Composer of the Week - Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) - Episode 1

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Denmark's best-known composer, Carl Nielsen. Donald concentrates on how Nielsen met his first wife on his travels through Europe and got public recognition - for both his maiden symphony and first choral work, A Hymn to Love. Arabesque (Five Piano Pieces) Martin Roscoe (piano) Hyperion CDA675912 Tr 42 or 41 Little Suite for Strings Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Iona Brown (conductor) Virgin Classics VC545224-2 Trs 15-17 Song behind the Plough Aksel Schiotz (tenor) Danacord DACOCD 365367 CD1 Tr 4 Symphony No 1 (1st mvt) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) BIS-CD-454 Tr 4 Hymnus amoris Barbara Bonney (soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Lars Pedersen (baritone) Bo Anker Hansen (bass) Danish National Radio Choir Copenhagen Boys' Choir Decca 452 486-2.