Family Concert - Who Is Carl? Who Am I?

Carl Nielsen had many sides. He wrote both big, wild symphonies and songs that almost everyone knows and can sing along to. He was light and dark, major and minor, a man of the world and a country boy. But who was he, really? In this lively family concert the actor Jens Andersen takes the audience into Carl Nielsen’s musical universe. With humour, imagination and drama – and together with Aarhus Symfoniorkester – the story of Carl unfolds in close interplay with the music, which constantly chips in, comments and carries the story onwards. The concert includes well-known and beloved songs such as Jeg ved en lærkerede and Solen er så rød, mor, and excerpts from Carl Nielsen’s great symphonies. We play excerpts from Carl Nielsen’s 2nd Symphony, The Four Temperaments, in which the music describes different human types and moods. Along the way Jens Andersen helps the audience to listen, feel and guess along: Which mood are we hearing now – and who is most like Carl Nielsen? An engaging and musical storytelling concert, where curiosity, feelings and imagination are allowed to play along – and where the whole family can experience how music can tell stories about being human. Collaboration concert with Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium Programme: Excerpts from Carl Nielsen’s 2nd and 3rd symphonies as well as well-known songs. Duration: approx. 60 min. recommended from age 7

• Dirigent: Ragnheiður I. Jóhannsdóttir | Vært/solist: Jens Andersen