This major work depicts the life adventures of famed Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen as well as his beloved fictional stories. The first movement introduces a noble melody that is associated with the poet throughout the piece.
1. Introduction: The Noble Poet
2. The Journeying Storyteller: Europe by Railway
3. The Little Match-Girl
4. Constantinopel: A Poet's Bazar
5. Dream Waltz (The Poet and "The Swedish Nightingale")
6. The Tinder-Box