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Jack Dhainaut

Jack Dhainaut

Having studied foreign languages and literature at King’s College, Cambridge and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Jack is currently teaching English and French in a small but lovely village in deepest Catalonia, where he is one of two tenors in the local choir. A double bassist and erstwhile clarinettist, his musical interests range from the symphonies of Shostakovich to the Catalan Nova Canço.

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Una estelar Tercera de Mahler por la OBC

Por Jack Dhainaut, 29 enero 2016

Sublime interpretación por parte de la OBC, reforzada para la ocasión, en L'Auditori de Barcelona, que mostró la genial habilidad de Mahler para evocar mundos enteros.

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Una estelar Tercera de Mahler por la OBC

Por Jack Dhainaut

A transformative experience: Petrenko conducts Strauss and Stravinsky in Oslo

Por Jack Dhainaut, 08 febrero 2018

After a shaky start with Metamorphosen, the Oslo Philharmonic embodies the evening's theme of transformation by ending on a stonker of a Petruskha, via the perenially fabulous Lise Davidsen.

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A transformative experience in Oslo

Por Jack Dhainaut

St John Passion disappointingly dispassionate in Oslo

Por Jack Dhainaut, 06 abril 2017

The Oslo Philharmonic was left to tell the story due to some rather emotionless singing.

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Disappointing St John Passion in Oslo

Por Jack Dhainaut

Not just Grieg: Oslo Phil plays an all-Norwegian programme

Por Jack Dhainaut, 24 marzo 2017

Despite the home advantage, the orchestra played it safe, but there was wholesome folky fun to be had with Halvorsen and Tveitt.

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Oslo Phil plays an all-Norwegian programme

Por Jack Dhainaut

The calm before the storm: Pärt, Strauss and Shostakovich with the Oslo Phil

Por Jack Dhainaut, 02 marzo 2017

The storm prevailed under Stefan Solyom – perhaps inevitable with Shostakovich – but quieter moments in the Strauss were beautifully handled by Lise Davidsen.

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The calm before the storm: Pärt, Strauss and Shostakovich with the Oslo Phil

Por Jack Dhainaut

Thus spake Petrenko: Kort & klassisk Strauss

Por Jack Dhainaut, 02 noviembre 2016

Strauss' great tone poem whirls around the auditorium in a short but sweet concert.

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Thus spake Petrenko: Kort & klassisk Strauss

Por Jack Dhainaut

Alma and Gustav: the Mahlers reconsidered in Oslo

Por Jack Dhainaut, 27 octubre 2016

Music by the unhappy couple precedes a bombastic rendition of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass by the Oslo Philharmonic orchestra and choir under Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

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Alma and Gustav: the Mahlers reconsidered in Oslo

Por Jack Dhainaut

Vinegar, marimbas and trolls: Norwegian wind bands enthrall!

Por Jack Dhainaut, 14 septiembre 2016

As part of Oslo's Ultima festival, wind bands Sjøforsvarets musikkorps and Det Norske Blåseensemble dazzle with a programme of works by contemporary Norwegian composers.

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Vinegar, marimbas and trolls in Oslo

Por Jack Dhainaut

Ringing ears in Oslo after Petrenko's Beethoven

Por Jack Dhainaut, 08 septiembre 2016

The Oslo Philharmonic's winds and brass are no match for Vasily Petrenko and a sea of strings in a cacophonous blast through Beethoven's Symphonies 5 and 6.

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Ringing ears in Oslo after Petrenko's Beethoven

Por Jack Dhainaut

Softest music to attending ears: Catalonia celebrates Romeo and Juliet

Por Jack Dhainaut, 03 abril 2016

At a time of love and literature in fairest Barcelona, the scene was laid at the Liceu for interpretations by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Berlioz and Bernstein of Shakespeare's timeless tale.

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Catalonia celebrates Romeo and Juliet

Por Jack Dhainaut

An Eastern European odyssey: Capuçon plays Dvořák's Cello Concerto in Barcelona

Por Jack Dhainaut, 12 marzo 2016

Barcelona's L'Auditori was taken on a journey of contrasts, via Parra and Prokofiev, that unsettled as much as it delighted.

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An Eastern European odyssey: Capuçon plays Dvořák

Por Jack Dhainaut

Fast and furious: Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique with Gergiev in Barcelona

Por Jack Dhainaut, 17 enero 2016

A solidly brazen night from the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under Valery Gergiev that ultimately lacked sincerity and depth thanks to its quick-fire delivery.

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Fast and furious: Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

Por Jack Dhainaut

Youthful verve and vigour? The OBC plays Ravel, Prokofiev and Shostakovich

Por Jack Dhainaut, 06 noviembre 2015

Seamless playing and magical moments from the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya in a youthful programme meant that a slight lack of flair and grit felt even more amiss.

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Youthful verve and vigour in Barcelona?

Por Jack Dhainaut