Culture : Philharmonic's Final Bow ; Giordano Bellincampi, an Italian Entrusted with a Precious Part of Denmark's National Heritage, Talks to Terry Grimley About the Orchestra He Will Be Saying Farewell to in Birmingham

Birmingham Post › May 10, 2005

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The Los Angeles Philharmonic may have its recently-completed Walt Disney concert hall, but to many people the idea of a symphony orchestra based in an amusement park will seem odd.

For the Copenhagen Philharmonic, which comes to Symphony Hall on Thursday, is none other than the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra in its out-of-season guise (to add to the potential confusion, it is known in Denmark as the Sjllands Symfoniorkester). During the summer, its home is the fairytale concert hall which forms one of the many attractions of the historic pleasure gardens in the heart of Copenhagen.

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Culture : Philharmonic's Final Bow ; Giordano Bellincampi, an Italian Entrusted with a Precious Part of Denmark's National Heritage, Talks to Terry Grimley About the Orchestra He Will Be Saying Farewell to in Birmingham

With its bars and restaurants, fireworks and ferris wheel, Tivoli is a peculiarly Danish institution which has clung charmingly to its 19th century character. At night it is a neon-free zone, lit entirely by thousands of coloured light bulbs.

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