BBC Proms 2015 - Nielsen - Symphony No.2 ’The Four Temperaments’

Prom 46: Danish National Symphony Orchestra , , Royal Albert Hall The Danish National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 150th anniversary of Carl Nielsen, performing some of his best-loved orchestral works, alongside Brahms’s Violin Concerto. Programme Carl Nielsen Symphony No.2 ’The Four Temperaments’ (35 mins) Performers DR Symfoni Orkestret Fabio Luisi conductor About this event Continuing our celebration of Nielsen’s 150th anniversary, his Second Symphony is an exercise in contrasting moods and textures – the ‘Temperaments’ of the subtitle are the Humours of Greco-Roman medicine: Choleric, Phlegmatic, Melancholic and Sanguine. Less familiar are Nielsen’s choral works – the swelling loveliness of Hymnus amoris, inspired by a Titian painting, and the Three Motets that pay homage to Renaissance polyphony. Completing the programme is Brahms’s warmly Romantic Violin Concerto, with Danish-Israeli Nikolaj Znaider.