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In 1999, the government of Denmark sponsored a festival of Danish arts in New York City. The culminating event of this festival was the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, which included attendance by Her Majesty, Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark. This disc features Silver Medalist Saeka Matsuyama’s electrifying competition performance of Carl Nielsen’s Violin Concerto, accompanied by Denmark’s Odense Symphony Orchestra. Matsuyama’s performance of the Nielsen Concerto also earned the 18-year old violinist the Odense Symphony Orchestra’s Special Prize.
Five Songs (12:20)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Sangbag Ploven
Dengang Døden var i vente
I aften
Irmelin Rose
Min Pige er saa lys som Rav
Lars Thodberg Bertelsen, baritone
Frode Stengaard, piano
String Quartet No. 3 (14:42)
Rued Langgaard (1893-1952)
The Miró String Quartet
Daniel Ching, violin 1
Sandy Yamamoto, violin 2
John Largess, viola
Joshua Gindele, violoncello
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 33 (34:28)
Carl Nielsen
Saeka Matsuyama, violin
The Odense Symphony Orchestra
Jan Wagner, conductor