Hello? BBCSSO?

[french frank]

Can't see thread on this though a post may have been popped in somewhere else, as the news is a fortnight old.

Thomas Dausgaard to take over from Donald Runnicles in Sept 2016?

[DracoM]

Was announced as a sort of after thought earlier this week or late last week as part of an intro to a concert, I think. Hardly trumpeted by Beeb?
VG appointment, I'd say.

[Flosshilde]

I mentioned it in a post on one of the Simon Rattle threads, in response to someone who listed a number of orchestras looking for new conductors, including the BBCSSO.

[richardfinegold]

I like Dausgaard very much. I think it is a coup for the Orchestra

[Nick Armstrong]

I like Dausgaard very much. I think it is a coup for the Orchestra

Seconded!

However having attended a concert of his, I find his uncanny similarity to the late great Dermot Morgan striking, and hence the impression that Father Ted is conducting the orchestra distracting!

One for the radio / CD, for me!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

One for the radio / CD, for me!

Oh, try another concert, Cali - you know you want to.

Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on!

[Barbirollians]

A big improvement on the overrated Runnicles .

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh, try another concert, Cali - you know you want to.

Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on!

[Alison]

A big improvement on the overrated Runnicles .

You do tell it how it is!

[Nick Armstrong]

A big improvement on the overrated Runnicles .

You do tell it how it is!

Also sprach Barbithustra!

[Flosshilde]

A big improvement on the overrated Runnicles .

It'll be interesting to see how the programming changes. I think Runnicles introduced more opera and singers because of his strong operatic connections. When Ticciati took over the SCO the Baroque repertoire almost disappeared from their programming.