Glyptotekets sommerkoncerter: Jonathan Swensen: Symfonisk solocello , 28 September | Event in Copenhagen

Glyptotekets sommerkoncerter: Jonathan Swensen: Symfonisk solocello

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Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm

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Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm (CEST)

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Dantes Plads 7, 1556 København V, Danmark, Copenhagen, Copenhagen , Denmark

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Glyptotekets sommerkoncerter: Jonathan Swensen: Symfonisk solocello
Glyptotekets sommerkoncerter præsenterer endnu engang verdensklassemusikere blandt romerske guder og helte i museets stemningsfulde Festsal.

Han har vundet førstepriser i en håndfuld prestigefyldte, internationale cellokonkurrencer, og han er allerede som kun 29-årig blandt Danmarks bedste bud på en solist med en verdenskarriere foran sig. Her spiller Jonathan Swensen musik, som kun kræver to ting: en cello og en musiker i topklasse.

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Grundstenen i celloens solorepertoire er Bachs seks suiter. Præludiet fra den første suite er endda et af Bachs allermest kendte stykker musik, som fx er brugt i utallige film.

Den ungarske komponist Zoltán Kodály udvider celloens udtryksmuligheder ved at stemme de to dybe strenge en halv tone ned. Og hans landsmand György Ligeti skriver sin sonate for solocello i skyggen af den kolde krig, hvor den sovjetisk styrede komponistforening i Ungarn i 1953 forbyder sonaten som ”for moderne” – og først i 1979 bliver den opført igen.


MUSIKER

Jonathan Swensen, cello


PROGRAM

Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1770) Suite nr. 1, G dur, BWV 1007 for solocello
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet 1 og 2
Gigue

György Ligeti (1923-2006) Sonate for solocello (1948-1953)
Dialogo - Adagio, rubato, cantabile
Capriccio - Presto con slancio

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Sonate for solocello, h-mol, op. 8 (1915)
Allegro maestoso ma appassionato
Adagio con gran espressione
Allegro molto vivace

Foto: Matt Dine.


OM GLYPTOTEKETS SOMMERKONCERTER

Glyptotekets sommerkoncerter kan opleves hver søndag i august og september kl. 12-13. Bag det stjernespækkede program står 1. koncertmester fra Danmarks Underholdningsorkester og kammermusiker, Julie Eskær og Ingemar Brantelid, kammermusiker og tidligere solocellist i Det Kgl. Kapel. Sommerkoncerterne afholdes i år for 46. gang.

Tak for generøs støtte
Dansk Solistforbund, Solistforeningen af 1921, Knud Højgaards Fond, Augustinus Fonden, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden og William Demant Fonden.
Koncertbeskrivelser af Henrik Engelbrecht.

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Jonathan Swensen: Symphonic Solo Cello

Once again, the Classical Summer Concerts are delighted to present a range of world-class musicians, performing amongst the Roman gods and heroes in the Glyptotek’s atmospheric Central Hall.

He has won first prizes in a handful of prestigious international cello competitions, and at only 29 years old, he is already among Denmark's best prospects for a soloist with a world-class career ahead of him. Here, Jonathan Swensen plays music that only requires two things: a cello and a top-class musician.

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The cornerstone of the cello's solo repertoire is Bach's six suites. The prelude from the first suite is even one of Bach's most famous pieces of music, which has been used in countless films.

The Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály expands the cello's expressive possibilities by tuning the two low strings down a semitone. And his compatriot György Ligeti wrote his sonata for solo cello in the shadow of the Cold War, when the Soviet-controlled association for Hungarian composers banned the sonata in 1953 as "too modern" – and it was not performed again until 1979.


MUSICIAN

Jonathan Swensen, cello


PROGRAM

Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1770) Suite No. 1, G major, BWV 1007 for solo cello
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet 1 and 2
Gigue

György Ligeti (1923-2006) Sonata for solo cello (1948-1953)
Dialogo - Adagio, rubato, cantabile
Capriccio - Presto con slancio

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Sonata for solo cello, B minor, op. 8 (1915)
Allegro maestoso ma appassionato
Adagio con gran espressione
Allegro molto vivace

Photo: Matt Dine.


PRICE AND TICKETS

The ticket includes admission to the Glyptotek all day.

Season ticket holder: 180 kr.
Adult: 220 kr.
Under 27 years/students: 180 kr.
Under 18 years: 150 kr.

Buy tickets here: https://billet.glyptoteket.dk/events/2f9b2aff-2106-4224-a3ca-4a2dba986f72/checkout

Tickets are non-refundable but may be passed on. Tickets cannot be exchanged for another date/concert.


ABOUT CLASSICAL SUMMER CONCERTS AT THE GLYPTOTEK

The Classical Summer Concerts take place every Sunday in August and September from 12.00 to 1.00 pm.

The star-studded programme is organised by Julie Eskær, concertmaster in the Danish Chamber Orchestra and chamber musician, and Ingemar Brantelid, chamber musician and former solo cellist in the Royal Danish Orchestra. This will be the 46th series.


SEASON TICKET BENEFITS

Purchase your season ticket here and enjoy free admission to the Glyptotek’s exhibitions, along with discounts on events and in the museum shop and café: https://glyptoteket.com/visit/season-ticket

Save money by purchasing a season ticket on the same day as the event. You will receive a substantial discount (equivalent to the museum entrance fee). Contact the ticket office for more information.

Sign up for the Glyptotek's newsletter (in Danish) here: glyptoteket.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=831a723a7d248b2fe997372b3&id=220cd19d71


ACCESSIBILITY

For information about wheelchair accessibility, the companion scheme etc., read more here: https://glyptoteket.com/visit/accessibility


THANKS TO

The Augustinus Foundation, Dansk Solistforbund, Solistforeningen af 1921, Knud Højgaards Fond, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden and William Demant Fonden.

Concert texts by Henrik Engelbrecht.


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Glyptotekets sommerkoncerter: Jonathan Swensen: Symfonisk solocello , 28 September | Event in Copenhagen
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Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm