Performer: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

CoCo's players used a minimum of overt embellishment, always effective and appropriate, as if they felt that nothing more was needed than the printed notes.

After a twelve year absence from his schedule, the Norwegian pianist returns to the classic warhorse in a bracing concert given by Concerto Copenhagen. 

London: a truly European city, a magnet for talented musicians, was brought alive by the European Union Baroque Orchestra at the Bolzano Festival in Italy.

Malin Hartelius and Palle Knudsen electrify an otherwise competent Don Giovanni in Copenhagen.

Lars Ulrik Mortensen versetzte in drei unvergessliche Rausche, weil in ihm und dem Ensemble lebendiger Haydn-Witz und kraftstrotzende Haydn-Klasse steckten.

Remaining in a comfortable niche isn't an acceptable option: the General Manager of Denmark's most prominent classical music export tells us about their plans for wider fame.

As Concerto Copenhagen prepare a tour of Handel's unusual work, Artistic Director Lars Ulrik Mortensen tells us why he thinks it is unjustly neglected.