Dance and Detours

Dance and Detours (2002; rev. 2003)
In der Abendstille (1996)
Om prinser og drømme (Of Princes and Dreams)
(1999/2000)
Arie og dans (Aria and Dance) (2004)

Helge Slaatto (violin)
Randers Chamber Orchestra
David Riddell

Uniquely conscious of tradition, Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen (b. 1958) is a composer fully capable of writing insistent, rhythmically marked music. This new CD centres on a tiny, striking dance motif that is taken on unpredictable detours off the beaten track.

The Scottish conductor David Riddell is the artistic director and main conductor of the Randers Chamber Orchestra, as well as artistic director of the Aarhus Summer Opera. He is a frequent guest conductor for most of the Danish orchestras and in Britain he has appeared with the Northern Sinfonia, English Touring Opera, Scottish Opera and The Garden Venture (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), amongst others.