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Peter Arnold Heise   (1830 - 1879)

composer

Heise holds a place of honour in the pantheon of Danish music for his "romances" (i.e. Danish Lieder) and for the national opera Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal). It is often overlooked that Heise was an internationally oriented composer, and that he also composed a symphony and a score of outstanding chamber works. In Heise's several hundred romances melody, harmony, accompaniment and the choice of texts together reach the zenith of this genre in Denmark. This was already acknowledged in his own time, and his romances have never been out of the Danish repertoire. Drot og Marsk is undoubtedly the best Danish opera of the nineteenth century, and apart from a few folk ballad elements the opera, about the murder of a medieval Danish king, is in the international style and format. Heise's piano quintet of 1869 is probably also the best Danish example of this genre. Heise was a modest man, lived a financially independent life in the provinces, and died far too early at the age of 49. These are crucial factors explaining why his output did not make as much of an impact as it might, either in terms of quantity or of familiarity with his music abroad. If Heise's romances had been written to German texts, he would have been sure of international fame.

Live Dates

07 May 2010  Århus Stiftstidende

Heise, Weyse and Lange-Müller: Love Songs
"Den unge tenor Mathias Hedegaard har stemmen og klangen til at bære sangene frem på en måde, der både respekterer og forfrisker."
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18 April 2010  Dansk Musik Tidsskrift

Love Songs
"Mathias Hedegaard har en naturlig sans for disse sange. Hans stemme er fast og præcis med en ung, overtonerig klang. Tove Lønskov akkompagnerer med stort pianistisk overskud, og hun lever med i alle de mindste musikalske og tekstnære nuancer."
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03 March 2010  Kristeligt Dagblad

Love Songs - Mathias Hedegaard and Tove Lønskov
5 Stars

"Hvor er det dog en pragtfuld udgivelse, som tenoren Mathias Hedegaard og pianisten Tove Lønskov sammen har begået (...) En noget nær perfekt CD."
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Discography

Love Songs
Love Songs
Heise, Weyse & Lange-Müller

CD 8.226141 (2010)

Love songs by three masters of Danish Romanticism performed by Mathias Hedegaard

Tornerose
Tornerose
Peter Heise

CD 8.554967 (2000)

The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty
Peter Heise

CD 8.224132 (2000)

Det bedste fra Den danske Guldalder
Det bedste fra Den danske Guldalder

CD 8.224145-47 (1999)

Organ Works
Organ Works
Camillo Carlsen

CD 8.224089 (1998)

Late Romantic organ music by Langgaard, Heise and the neglected Camillo Carlsen

Songs
Songs
Lange-Müller and Heise

CD 8.224065 (1997)

Songs
Songs
Lange-Müller/Heise

CD 8.224033 (1997)

Chamber Music
Chamber Music
Peter Arnold Heise

DCCD 9113 (1992)

Heise’s Piano Quintet and Cello Sonatas are among the best chamber music of the 1800s in Denmark


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