Nielsen: Serenata in Vano - Philharmonia Chamber Players
The Philharmonia Chamber Players perform ‘Serenata in vano’, a quintet written in 1914 by Danish composer Carl Nielsen.
Read more…Scored for clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello and double bass, the work was described by Nielsen himself as a ‘humorous trifle’. The quintet portrays two gentlemen playing a tune in a chivalric manner to lure a fair lady out onto her balcony, but to no avail. Since the performance is in vain (‘in vano’), they return home to the tune of a march played for their own amusement. ‘Serenata in vano’ was recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall by the Philharmonia Chamber Players in June 2015, and is available as a bonus track to Nielsen’s Flute and Clarinet Concerto and the Aladdin Suite that was released in March 2017.