Folkeklubben & Danmarks Underholdningsorkester

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Claus Bergs Gade 9,
5000 Odense

Folkeklubben & Danmarks Underholdningsorkester

Description

They have taken a long break – from the live stage, from releases and from each other. Now Folkeklubben are finally returning, as they take over the Concert Hall and let their lyrical rock universe collide in a unique interplay with the gifted classical musicians of Danmarks Underholdningsorkester. Over the past 10 years, Danmarks Underholdningsorkester has travelled from the Concert Hall to the country's largest venues and stages in inspiring, versatile and, not least, audience-loved collaborations with some of Denmark's best-known pop and rock artists. If anyone can, Danmarks Underholdningsorkester has a broad musical repertoire, and now it is the songs of Folkeklubben that are on the programme, as the whole orchestra heads out across the country with the hit-making rock trio. The director of the Underholdningsorkester, John Frandsen, says: "When we in Danmarks Underholdningsorkester throw ourselves into new collaborations, it is crucial to us that the artists have something to say that we can be inspired by and that we can develop in a symphonic format. We have no doubt that this is the case with Folkeklubben. Their songs have both an intellectual sharpness and a broad popular appeal. They speak to the Folk High School Songbook and to P3 at the same time. It is a rare combination, and perhaps that is exactly why their music stands so strong in our shared consciousness. Folkeklubben create music with a strong narrative power, and their songs have an inherent grandeur that almost insists on being brought into play with strings, winds – the full colour palette of the symphony orchestra. We are very much looking forward to it." At the helm of the orchestra is the conductor David Riddell, for many years artistic director of Randers Kammerensemble and Aarhus Sommeropera, who has also previously conducted Folkeklubben in symphonic settings together with Odense Symfoniorkester. There is something at stake. And the three members of Folkeklubben - Kjartan Arngrim, Rasmus Jusjong and Rasmus Dall - know it as they return to the stage after a few years' break. "We have been away for a while - from each other and from the music - to make room for reflection and calm. Coming back together with the Underholdningsorkester feels like exactly the right way to open the club again," says lead singer Kjartan Arngrim, and continues: "Playing with a symphony orchestra is by no means going to be a Sunday outing. We are going to let our songs loose in an awe-inspiring space that, if anything, represents diligence and deep concentration, and it will certainly be wildly terrifying, but hopefully also absolutely fantastic." Folkeklubben made their debut 15 years ago. Their organic, folk-rock pop anthems hold the contrasts in all of us - the popular - and the band is anything but a closed club, embracing the whole spectrum. From the 'Danmark' song with Suspekt to 'Danmarksfilm' from the Folk High School Songbook. They have had hits on the airwaves of P3 and Dansktoppen, met audiences in prime time on X Factor and under the open sky with hits such as 'Fedterøv' and 'Sort Tulipan'. Six albums in all - most recently the highly acclaimed 'Mere end en klub' from 2023. When Folkeklubben and Danmarks Underholdningsorkester take over the Concert Hall, it will be a musical meeting of power and sonority. The audience can look forward to a very special concert format, where the interpretations of the band's songs take on new dimensions in the interplay between strings, winds and electric guitars.