Jens Cornelius
@jenscornelius.bsky.social
Classical music journalist, Denmark.
Radio presenter/producer (DR).
Author and editor of music books.
Radio presenter/producer (DR).
Author and editor of music books.
Tonight: Dream team Susanna Mälkki & Isabelle Faust in Copenhagen with Danish National Symphony Orchestra: Dvorak Violin Concerto + Sibelius Symphony 6 and 7!
www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/202...
www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/202...
Mälkki & Isabelle Faust | DR Symfoniorkestret | Køb billet
Isabelle Faust spiller Dvořáks violinkoncert med DR Symfoniorkestret og Susanna Mälkki, der også dirigerer Sibelius’ 6. og 7. symfoni. Køb billet i dag.
www.drkoncerthuset.dk
September 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tonight: Dream team Susanna Mälkki & Isabelle Faust in Copenhagen with Danish National Symphony Orchestra: Dvorak Violin Concerto + Sibelius Symphony 6 and 7!
www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/202...
www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/202...
Arvo Pärt is 90 today! 🎶 Watch (and cry) how he was greeted this morning by family, singers, and the staff at the Arvo Party Centre. The music is a children's song he wrote in 1959, "I'm not just a kid anymore"
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September 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Arvo Pärt is 90 today! 🎶 Watch (and cry) how he was greeted this morning by family, singers, and the staff at the Arvo Party Centre. The music is a children's song he wrote in 1959, "I'm not just a kid anymore"
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"Deception", 1911. A French waltz. They just don't make sheet music like this anymore!
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Deception", 1911. A French waltz. They just don't make sheet music like this anymore!
The annual Rued Langgaard festival in Ribe takes place this week (4-7. September). Thursday at 19.00 I'll be giving a short presentation of this year's guest composers, Tekla Griebel Wandall and Ludolf Nielsen. Two very fascinating artist from Langgaard's time in the early 1900s
langgaardfestival.dk
langgaardfestival.dk
Rued Langgaard Festival - Rued Langgaard Festival
Rued Langgaard Festival ønsker at give publikum en unik oplevelse ved både koncerter, events og talks. Bl.a. gennem anderledes koncertformater, lyssætning,
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September 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The annual Rued Langgaard festival in Ribe takes place this week (4-7. September). Thursday at 19.00 I'll be giving a short presentation of this year's guest composers, Tekla Griebel Wandall and Ludolf Nielsen. Two very fascinating artist from Langgaard's time in the early 1900s
langgaardfestival.dk
langgaardfestival.dk
Rodion Shchedrin: A brilliant composer and a very humorous person. I met him for a brief interview in 2008, and you really wanted to stay in his company. Unexpectedly, his wife, the legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, also turned up - an astonishing couple!
On 29 August 2025, the Russian composer and pianist Rodion Shchedrin passed away at the age of 92. His music fearlessly combined elements of folklore, archaic early forms of music and the avant-garde – creating a sound world that was uniquely his own.
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Composer Rodion Shchedrin dies at age 92
On 29 August 2025, the Russian composer and pianist Rodion Shchedrin passed away at the age of 92. His music fearlessly combined elements of folklore, archaic early forms of music and the avant-garde ...
www.boosey.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Rodion Shchedrin: A brilliant composer and a very humorous person. I met him for a brief interview in 2008, and you really wanted to stay in his company. Unexpectedly, his wife, the legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, also turned up - an astonishing couple!
The Léonie Sonning Music Prize, formerly awarded to Stravinsky, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Boulez, Pärt, Miles Davis & Bernstein, goes to Kirill Petrenko www.sonningmusik.dk/kirill-petre...
Kirill Petrenko - Léonie Sonnings Musikpris
Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2026 goes to conductor Kirill Petrenko Next year, Kirill Petrenko will receive the historic honor and the 1 million DKK that accompany the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2026. S...
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August 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The Léonie Sonning Music Prize, formerly awarded to Stravinsky, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Boulez, Pärt, Miles Davis & Bernstein, goes to Kirill Petrenko www.sonningmusik.dk/kirill-petre...
