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Year after year, the Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir has tightened their grip on their very own interpretation of Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has been an ideal collaborator in this international project, offering the Danish audience a simultaneously modern and faithful rendition of the oratorio, which for many is the ultimate Christmas music. Handel’s Messiah narrates the story of the Old Testament prophecies of a savior for all of humanity. Charles Jennens assembled the texts, which were masterfully set to music by Handel, so that the biblical narratives resonate with the deepest human emotions. “Hallelujah for a splendid ‘Messiah’: It’s almost impossible to wait for the English orchestra to return to Copenhagen.” Henrik Friis / Politiken, 8th December 2018 “\[…\] with Mogens Dahl and his chamber choir, you get the real deal.” Peter Dürrfeld / Kristeligt Dagblad, 12th December 2018 “\[…\] no version seems as fresh, as moving, as genuinely ‘right’ as the one with Mogens Dahl and his troopers.” Søren Schauser / Berlingske, 11th December 2017

Year after year, the Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir has tightened their grip on their very own interpretation of Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has been an ideal collaborator in this international project, offering the Danish audience a simultaneously modern and faithful rendition of the oratorio, which for many is the ultimate Christmas music. Handel’s Messiah narrates the story of the Old Testament prophecies of a savior for all of humanity. Charles Jennens assembled the texts, which were masterfully set to music by Handel, so that the biblical narratives resonate with the deepest human emotions. “Hallelujah for a splendid ‘Messiah’: It’s almost impossible to wait for the English orchestra to return to Copenhagen.” Henrik Friis / Politiken, 8th December 2018 “\[…\] with Mogens Dahl and his chamber choir, you get the real deal.” Peter Dürrfeld / Kristeligt Dagblad, 12th December 2018 “\[…\] no version seems as fresh, as moving, as genuinely ‘right’ as the one with Mogens Dahl and his troopers.” Søren Schauser / Berlingske, 11th December 2017

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne i H dur, Opus 9, Nr. 3 Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne i Des, Opus 27, Nr. 2 Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonate i h-mol, Opus 58, Nr.3 Pause Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Opus 13 ( inkl. Posthume satser) Den argentinske pianist Ingrid Fliter afslutter efterårssæsonen med en koncert med klavermusik af Chopin og Schumann, to af de mest betydningsfulde komponister fra den tidlige romantik. Hvor Chopin stort set udelukkende skrev klavermusik, skrev Schumann i sine senere år også bl.a. orkesterværker og kammermusik. Fælles for begge komponister er imidlertid at mange af deres kompositioner for klaver afsøger instrumentets muligheder og begrænsninger. Dette resulter ofte i at deres værker stiller store krav til den udøvende, hvilket aftenens to hovedværker er klare eksempler på. I Schumanns Symfoniske Etuder udforskes klaverets muligheder nærmest instrumentalt i en række variationer over primært ét tema, medens Chopins tredje og sidste sonate følger en velkendt fire-satset form. De tre sonater er i øvrigt blandt de få værker i flere satser fra Chopins hånd. Langt de fleste af hans værker er såkaldte karakterstykker, som var en meget anvendt én-satset udtryksform i romantikkens klaverlitteratur, og som ofte rummede stor melodisk skønhed, hvilket høres i koncertens to indledende Nocturner.

Musicians Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir V. Coloris Wind Quintet Brass Quintet: Lasse Mauritzen (horn), Gustav Melander & Lazlo Molnar (trumpets), Lars Karlin (trombone), Thomas Roïsland (tuba) Organ: Jakob Lorentzen Conductor: Mogens Dahl