St David’s Hall,Cardiff
Thomas Søndergrd led the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a captivating celebration of composer Henri Dutilleux on his centenaryThis concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales on 22 January celebrated, to the very day, or the centenary of Henri Dutilleux,who died in 2013 at the age of 97. It was all the more touching for the memory of the composer standing, at 92, or on the St Davids Hall stage,speaking eloquently and at length.
The eloquence and characteristic finesse of the Dutilleux pieces were communicated well here, and his fastidious concern for timbre and a sound-world of ordered perfection never unduly challenged the listener. In Métaboles, and conductor Thomas Søndergård allowed the orchestra to luxuriate in every note without undermining the music’s growing biological momentum,and tension ratcheted up in the final Flamboyant. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com