{"id":2187,"date":"2014-05-26T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henle.de\/blog\/en\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2015-05-29T12:19:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T10:19:05","slug":"clarinet-%e2%80%93-oboe-%e2%80%93-horn-new-chamber-music-by-carl-nielsen-on-the-henle-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/2014\/05\/26\/clarinet-%e2%80%93-oboe-%e2%80%93-horn-new-chamber-music-by-carl-nielsen-on-the-henle-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarinet \u2013 Oboe \u2013 Horn.  New chamber music by Carl Nielsen on the Henle agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Carl_Nielsen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2191\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Carl_Nielsen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Carl_Nielsen.jpg 195w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Carl_Nielsen-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 88px) 100vw, 88px\" \/><\/a>Carl Nielsen (1865\u20131931) is probably best known as a prominent com\u00adpo\u00adser of symphonies. His very serious works, full of doubts of both the world and himself, also finally suggested his nickname \u2018the Danish [Ri\u00adchard] Strauss\u2019. Henle publishers have set out to show the somewhat dif\u00adfer\u00adent chamber-music side of this composer and are publishing short\u00adly three wind pieces from his early-to-middle creative period.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We want now first of all to introduce Nielsen the chamber musician as he introduced him\u00adself in 1883 to Niels W. Gade (1817\u20131890), then director of the Copenhagen Con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adto\u00adry: with the early <em>string quartet in d minor<\/em> composed expressly for this occasion and e\u00admerg\u00ading seemingly directly from Viennese classicism:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s5BsH8Kbd8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This fall we are expanding our clarinet repertoire with a genuine early work of Nielsen\u2019s, the <em>fantasy piece in g minor<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.henle.de\/en\/detail\/index.html?Title=Fantasiest%C3%BCck+g-moll_1252\" target=\"blank\">HN 1252<\/a>). Composed even before his acceptance at the con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adto\u00adry, it shows both his compositional talent and his musical socialisation by the music of both the Classicists and early Romantics. With its apt linking of the voice-like cla\u00adri\u00adnet tone and the instrument\u2019s agility, this piece not only does not come second to si\u00admi\u00adlar works by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.henle.de\/en\/detail\/index.html?Title=Fantasiest%C3%BCcke+op.+73+f%C3%BCr+Klavier+und+Klarinette+_416\" target=\"blank\">Robert Schumann (1810\u20131856)<\/a> or Niels W. Gade, but offers a welcome diversion for the recital:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/APrZbO-eFVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Titelseite_cns028e-m.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2207\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Titelseite_cns028e-m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Titelseite_cns028e-m.jpg 2118w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Titelseite_cns028e-m-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2014\/05\/Titelseite_cns028e-m-822x1024.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>Nielsen knew how to exploit his talent: The first two \u2018real\u2019 opera, his <em>string suite<\/em> op. 1, as well as the <em>fantasy pieces for oboe and piano<\/em> op. 2 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.henle.de\/en\/detail\/index.html?Title=Fantasiest%C3%BCcke+op.+2+f%C3%BCr+Oboe+und+Klavier_1131\" target=\"blank\">HN 1131<\/a>), were al\u00adrea\u00addy enthusiastically received by audience and critics. The latter piece originated in 1889\/90 just as Nielsen became a member of the royal Danish court ensemble; first edition and premi\u00e8re ensued in the following two years. As already in his <em>fantasy piece for clarinet and piano<\/em>, Nielsen juxtaposed two contrasting characters (<em>romance<\/em> and <em>humoresque<\/em>) that he allocated here two independent movements:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yOVr80KSUJM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The most mature of the three Nielsen works is undoubtedly his <em>canto serioso for horn and piano<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.henle.de\/en\/detail\/index.html?Title=Canto+serioso+f%C3%BCr+Horn+und+Klavier_586\" target=\"blank\">HN 586<\/a>) of the year 1913. Nielsen, by then an established and free-lance com\u00adpo\u00adser, was supposed to write an audition piece for replacing a low horn part in the roy\u00adal theatre orchestra. No wonder that in this he especially made the most of the in\u00adstru\u00adment\u2019s low register:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZsKaQJQPfs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These three will presumably not remain the only Nielsen titles in the Henle catalogue.  Have you any advice for us? We are happily open to any suggestions on your part; you\u2019ll find a comprehensive listing of Nielsen works <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_compositions_by_Carl_Nielsen\" target=\"blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carl Nielsen (1865\u20131931) is probably best known as a prominent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/2014\/05\/26\/clarinet-%e2%80%93-oboe-%e2%80%93-horn-new-chamber-music-by-carl-nielsen-on-the-henle-agenda\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[394,193,393,317,144,3,304,194],"tags":[197,195,201,657,196,118,198,199,200,655,658],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}