The TIVOLI FESTIVAL OVERTURE could be seen as a not-so-distant cousin to Søren Hyldgaard’s HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN SUITE; the famed Tivoli Gardens in central Copenhagen served as an inspirational source to the composer as much as it did to Andersen. The immortal poet was among the celebrities who attended the opening of “Carstensen’s Garden”, as Tivoli was initially called when it opened its gates in 1843.

‘The Strauss of the North’ was a nickname given to Hans Christian Lumbye, Tivoli’s firs...