Danish Rhapsody

Songs and Rhapsodies for Accordion and Wind Quintet (2011). Commissioned by and written for Frode Andersen and Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen. Dedicated to Frode Andersen. With support from Statens Kunstfond - The Danish Arts Foundation. Ensemble:AccordionFlute dbl. Alto Flute in G and PiccoloOboe dbl. Cor Anglais in FClarinet in A dbl/ Bass Cl. in BbHorn in FBassoonParts available: WH31278A

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) was a Danish musician often seen as his country’s greatest composer who now occupies a distinguished platform in the national and cultural heritage of his native land. The Carl Nielsen Edition is an independent project which aims to publish all of his finished works in the last version approved by the composer. Each piece has an introduction which tells the story behind the work and its place in his oeuvre and a critical commentary which gives an account of the source material and any editorial changes both given in the same volume as the music. Orchestral Works II contains the second(chronological) half of his non-symphonic orchestral output: Saga Dream; At the Bier of a Young Artist Andante Lamentoso; Nearer My God to Thee; Pan and Syrinx; Rhapsody Overture - An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands; and Bohemian-Danish Folk Songs.