Répertoire symphonique au format de poche : Thomas Dausgaard à Bruges

By Jan-Jakob Delanoye, 23 April 2018

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

“Format compact, résultat grandiose”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw Brugge: Concert Hall, Bruges on 19 April 2018

Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47

Brahms, Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op.98

Schnelzer, A Freak in Burbank

Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor

Isabelle Faust, Violin

Exhilarating Brahms from Dausgaard in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 5th November

Dausgaard dishes up a novel Brahms Second Symphony, while Hadland performs an elegant Coronation Concerto.

****1

All the right decisions in the Swedish Chamber Orchestra's Beethoven concert in Toronto

Stanley Fefferman, 28th April

Thomas Dausgaard conducts with his body. A shift in his posture, without engaging hands or arms, is enough indication for his Swedish Chamber Orchestra to execute subtly graduated dynamic shifts.

****1

The Philharmonia at home with Beethoven, at sea with Sibelius

David Karlin, 25th January

A concert of two halves: the Philharmonia and Dame Mitsuko Uchida light up Beethoven with the essence of Classical style, but the orchestra struggles in Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite.

***11

A farewell to arms: Dausgaard's impressive valediction to the BBC SSO

Alexander Hall, 18th August

Thomas Dausgaard and his Scottish players probe beneath the surface in symphonies by Sibelius and Nielsen, while Jan Lisiecki seeks out maximum contrasts in a Beethoven concerto.

****1

Dausgaard and BBCSSO put the Viking back into Nielsen

Chris Garlick, 17th August

Dausgaard is in his natural habitat when conducting music by his compatriot and his account of the Sinfonia espansiva proves the highlight of this Prom.

****1

Epic Nielsen a fitting farewell for Thomas Dausgaard at the BBC SSO

David Smythe, 19th May

BBCSSO bids a fitting farewell to outgoing Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard with two epic Nielsen symphonies and memorable Mozart from clarinettist Jörg Widmann.

****1

More reviews...

Jan-Jakob Delanoye

Médecin généraliste, Jan-Jakob Delanoye aime passer du temps en compagnie de l’intemporel – musique classique, opéra, théâtre, littérature, cinéma et arts plastiques. Il propose régulièrement des critiques.

Répertoire symphonique au format de poche : dissection d’un orchestre de chambre par Thomas Dausgaard