100 years ago, Jacob Gade's "Jealousy Tango" was premiered. It's the most performed piece of music ever written by a Dane! Tonight, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra is celebrating Gade and his tango, and a new book on Jacob Gade has just been published: multivers.dk/product/jaco...
Jacob Gade (Danske Komponister bd. 25) | Forlaget Multivers
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August 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
100 years ago, Jacob Gade's "Jealousy Tango" was premiered. It's the most performed piece of music ever written by a Dane! Tonight, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra is celebrating Gade and his tango, and a new book on Jacob Gade has just been published: multivers.dk/product/jaco...
A great loss! My favourite radio app has been blocked here in Denmark. BBC Sounds should remain available worldwide, showcasing why the BBC is still the gold standard in public service broadcasting.
So BBC Sounds is now blocked outside the UK. That means no more Radio 3 (so no more Proms), only Radio 4 and World Service, and some shitty podcasts on a crummy new app.
July 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A great loss! My favourite radio app has been blocked here in Denmark. BBC Sounds should remain available worldwide, showcasing why the BBC is still the gold standard in public service broadcasting.
Important new release:
Works from the modern breakthrough of women in Danish music around 1900 - Hilda Sehested, Nancy Dalberg & Tekla Griebell. The scores newly edited and beautifully recorded.
www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recording...
Works from the modern breakthrough of women in Danish music around 1900 - Hilda Sehested, Nancy Dalberg & Tekla Griebell. The scores newly edited and beautifully recorded.
www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recording...
Chamber Works
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June 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Important new release:
Works from the modern breakthrough of women in Danish music around 1900 - Hilda Sehested, Nancy Dalberg & Tekla Griebell. The scores newly edited and beautifully recorded.
www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recording...
Works from the modern breakthrough of women in Danish music around 1900 - Hilda Sehested, Nancy Dalberg & Tekla Griebell. The scores newly edited and beautifully recorded.
www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recording...
Carl Nielsen now has a delicious apple spirit named after him. Available from the Carl Nielsen museum in Odense (fun fact: subtitled "Bel Canto" after an odd drinking song he composed for a Copenhagen male choir)
June 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Carl Nielsen now has a delicious apple spirit named after him. Available from the Carl Nielsen museum in Odense (fun fact: subtitled "Bel Canto" after an odd drinking song he composed for a Copenhagen male choir)
This incredible video turned up earlier this week: Percy Grainger playing Grieg's "To Spring" in 1957 - the only audio film of Grainger playing the piano. And musically stunning it is!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3Z...
Percy Grainger plays Edvard Grieg: To Spring, Lyric Pieces, op. 43, no. 6
YouTube video by Chad Vindin
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June 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This incredible video turned up earlier this week: Percy Grainger playing Grieg's "To Spring" in 1957 - the only audio film of Grainger playing the piano. And musically stunning it is!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3Z...
Reposted by Jens Cornelius
Vila i frid käre Per ❤️🎶🌹🕯️Forever grateful for our friendship, and for the fantastic 8th Symphony. For me you remain the greatest symphonist of our time 💎🙏
May 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Vila i frid käre Per ❤️🎶🌹🕯️Forever grateful for our friendship, and for the fantastic 8th Symphony. For me you remain the greatest symphonist of our time 💎🙏
Per Nørgård dies at 92.
For generations he was the greatest and most influential Danish composer. A true visionary!
www.dr.dk/nyheder/kult...
For generations he was the greatest and most influential Danish composer. A true visionary!
www.dr.dk/nyheder/kult...
Komponisten Per Nørgård er død
Den danske komponist Per Nørgård er død.
www.dr.dk
May 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Per Nørgård dies at 92.
For generations he was the greatest and most influential Danish composer. A true visionary!
www.dr.dk/nyheder/kult...
For generations he was the greatest and most influential Danish composer. A true visionary!
www.dr.dk/nyheder/kult...
