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Danish Christmas concert with Mogens Wöldike

The conductor Mogens Wöldike was a major figure in Danish music life, not least when it came to church music and choral music. In the Gold Concert you can hear Wöldike conducting Danish Christmas music from the 20th century, recorded for the radio's annual Christmas broadcasts with the DR Radio Choir.

Svend Erik Tarp: The message of Christmas, op. 44.

Buxtehude / Wöldike: Church sonata for strings, C major.

Poul Schierbeck: Christmas Cantatas, Op. 19.

The DR Radio Choir and the DR Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor: Mogens Wöldike.

(Recording from Radiohuset's Concert Hall, 18 December 1956).