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Levende musik - Carl Nielsen og hans tid (1965)

Levende musik - Carl Nielsen og hans tid poster
Directed by
Erik Frohn Nielsen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
37 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles Danish composer Carl Nielsen. It uses imagery and music to show how major changes in Europe happened without affecting him much, until his fifth symphony expressed an emotional response to his times. The film includes performances by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Copenhagen Boys' Choir.

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What happens

Levende musik - Carl Nielsen og hans tid er en portrætfilm instrueret af Erik Frohn Nielsen efter eget manuskript. Portrættet af komponisten Carl Nielsen sættes i relief ved en ikonografisk og musikalsk skildring af den omvæltende udvikling, der skete i Europa i hans levetid, som synes at gå sporløst hen over ham. Først hans femte symfoni viser et følelsesmæssigt engagement i samtiden. Danmarks Radios symfoniorkester og Københavns Drengekor under ledelse af Mogens Wöldike medvirker i filmens optagelser af Hymnus amoris og den femte symfoni. Filmen er produceret i samarbejde med Danmarks Radio og havde premiere i det danske fjernsyn d. 8. juni 1965, dagen før Carl Nielsens 100-årsdag, i en 45 minutters udgave, som siden er blevet forkortet til 37 min. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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