Torsdag 2.3.1922 Carl Nielsen til Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, København

Carl Nielsens besøg i Göteborg gjaldt denne gang to koncerter: en populær koncert den 5.3.1922 med musik af Ludwig Spohr, Giuseppe Verdi, Tor Aulin, Jean Sibelius (Scènes historiques, op. 25) og Carl Maria von Weber, og en abonnementskoncert den 8.3.1922 med den ny 5. symfoni [CNW 29] som hovedværket, altså dens første opførelse uden for Danmark. Forud for symfonien dirigerede han kortere stykker af Hector Berlioz, Kurt Atterberg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (adagioen fra strygekvintet, g-mol, KV 516) og Carl Maria von Weber.

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2-3-22

Kære Marie!

Hvordan mon det gaar Dig med Rummet? Blot Du dog maatte finde et der kunde passe. Jeg haaber Lorenz [Godfred Lorenz] gør hvad han kan; jeg havde stærkt Indtryk af at han gerne vilde og jeg tror ligefrem han sætter en Ære deri.

Jeg har endnu ikke haft Koncert, men Prøver faar jeg nok af til min Symfoni, da den 2den Del jo er meget vanskelig.

Jeg havde begyndt paa en ny Komposition – en Kvintet for Fløjte, Obo, Klarinet, Fagot og Horn [CNW 70] – inden jeg rejste herop[,] den er jeg kommen lidt videre i. Mannheimers Søn er bleven opereret for Blindtarm for 6 Dage siden, ikke fordi han var syg men der var lidt ivejen af og til. Han har det udmærket og jeg tænker paa om ikke Irmelin engang skulde gøre det samme[.] Men naturligvis er Eggert jo den der skal raade her.

Alle Mennesker er som sædvanlig gode og rare imod mig; men jeg vil dog sige at naar Stenhammar ikke er her – han er borte for Tiden – saa er det aandelige Niveau alligevel noget fladt. Hele Kresen Magnus-Mannheimer er nok musikalske, men alting er saa at sige lige godt, saa den finere Forstaaelse mangler og det er jo dog tilsidst det vigtigste og for mig er det som sagt et Savn at jeg ingen Ligesindet finder naar Stenhammar er borte. Han har sine Begrænsninger baade som Kunstner og Menneske, men han er en meget overlegen og sjelden Musiker.

Iaften skal jeg arbejde paa flere Ting og imorgen Kl 9 har jeg Prøve, derfor kun disse Linier med de kærligste Hilsener fra

Din

Carl

Thursday 2 March 1922 Carl Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, Copenhagen

Carl Nielsen's visit to Gothenburg this time involved two concerts: a popular concert on 5 March 1922 with music by Ludwig Spohr, Giuseppe Verdi, Tor Aulin, Jean Sibelius (Scènes Historiques, op. 25) and Carl Maria von Weber, and a subscription concert on 8 March 1922 with Carl Nielsen's new Symphony no. 5 [CNW 29] as the main item. In other words, its first performance outside Denmark. Before the symphony, Carl Nielsen conducted shorter pieces by Hector Berlioz, Kurt Atterberg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Adagio from String Quintet in G minor, KV 516) and Carl Maria von Weber.

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2 March 22

Dear Marie!

How's it going for you with the space? If only you could find one that would suit you. I hope Lorenz is doing what he can; I had a strong impression that he really wanted to and I even think he feels it an honour.

I haven't had a concert yet, but I am having plenty of rehearsals for my symphony as the second part is very difficult.

I had started on a new composition – a quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn [CNW 70] – before I came up here; I've got a bit further with that. The Mannheimers' son had an operation on his appendix six days ago, not because he was ill but things weren't quite right once in a while. He is fine and I was wondering whether Irmelin shouldn't do the same at some point. But of course Eggert is the one to give advice here.

Everyone is as always good and kind to me; but I have to say that when Stenhammar is not here – he is away at the moment – the intellectual level is nevertheless a little flat. The entire Magnus-Mannheimer circle may be musical, but everything is, so to speak, much of a muchness, so there's a lack of finer understanding and that's what, in the end, is the most important thing for me and, as I said, when Stenhammar isn't here, I do miss having someone of like mind. He has his limitations, both as an artist and as a man, but he is a really consummate and rare musician.

This evening I'll have to work on a number of things and tomorrow at 9 o'clock I have rehearsals, so just these lines with much love.

Your
Carl