the 19th century was a big deal, and whose own music has been largely ignored for decades. A new CD set of his symphonies and Requiem should help revive interest in this talented figure.
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Speaking of music that we have been missing...
It seems to me that Denmark is more of a golden mine than previously thought. Besides Hamerik, I can think on top of my head of Holmboe, Langaard, or, on a lighter side, Lumbye (his most famous work, Champaign Gallop is on the program of the VPO New Year concert this year.)
But why are Danish conductors so shy in promoting their music when they guest conduct here? For example, when Dausgaard conducted the Baltimore Symphony he programmed Brahms (yes, Schoenberg orchestration but still...)
Good points, as always. And I salute your knowledge of the Danes. TIM
Posted by: Don Ciccio | December 30, 2009 10:28 AM