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Fabriksgatan 2, S- 701 46 Örebro, Sweden
Phone: +46 19-766 62 00
Tickets: +46 19-766 62 22
Fax: +46 19-766 62 90
info@orebrokonserthus.com
Opening hours:
Open M - F 10-17 and 1 hour before the concerts start.
Looking back at this project and the way it shaped his work with the ensemble, Thomas Dausgaard comments “When we started this project ten years ago it was still quite unusual to play Beethoven with such a small orchestra (38 players). I was very keen to find a way into the chamber musical core of the music. In this I was strongly inspired by the contribution that theper iod instrument orchestras had brought to this re per toire, not least in terms of timbre and colour. But the most important thing for this whole project, which has spanned eight years, if it was to be sucessful was for it to pull together the orchestra. I would say that, through our intense involvement with Beethoven, we have been able to achieve a collective language and identity, an awareness of what we are doing, how and why. This also gives us a purpose when we play Ravel, Bruckner or Brett Dean - but when there is music by Beethoven on the stands we are instantly as one.“
In 2007 Simax released Volume 9 of the Complete Beethoven Orchestral Works which include Symphony no. 8 and incidental music. Reviews of the cycle so far have highlighted theper iod instrument flavour and abundant energy:
Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra have obviously learned lessons from theper iod-instrument innovators, but there's nothing mannered or willfully contentious about the results. Instead there's abundant life, quick-witted musical intelligence, inwardly charged expression, scintillating precision, humour and a sense of awe before Beethoven' s more startling inspirations - yes, they can still startle even today.
This series goes from strength to strength. In a world overflowing with Beethoven symphonies, theseper formances have in abundance the all-important qualities of freshness and vitality, of the kind that makes youper k up your ears and listen anew to music you thought you had memorized ages ago.
Whilst Beethoven remains central to Thomas Dausgaard´s work with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, together conductor and ensemble have continued to expand their re per toire, always remaining respectful of their chamber music forces and idenity. Haydn, Brahms and Schumann are some of the composers that have been the focus of festivals in Örebro over the years and on Schumann Dausgaard exclaims "It was fantastic! All the difficulties of balance I'd ex per ienced before with a full-size orchestra disappeared.“
Another labour of love had started and the result is a new series of recordings on BIS entitled “Opening Doors“ which will feature the complete symphonies of Schumann as well as recordings of symphonic works by Dvorak, Bruckner and beyond.
Full biography for Thomas Dausgaard
(IMG Artists)