Danish National Vocal Ensemble at Cadogan Hall, London on Thursday 26th March 2020

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Danish National Vocal Ensemble

Part of the Choral at Cadogan 2019-20 Season

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Details

Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England

Thursday 26th March 2020
7:30 PM

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm (motet), BWV 229
Mogens Pedersøn – Victimae paschali laudes
Mogens Pedersøn – Fader vor ud i Himmerig
Carl Nielsen – Tre Motetter, Op.55
Johann Sebastian Bach – Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (motet), BWV 226
Bent Sørensen – Benedictus
Bo Holten – Herren er min hyrde
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, meine Freude (motet), BWV 227

Performers

Marcus Creed – Conductor

Danish National Vocal Ensemble

Programme Note

The Danish National Vocal Ensemble, highly acclaimed for its pure, transparent Nordic sound, presents a broad cross-section of Danish music in this concert. They explore the nation’s great choral tradition from the time of Christian IV’s rule in the 16th century, via Carl Nielsen, the father-figure of modern Danish music, to music of the present day.

Framing the programme are choral masterworks by J.S. Bach: three glorious motets serving as a reminder that one of the most influential composers on Bach was another Dane, the great 17th-century organist Dietrich Buxtehude.

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