St Matthew Passion in Copenhagen

By Cynthia Wilson, 14 April 2014

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Reviewed at DR Koncerthuset: Concert Hall, Copenhagen on 10 April 2014

Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Andrea Marcon, Conductor

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Danish National Concert Choir

Céline Scheen, Soprano

Carlos Mena, Countertenor

Lothar Odinius, Tenor

Marián Krejčík, Bass

Tobias Berndt, Bass

Old and new from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Dominic Lowe, 21st August

Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that blends two modern works with Beethoven's Ninth.

***11

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Mayumi Wardrop, 3rd April

Fabio Luisi and the DNSO did not disappoint audiences in San Francisco, presenting a captivating program of Beethoven, Strauss and Nielsen.

****1

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Mark Pullinger, 20th August

“Denmark is not all Lego and pastries!” quipped Nikolaj Znaider to the Albert Hall audience. Indeed not. It is the land of Carl Nielsen, whose 150th birthday was celebrated in a packed Prom given by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

****1

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Simon Birch, 11th August

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Old and new from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Dominic Lowe, 21st August

Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that blends two modern works with Beethoven's Ninth.

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Cynthia Wilson

Boston-born, educated at Concord Academy and Sarah Lawrence College, Cynthia Wilson studied harpsichord in Amsterdam. She has performed, taught and held significant management positions: public radio, Philips Hall, Rotterdam Philharmonic. Wilson subsequently founded wwclassics: (arts) policy and (events) production. She recently published the biography of Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio).