Thomas Sanderling
Glowing May 2024 Review
German Newspaper Thüringer Allgemeine Zeitung
“In the 9th Symphony Concert of the Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra, guest conductor Thomas Sanderling hit exactly this internalized tone in the overture “Calm of the Sea and Happy Voyage”. His baton moved barely noticeably, while a mysterious, nebulous mood prevailed in the Erfurt theater...
Sanderling’s reading of this seascape was fragile and enigmatic...
The concert ended with Schumann’s Fourth Symphony, Maestro Sanderling once again showed his ormidable sense of form and control of sound. Concentrated strings, filigree wood and majestically blowing brass provided the necessary degree of compactness in the coordinated interplay of this tricky, constantly drifting symphony.”