IL RE PASTORE (PART 1 & 2)

Duration: 2x 58'
Il re pastore is an opera written by Mozart, when he was only 19 years old. Aminta is a young shepard, living a beautiful and simple life and beeing happily in love with Elisa. He is unaware that he is the heir of the countrys throne, and is suddenly forced to choose between love and duty.
Adam Fischer directs The Danish Broadcasting Corporation Sinfonietta. Amont the soloists you can se Henriette Bonde-Hansen (Aminta) and Lothar Odinius (Angellore).

TRIO CON BRIO

Duration: 30'
Trio con Brio won the DR Chamber Music Competion for Young Musicians in 2002. Since then, the two corean sisters Soo-Jing Hong og Soo Kyung Hong and pianist Jens Elvekjær have been on the road, playing concerts all over the world. We follow the busy trio on one of the tours, seeing life on and behind the stage.

YOUNG AND UPCOMING: SINE BUNDGAARD

Duration: 58'
The young soprano Sine Bundgaard was October 2003 appointed Artist in Residence by The Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Follow in the footsteps of the soprano to opera houses in Copenhagen and Paris and to rehearse with The Danish National Sympohny Orchestra.

OperaNyt - NEWS FROM THE OPERASCENE

Six programmes per year - with closeups from the Danish opera world.

THE TALENTHUNT

Duration: 55'
50 chosen yount singers agiging 17-22 years compete four days in the Talent Competition "Young Singers". The copmpetition takes place every year in Ikast, Denmark. Local voulenteers work hard behind stage to keep the show on stage every year - and the young singers work hard to show themselves from their very best side.

LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN

Duration: 58'
Conductor and harpsicord player Lars Ulrik Morten has since his debut been a much traveling artist with an extensive concertactivity in Europe, North America South America and Japan. As a conductor he made his debut at The Danish Royal Theatre with the danish opera Holger Danske. The programme portraits this enthusiastic and versatile artist, with very strong oppinions about music.

CATWALK FOR TROMBONE

Duration: 58'36
At a concert in 'Train' in Aarhus, Denmar, the Danish trombone player Jesper Juul Sørensen demonstrates how versatile an instrument, the trombone is. Jesper Juul Sørensen was appointed Artist in Residence by The danish Broadcasting Corporation in 2001, and is a member of The Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

BO BOJE SKOVHUS - A CLOSE-UP

Duration: 36'
Bo Boje Skovhus belongs to the world elite in his field and is one of the most wanted and sought after baritones today. After his Wiener Staatsoper Debut in 1988, he has been a frequent guest on the worlds leading opera scenes. In this portrait we meet him in his private home, surrounded by art, family and music.

MARIE ROERBECH - A PROFILE

Duration: 60'
Each year DR appoints a young, performing musician as "Artist of the Year". Marie Roerbech, a talented young Danish pianist vas the 2003 nominee.

The programme draws a portrait of a dedicated and hard working artist and the Royal Library in Copenhagen sets the scene for a solo performance where she plays Chopin and Debussy.

THE LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS

Duration: 58'54
Carl Nielsen is one of the few internationally known Danish composers. Based on newly discovered private letters, this documentary, draws a portrait of an artist constantly torn between his music and his passion for his wife, Anne Marie Carl Nielsen, a sculptor, an well known artist in her own rights. The marriage between the two, was a life long fight between mutural love and the need to be free and to create.

MUSIC, FEAST AND DANCE IN THE RENAISSANCE

Duration: 58'43
Lene Langballe and Roberto Falcone, a Danish-Italian couple is the driving force behind Authentia, an ensemble specializing in music played on historic instruments.
This performance, set at the Royal Castle of Frederiksborg, takes us back to the mid 1600 with its daring vocals, colorful costumes and dances.

MAHLERS 1st SYMPHONY

Duration: 56'25
Mahlers 1st. Symphony was part of the jubilee concert celebrating the 70th. birthday of the traditional Thursday Evening Concert.

The symphony is here performed by The National Danish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, the orchestras newly appointed chief conductor.