Name Mogens Woldike Role Conductor | ||
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Died October 20, 1988, Copenhagen, Denmark Albums Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Vol. 4 Similar People Yehudi Menuhin, Carl Nielsen, Adrian Boult, Jean Sibelius, Dmitri Shostakovich | ||
Education University of Copenhagen | ||
J s bach matth us passion part i mogens w ldike
Mogens Wöldike (5 July 1897, Copenhagen – 20 October 1988, Copenhagen) was a 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.
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- J s bach matth us passion part i mogens w ldike
- Gustav Leonhardt plays Bach Harpsichord Concerto A major BWV 1055
- Partial discography
- References
He studied under Carl Nielsen and Thomas Laub and graduated from Copenhagen University in 1920. He was organist at the Marine church in 1924 and the Christiansborg Palace Church from 1931; from 1959 to 1972 he was organist at Copenhagen Cathedral.
After the war he conducted the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and from 1950-67 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.
Gustav Leonhardt plays Bach: Harpsichord Concerto, A major BWV 1055
Partial discography
He left many recordings. After a series of mainly baroque records in the 1930s, he recorded Saul, the St Matthew Passion, Mass in time of War, a number of Haydn symphonies, Nielsen concertos and choral works.