Selsø Castle Summer Concerts  -  for the ear, eye & mind

Since 1983 I have had the pleasure of arranging the concerts at Selsø Castle. A concert in the great hall is always a special experience, and the beautiful baroque hall from 1734 with the 4 m high wooden panels and large wall paintings by the Court painter Hendrick Krock and ceiling stucco by the famous Italian masters the Brenno Brothers is well-known for its fine acoustics. In the hall there also are 2 Versailles mirrors signed Garnier et Bonnemain, Paris 1733. When darkness comes, the hall is illuminated by candle light as the castle has no electricity installed. In the oldest Danish manor house kitchen with an open fireplace in the cellar it is possible to enjoy a glass of well temperate wine from the wine cellar of the castle during the interval. 8 to 10 concerts are arrangede from June till September.

The concert calendar with programme and how to order tickets is at the bottom of this page.

In 1983 Selsø Castle received a Europa Nostra diploma for its gentle restoration.

See photos from the castle and its surroundings.


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Video from the Empire Room
from a rehearsal with music by Mozart
Ulla Kappel, piano & Yuzuru Hiranaka, harpsichord

Video from concert June 2008
John Dowland: "Come again"
Ole Hedegaard, tenor & Carsten Pedersen, guitar

Video from concert June 2008
Henrik Rung: "Troubadour"
Ole Hedegaard, tenor
Knud Aage Larsen, viola d'amore
Carsten Pedersen, guitar

Video from concert June 2008
Carl Nielsen: "Faith and Hope Are Playing"
Mogens Friis, flute & Knud Aage Larsen, viola

Video fra koncert juni 2008
Carl Nielsen: "The Children Are Playing"
Mogens Friis, flute

♪ Steps & Bells - viola d'amore solo
Knud Aage Larsen - a Danish legend 91 years

How to Order Tickets

Tickets for the concerts at Selsø Castle can be ordered here. Tickets for printning are sent free of charge to your e-mail address when you have paid by bank transfer or homebanking. Giro account in Danske Bank: Reg.no. 1551 account 657-9426. Please write to this address how many tickets you want: koncert@flutist.dk or phone to +45 4593 0778 all days from 8 am to 10 pm.

Members of the Association of Selsø Castle Friends have 2 weeks' option from 15 April - 1 May to buy concert tickets before the opening of the official sale.

 

2009 -
26th season 

"Midsummer Concert" This year's midsummer concert offers a fine programme with Danish songs and opera arias and apart from that music by N.W. Gade and Carl Nielsen. According to tradition the concert ends with the Danish Midsummer Song accompanied by the evening’s trio consisting of Anna Carina Sundstedt, soprano, Mogens Friis, flute, and Henrik Metz, piano.
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"Delightful Handel and Bach" This season's Baroque concert with 3 musicians offers a great programme where we celebrate the 250th jubilee of Handel and the 259th jubilee of Bach. At the concert you can hear some of Handel’s and Bach’s most beautiful arias and instrumental music by the two composers.
The concert is played by the German concert singer Hildegard Felix, soprano, Mogens Friis, flute, piccolo flute, Helene Jerg, baroque cello, and Anders Danman, harpsichord.
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"Haydn and Mendelssohn" This year is also the 200th jubilee of both Haydn and Mendelssohn. For this evening’s concert there is a programme with music by these two great German composers and some of their contemporaries. You will hear both songs accompanied by piano and instrumental music.
At the concert you will hear opera singer Ole Hedegaard, tenor, a soloist at the Royal Danish Theatre, Mogens Friis, flute, and Tove Lønskov, piano, a fellow at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
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"Musica da Camera" The season's last concert will be with a duo from Germany, ”Musica da Camera”, who play original instruments – baroque violin  baroque cello. The programme will be with catchy Italian, French, and German baroque composers, e.g. Geminiani, Veracini, Rebel, and Bach.

The duo consists of the Chinese baroque violinist Mo Yi and cellist Gert von Bülow, a professor at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock.

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2009

"Autumn Concert" According to tradition there is a concert at Selsø Church on the first Sunday of October. This year it will be revisit by concert singer Hildegard Felix, soprano, prof. Michael Felix, organ, and Mogens Friis, flute. The programme will consist of music by Handel, Bach, Telemann, Mozart, and Mendelssohn. 
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