The near-100-year-old conductor Herbert Blomstedt returns to the DR Symfoniorkestret — an orchestra he first conducted in 1955 — for two performances pairing Bruckner and Haydn in Koncertsalen.
Bruckner regarded his Symphony No. 6 as his boldest work: shorter, brighter and more rhythmically lively than its sibling symphonies, it has been called his Cinderella symphony. Its legendary Gothic architecture takes on a quality of particular elegance — serene, tender, elevated and noble under Blomstedt's direction.
The programme opens with Haydn's Symphony No. 104 'London', composed during the composer's triumphant visits to the English capital in the 1790s. Brimming with charisma, wit and immediacy, it was crafted with the simple intention of bringing pleasure and delight to its audiences.
Tickets are available separately for each of the two performances on 15 and 16 April 2027.
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Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt is a conductor of nearly 100 years of age who first conducted DR Symfoniorkestret in 1955. He is particularly renowned for his interpretations of Bruckner's symphonies, which he brings depth, warmth and grandeur.
DR Symfoniorkestret
DR Symfoniorkestret is the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, resident at DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen. Over the past decade its traversal of Mahler's symphonies with chief conductor Fabio Luisi has produced some of the most memorable moments in the orchestra's history.
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