Gade: The Crusaders (Korsfarerne), dramatic poem by Carl Andersen after motifs from Tasso's 'Liberated Jerusalem'. Soloists: Marianne Rörholm, mezzo-soprano (Armida); Kurt Westi, tenor (Rinaldo); Ulrik Cold, bass (Peter Eremit). Choirs: Canzone-koret; Da Camera; Kor 72; Musikstuderendes Kammerkor.
For Gade there is a symbolic dimension to the story of the crusader Rinaldo. He would certainly have described the poem as a parable or a legend.
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