The DR Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall
In 1951, the DR Symphony Orchestra played as the first foreign orchestra in London's newly built concert hall, the Royal Festival Hall. The concert was supposed to have been conducted by the orchestra's famous German guest conductor Fritz Busch, but he died suddenly the week before the concert. Instead, the Danish conductor Erik Tuxen stepped in and saved the big event.
The entire concert is preserved on this rare recording, which has not been heard in full since then 70 years ago.
The national anthems from England and Denmark.
Arnold Bax: Ouverture to a picaric comedy.
Brahms: Symphony No. 2.
Haydn: Concert Symphony.
Stravinsky: Firebirds, suite.
Leo Hansen, violin; Alberto Medici, cello; Waldemar Wolsing, oboe; Carl Bloch, bassoon.
DR Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor: Erik Tuxen.
Concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 21 September 1951.
