Carl NielsenMusic for Trumpet and Organ

Dorthe Zielke Søren Johannsen

1. Fest-præludium / Festival Prelude For The New Century 1.22 2. Snurretoppen / The Spinning-Top 1.08 3. En lille langsom vals / A Little Slow Waltz 1.36 4. Sprællemanden / The Jumping Jack 0.43 5. Dukkemarch / Puppet March 1.27 6. Jeg ved en lærkerede / Two Larks in Love Have Nested 0.48 7. Solen er så rød, mor / The Sun is Red, Mom 2.02 8. Romance 3.19 9. Sommersang / Summer Song 1.49 10. Æbleblomst / Apple Blossom 1.54 11. I aften / This Eve 3.14 12. Irmelin Rose 2.12 13. Saul og David, forspil til 2. akt / Prelude to Act 2 4.43 14. Helios Overture 6.46 15. Jens Vejmand / John the Roadman 1.43 16. Min Jesus, lad mit hjerte få / My Jesus, let My Heart Obtain 2.30 17. Tågen letter / The Mist is Rising 2.00 18. Som en rejselysten flåde / There’s a Fleet of Floating Islands 0.58 19. De gamle / The Old Folks 0.53 20. Den milde dag er lys og lang / The Tender Day is Light and Long 1.21 21. Commotio 21.44 22. Præludium / Prelude 1.22 65.44

Dorthe Zielke: trumpet • Søren Johannsen: organ • Torben Holdt: recording engineer • Henriette Wiberg Danielsen: graphics • Huset Mydtskov, The Carl Nielsen Museum and The Royal Library: photos • Hannah Bergquist: english translation • All arrangements except Commotio by Søren Johannsen • Recorded April 2015 at Christian’s Church, Copenhagen • 9.70253 • All rights in this sound recording, artwork and texts reserved. Unauthorised lending, public performance, broadcasting and copying of this compact disc prohibited. ℗ & © 2015 Naxos Rights International Ltd. • Made in EU • trumpetplayer.eu

Dorthe Zielke graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2000. After her studies she received further training in Oslo, Berlin, New York and Chicago. She has primarily performed as a concert soloist and as a freelance musician in sym-phony orchestras in Denmark and in various European countries.

Søren Johannsen completed his organ studies in 1995 from The Royal Danish Acad-emy of Music with a critically acclaimed soloist debut. He holds the position of or-ganist at Christian’s Church in Copenhagen, furthermore he is principal conductor of Copenhagen Festival Orchestra.

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I 2015 er det 150 år siden Danmarks mest berøm-te komponist, Carl Nielsen, blev født. Carl Nielsen begyndte livet som bondedreng på Fyn i 1865. Da han døde i København i 1931, var han en toneangivende international kunstner. Han største værker er i dag standardrepertoire for symfoniorkestre i hele verden. Samtidig kompo-nerede han et utal af folkelige danske sange og salmer, som er kendt af alle og har defineret ‘den danske tone’. Musikken på denne indspilning afspejler al-sidigheden i Carl Nielsens liv og værker. Repertoi-ret er bredt sammensat af alt fra hans store orke-sterværker til hans folkelige salmer og sange - alt sammen arrangeret for trompet og orgel af Søren Johannsen. Sidst i livet blev Carl Nielsens tonesprog særdeles avanceret. I sit dødsår 1931 komponere-de han orgelværket Commotio, der blev hans stør-ste værk for instrumentet og sidenhen det mest spillede danske orgelværk. Commotio er fjernt fra den folkelige sangkomponist. Carl Nielsen udfor-sker nye musikalske landområder og kombinerer traditionen fra Bach med modernistiske tenden-ser. Resultatet er et berusende storværk, der stil-ler store krav til både organist og publikum.

Mathias Hammer

150 years ago, Carl Nielsen, the famous Danish composer, was born. In 2015, we celebrate his anniversary. Born in 1865, Carl Nielsen spent his early years as a farm boy living in Funen. When in 1931 he drew his last breath, he had become an internationally acclaimed artist. His pop-ular and treasured songs and psalms now define “the Danish tone”, and today, symphony orchestras around the world adopt his greatest works as part of their standard repertoire. This recording reflects the diversity of Carl Nielsen’s life and musical work. The reper-toire stretches from the great orchestral works to the charming popular songs - everything arranged for trumpet and organ by Søren Johannsen. Towards the end of his life, Carl Nielsen developed a rather sophisticated musical idiom. In 1931, the year of his death, he composed Commotio, which not only became his greatest organ piece, it is now also the most played piece for that particular instrument in Denmark. Commotio stands in stark contrast to the work of the young composer; Nielsen explores new musical territories and renews the Bach tradition with more modern charac-teristics. The result? A grandiose and intoxicating piece of music which challenges both the organist and the audience. Mathias Hammer

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