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...Danes believe they have a special reason to be relaxed. As the official orchestra of the Danish State Radio, they play at least five concerts a week, 46 weeks a year, and they never have to worry about deficits. Moreover, the orchestra members (85 men and seven women) hold what amount to permanent appointments...
...best orchestra in Denmark-the Danish National-arrived in the U.S. a fortnight ago for the first transatlantic tour in its history. "We are a bit concerned, coming here," said Piccolo Player Johan Bentzon, who is also orchestra president. "You have the most excellent orchestras in the world...
...Danes need not have been apprehensive. In Manhattan last week they played a program of Stravinsky, Dvorak, Grieg and Danish Composer Carl Nielsen, and thoroughly captivated a big audience in Carnegie Hall. The Danes were more relaxed and easygoing (and a bit less precise) than most top U.S. orchestras. They bowed their strings lightly, making bright, pure threads of sound. The brasses were not particularly powerful, but they sounded as mellow as if the instruments were made of soft copper. The horns-prone in any orchestra to skid off their notes-were as secure as a pipe organ...
...jobs and our orchestra as long as we want them. It makes for enjoyment of music. Here, where everyone knows that unless he plays absolutely up to the mark every minute he may be out of a job, he may play better, but there is more tension." Should a Danish player get "too relaxed," Orchestra President Bentzon "speaks like an older brother." By tradition, an aging player moves back to a rear desk, and eventually out (with a state pension) of his own accord...
Invitation to Music (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Recordings of the Danish State Radio Symphony, conducted by Denmark's King Frederick...