Browse: Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin)

This excellent disc of violin concertos showcases Dun’s dexterity and imagination in writing for the instrument and features radiant and sophisticated performances from the violinist Eldbjørg... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The six movements of Jacob Shea’s Arctic Suite certainly evoke the world of film music...It ’s left to the oldsters Palmgren and Ole Bull to show how memorable a good melody can actually be:... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Hemsing’s elegant taking-flight is signalled beautifully just after the opening piano chords of Op. 8…Trpčescki twinkles and scintillates…the finales are still relatively weak spots in the three... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Her reading of the Dvořák is agile and characterful, although perhaps lacks the soaring sweetness that the Concertos’ central movement calls for…both Hemsing and ensemble shine much more convincingly... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Rounding off Beethoven year are these compelling, inventive reworkings of some of the composer’s most famous works. Harmonic twists and turns, plus some fine orchestrations, add to the enjoyment. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Shostakovich] Hemsing is as fine in the third movement as the first in progressively ratcheting up the tension before easing down into the cadenza, which in turn grows steadily to a searing... — The Strad, May 2018 More…