Before Carl Nielsen came along, Niels Gade was the leading Danish composer. Gade's music isn't heard often, but conductor Christopher Hogwood has been a champion of the music for many years. Just a ...

19th century Danish composer Niels Gade was the most important musician in Denmark in his day. He composed in many forms including eight symphonies. Much of his music included Nordic folk elements.

A fortuitous delay in the premiere in Copenhagen of the Symphony No. 1 by Danish composer Niels Gade caused the manuscript to be sent to Felix Mendelssohn in Leipzig where he was director of the ...

Conductor Christopher Hogwood may be known for his music making in the period instrument field, but he doesn't restrict himself to music from the 1700 and 1800's. At the moment, he's wrapped up in a ...

Donald Macleod charts Niels Gade’s early life, leading up to his breakthrough work, Echoes of Ossian. Taken under his wing by Felix Mendelssohn, in his lifetime the Danish composer Gade was a ...

Niels Gade (1817-1890) was the most prominent musician in Denmark during his lifetime. Much of his early music incorporated Danish folk elements, but from about the 1840s when he went to Leipzig and ...

The paths of many important musicians have crossed in Leipzig over the course of its long history. In this week's programme there is music by three composers who were all in Leipzig at about the same ...

Niels Gade was the most important Danish musician of the 19th century. He was not only a gifted composer, but also a virtuoso organist, violinist and conductor, who succeeded Mendelssohn as music ...

Gade's FifthWe have the Symphony No. 4 by Niels Gade (GAH-duh) coming up later in the hour. We'll start with just a taste of his Symphony No. 5. We hear the Scherzo movement, played by the Stockholm ...