Mogens Wöldike

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Mogens Wöldike in 1940

Mogens Wöldike (5 July 1897,

Danish conductor, choirmaster, organist, and scholar known for his interpretation of music from the Baroque and Classical periods. His son-in-law was the Haydn scholar Jens Peter Larsen
. He studied under
Copenhagen Cathedral.[1]

After the war he conducted the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and from 1950 to 1967 worked regularly with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

He composed sets of organ chorales published in 1943, 1960 and 1972.

He was the founder of the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir.

He is the 1976 laureate of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, the most prestigious musical award in Denmark.

Partial discography

He left many recordings. After a series of mainly baroque records in the 1930s, he recorded

St Matthew Passion, Mass in time of War, a number of Haydn symphonies, Nielsen concertos and choral works.[1]
He was the choir master of the Copenhagen Boys Choir on the 1953 recording of Britten's "A Ceremony Of Carols", Op.28 with Benjamin Britten conducting. (London LD.9102)

References

Aryeh Oron (May 2001). "Mogens Wöldike". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 2007-09-07.

  1. ^
    Classic Record Collector
    , Summer 2005.

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