Happy Birthday to Carl Nielsen! Enjoy the composer’s Serenata in vano. Program note: Nielsen was born in Denmark, one of twelve children of a peasant family. He managed to learn violin, piano, and brass instruments which led to a job as a bugler in the 16th battalion at Odense. He later attended the Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and took classes in music theory. Despite never having any formal training in composition, Nielsen’s compositional output includes six well-known symphonies, incident

Rehearsing Sibelius’ moving Symphony No.2 ahead of our lovely performance at Royal & Derngate 😍 Sibelius said, "My second symphony is a confession of the soul." We’re really looking forward to performing the piece on Friday 24 October with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko at the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall. If you'd like to learn more about the iconic symphony, a free pre-concert talk will take place at 6.20pm in the auditorium with Dr Sophie Redfern, who will explore Sibelius’ tumultuous j