Reposted by Jens Cornelius
ach, Per Nørgård, grootse componist gestorven. Weet nog goed, begin jaren nul sprong hij na een uitvoering van een van zijn cellostukken dolenthousiast vanuit zijn stoel op het podium in een klein Londens theater om de uitvoerenden te feliciteren #RIP
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www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Zum Tod des dänischen Komponisten Per Nørgård
Der Komponist Per Nørgård schrieb für Laien auf dänischen Dörfern genau so gern wie für die bedeutendsten Symphonieorchester der Welt. Jetzt ist der Meister des Unvorhersehbaren mit 92 Jahren gestorbe...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
ach, Per Nørgård, grootse componist gestorven. Weet nog goed, begin jaren nul sprong hij na een uitvoering van een van zijn cellostukken dolenthousiast vanuit zijn stoel op het podium in een klein Londens theater om de uitvoerenden te feliciteren #RIP
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
A very unsuccessful kalimba!
May 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A very unsuccessful kalimba!
Herbert Blomstedt rehearsing with Danish National Orchestra as he has done regularly since 1956. In a few months, he turns 98.
May 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Herbert Blomstedt rehearsing with Danish National Orchestra as he has done regularly since 1956. In a few months, he turns 98.
Fredensborg Castle this evening, the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Denmark. Queen Margrethe's home. One guard. Peaceful indeed.
We need more of this.
We need more of this.
May 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Fredensborg Castle this evening, the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Denmark. Queen Margrethe's home. One guard. Peaceful indeed.
We need more of this.
We need more of this.
A second volume of Rued Langgaard's music in early pioneering recordings (1963-74). Just a decade after his death, the rediscovery started. Langgaard's widow Constance luckily witnessed the beginning of the revival.
www.danacordbutik.dk/product_info...
www.danacordbutik.dk/product_info...
Klassisk » Instrumenter » Rued Langgaard - The Early Recordings 1963-1974 (2CD)
Rued Langgaard - The Early Recordings 1963-1974 (2CD) - Rued Langgaard - The Early Recordings 1963-1974 - Piano, Organ and Vocal Music - Noël Lee - Jørgen Berg - Jørgen Ernst Hansen - Kirsten Hermanse...
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May 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A second volume of Rued Langgaard's music in early pioneering recordings (1963-74). Just a decade after his death, the rediscovery started. Langgaard's widow Constance luckily witnessed the beginning of the revival.
www.danacordbutik.dk/product_info...
www.danacordbutik.dk/product_info...
AI, you can do better than this... Fanny and Felix didn't look like that at all.
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
AI, you can do better than this... Fanny and Felix didn't look like that at all.
In 1929, a young Danish soprano was invited to perform in private for Mussolini. I have unearthed her own detailed account of this unforgettable evening with the great and "enchanting" dictator - and traced her later destiny.
www.jenscornelius.dk/den-danske-s...
www.jenscornelius.dk/den-danske-s...
Den danske stemme, der sang for Mussolini – Jens Cornelius
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May 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In 1929, a young Danish soprano was invited to perform in private for Mussolini. I have unearthed her own detailed account of this unforgettable evening with the great and "enchanting" dictator - and traced her later destiny.
www.jenscornelius.dk/den-danske-s...
www.jenscornelius.dk/den-danske-s...
One to watch!
Yesterday Adrianna Kubica-Cypek won the Danish "Carl Prize" for best classical composition of 2024: "Printemps", a part of her choral cycle Saisons.
Adrianna Kubica-Cypek (b. 1996) is Polish, but in recent years based in Copenhagen.
www.adriannakubicacypekmusic.com
Yesterday Adrianna Kubica-Cypek won the Danish "Carl Prize" for best classical composition of 2024: "Printemps", a part of her choral cycle Saisons.
Adrianna Kubica-Cypek (b. 1996) is Polish, but in recent years based in Copenhagen.
www.adriannakubicacypekmusic.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
One to watch!
Yesterday Adrianna Kubica-Cypek won the Danish "Carl Prize" for best classical composition of 2024: "Printemps", a part of her choral cycle Saisons.
Adrianna Kubica-Cypek (b. 1996) is Polish, but in recent years based in Copenhagen.
www.adriannakubicacypekmusic.com
Yesterday Adrianna Kubica-Cypek won the Danish "Carl Prize" for best classical composition of 2024: "Printemps", a part of her choral cycle Saisons.
