Morten Zeuthen & Amalie Malling

CONCERT PROGRAMME:
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918): Sonata for cello and piano i d-mol
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Sonata for cello and piano
Poul Ruders (f. 1949) Bravour Studien, variations over the French renaissance chanson: L’Homme Armé.
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Pampeana nr. 2
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Suite Popular Espanola

Danish cellist Morten Zeuthen will be visiting the Mogens Dahl Concert Hall and be accompanied by Danish pianist Amalie Malling. The cello-piano duo’s long-standing working relationship has resulted in several CD recordings and a very active concert schedule, taking them – among other places – to Carnegie Hall, NY, and Wigmore and Casal Halls, London. Morten Zeuthen has performed with all the Danish symphony orchestras, and held the chair of solo cellist ind the DR Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 1996. Today he is a professor at the Royal Danish Conservatory, where Amalie Malling is a colleague of his. Amalie Malling has played in the concert hall before, making the coming concert a pleasant re-acquaintance with one of our finest pianists.

The evening’s Latin programme will give the audience an opportunity to enjoy neoclassicist French, Spanish and Argentine music from the 20th century. Francis Poulenc’s original and sophisticated chamber music is as dearly beloved as his vocal music. Like his Spanish colleague and source of inspiration, Manuel de Falla, he composed his music on a basis of popular styles of the past. Hence the popular element is the recurring feature of the evening’s programme, also in “Bravour Studien” by Danish composer Poul Ruders, which are based on the French folk ballad “L’homme armé”.