Upcoming Concerts

CANCELLED- Milhaud, Copland, Bernstein & Poulenc: Edinburgh
The Queens Hall, Edinburgh, UK
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Oct 08, 2020, 7:30 PM GMT+1
The Queens Hall, Edinburgh, UK
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra welcome back Conductor Emeritus, Joseph Swensen, for an evening of jazzy,foot-tapping tunes.
CANCELLED- Milhaud, Copland, Bernstein & Poulenc: Dumfries
Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries, UK
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Oct 07, 2020, 7:30 PM GMT+1
Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries, UK
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra welcome back Conductor Emeritus, Joseph Swensen, for an evening of jazzy,foot-tapping tunes.
Sibelius and cello splendor
Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, Uppsala, Sweden
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Sep 24, 2020, 7:00 PM GMT+2
Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, Uppsala, Sweden
Uppsala Chamber Orchestra plays Bacewicz, Martinu and Sibelius

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"Swensen was like a magician wielding his arms and cajoling the notes from his musicians"

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Photo by Lukasz Rajchert

About Joseph Swensen

Joseph Swensen is Artistic Director of the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra Wroclaw, Conductor Emeritus of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. He has previously served as Principal Guest Conductor & Artistic Adviser of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Principal Conductor of Malmö Opera. A sought-after pedagogue, Joseph Swensen teaches conducting, violin and chamber music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.

"Swensen provided two thought-provoking bookends to the two concertos, with the SCO on blistering form. His opening Sibelius Pelleas and Melisande was dark, sonorous and gutsy, brilliantly alive to each movement’s often surreal picture painting. His closing Beethoven Eighth Symphony – so brisk it seemed over in a flash – crackled with glee – and it’s not often you see a conductor having so much sheer fun on the podium."

David Kettle, The Scotsman

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