Adrianna Kubica-Cypek (b. 1996) is Polish, but in recent years based in Copenhagen.
www.adriannakubicacypekmusic.com
This is the most Estonian thing I have ever heard:
"The Estonian Composers’ Union owns grave sites in the Forest Cemetery, which are reserved for members of the Estonian Composers’ Union and their spouses."
www.helilooja.ee/en/estonian-...
"The Estonian Composers’ Union owns grave sites in the Forest Cemetery, which are reserved for members of the Estonian Composers’ Union and their spouses."
www.helilooja.ee/en/estonian-...
Estonian Composers Union – Estonian Composers Union
Estonian Composers Union (ECU) is a creative union, associating Estonian professional composers and musicologists. ECU aims for free development and distribution of Estonian music and musicology…
www.helilooja.ee
April 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This is the most Estonian thing I have ever heard:
"The Estonian Composers’ Union owns grave sites in the Forest Cemetery, which are reserved for members of the Estonian Composers’ Union and their spouses."
www.helilooja.ee/en/estonian-...
"The Estonian Composers’ Union owns grave sites in the Forest Cemetery, which are reserved for members of the Estonian Composers’ Union and their spouses."
www.helilooja.ee/en/estonian-...
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Fabio Luisi to perform at the BBC Proms in August:
Beethoven 9, Anna Clyne's The Years and the orchestra's new signature piece, Evening Land by Bent Sørensen (2017) www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezc9hn
Beethoven 9, Anna Clyne's The Years and the orchestra's new signature piece, Evening Land by Bent Sørensen (2017) www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezc9hn
Beethoven’s Ninth
Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that charts the extremes of human experience and emotion, featuring Bent Sørensen’s Evening Land, Anna Clyne’s The Years and ...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Fabio Luisi to perform at the BBC Proms in August:
Beethoven 9, Anna Clyne's The Years and the orchestra's new signature piece, Evening Land by Bent Sørensen (2017) www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezc9hn
Beethoven 9, Anna Clyne's The Years and the orchestra's new signature piece, Evening Land by Bent Sørensen (2017) www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezc9hn
Tonight: Exciting world premiere of Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen's Violin Concerto. Always a very personal composer with a big heart and a unique imagination.
Simone Lamsma soloist, Otto Tausk conducting the Danish National Orchestra
www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/202...
Simone Lamsma soloist, Otto Tausk conducting the Danish National Orchestra
www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/202...
Tausk & Sibelius' 1 |DR Koncerthuset | Køb billet nu
Sibelius’ Symfoni nr. 1 er den finske komponists mest romantiske og længselsfulde symfoni med langstrakte melodier og eksplosive udbrud.
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April 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Tonight: Exciting world premiere of Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen's Violin Concerto. Always a very personal composer with a big heart and a unique imagination.
Simone Lamsma soloist, Otto Tausk conducting the Danish National Orchestra
www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/202...
Simone Lamsma soloist, Otto Tausk conducting the Danish National Orchestra
www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/202...
Reposted by Jens Cornelius
Morgen „Antikrist“ an der Deutschen Oper Berlin!
Das Buch kommt auf meine Kaufliste!
Das Buch kommt auf meine Kaufliste!
For the first time a book on Danish composer Rued Langgaard is published in an international language!
A German translation of the recent (2024) Danish biography by the no. 1 Langgaard capacity Bendt Viinholt Nielsen. It's a must read - in both languages!
www.wolke-verlag.de/musikbuecher...
A German translation of the recent (2024) Danish biography by the no. 1 Langgaard capacity Bendt Viinholt Nielsen. It's a must read - in both languages!
www.wolke-verlag.de/musikbuecher...
Bendt Viinholt Nielsen. Rued Langgaard. Ein romantischer Komponist in turbulenter Zeit
Die Biografie des dänischen Komponisten anlässlich der Berliner Aufführung der Oper „Antikrist“.
www.wolke-verlag.de
April 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Morgen „Antikrist“ an der Deutschen Oper Berlin!
Das Buch kommt auf meine Kaufliste!
Das Buch kommt auf meine Kaufliste!