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Flute Concerto, FS 119

Composer: Carl Nielsen
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Emily Beynon (Flute)
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Date of broadcast: 25 August 2015

Surprisingly, the flute's a relatively quiet instrument so compositional skill is required to 'protect' it from the orchestra's volume. Serene and spritely in equal measure, Nielsen wrote this for Danish virtuoso, Holger Gilbert-Jespersen.

Composer: Carl Nielsen
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Emily Beynon (Flute)
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Recording date: 25 August 2015
Date of broadcast: 25 August 2015

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