2014 Calendar

  • 04
    Jan
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Kings Place
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Dawn Landes (singer)
    Elliott Carter Retracing V
    John Adams Road Movies (1st mov)
    Hanneke Cassel (trans. Farrington) Dusky Meadows
    Dawn Landes (arr. Muhly) Idumea (Am I Born to Die?)
    John Adams Chamber Symphony
    Dawn Landes (arr. Muhly) The Brown Girl
    Charles Ives 'The Housatonic at Stockbridge' from Three Places in New England
    Dawn Landes (trans. Farrington) Home
    Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
    Paul Simon (arr. Landes/Muhly) Hearts and Bones
  • 14
    Jan
    Cambridge University
    Venue: Kings College Chapel, Cambridge
    Orchestra: Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra & Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
    Featuring: Choirs of Clare, Caius, Jesus & Selwyn Colleges, Cambridge
    Vaughan Williams / The Cloud Capp'd Towers
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 6
    Tippett / A Child of Our Time
  • 24
    Jan
    NFM Filharmonia Wroclawska
    Venue: Wroclaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
    Orchestra: NFM Filharmonia Wroclawska
    Featuring: Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
    Britten / Four Sea Interludes
    Mahler / Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
    Sibelius / Symphony No. 2
  • 31
    Jan
    Ulster Orchestra
    Venue: Ulster Hall
    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra
    Featuring: Christopher Blake (oboe)
    Mahler (arr. Britten) / What the Wild Flowers tell me
    Strauss / Oboe Concerto
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 6
  • 04
    Feb
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Venue: Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
    Featuring: Natalie Clein (cello)
    Britten / Four Sea Interludes
    Elgar / Cello Concerto
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 6
  • 05
    Feb
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Venue: Corn Exchange, Bedford
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
    Featuring: Philippe Graffin (violin)
    Britten / Four Sea Interludes
    Britten / Violin Concerto
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 6
  • 06
    Feb
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Venue: Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
    Featuring: Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
    Britten / Four Sea Interludes
    Ades / Violin Concerto
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 6
  • 07
    Feb
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Venue: Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
    Featuring: Juho Pohjonen (piano)
    Beethoven / Lenora Overture No. 1
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 21
    Brahms / Symphony No. 2
  • 13
    Feb
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Venue: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Featuring: Callum Smart (violin)
    Beethoven / Leonore Overture No. 1
    Mozart / Violin Concerto No. 5
    Schubert / Symphony No. 9
  • 14
    Feb
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Venue: Richard Jones Hall, Bangor University
    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Featuring: Callum Smart (violin)
    Beethoven / Leonore Overture No. 1
    Mozart / Violin Concerto No. 5
    Schubert / Symphony No. 9
  • 15
    Feb
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Venue: William Aston Hall, Wrexham
    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Featuring: Chloe Hanslip (violin)
    Berlioz / 'Love Scene' from 'Romeo & Juliet'
    Bruch / Violin Concerto
    Rimsky-Korsakov / Scheherezade
  • 16
    Feb
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Venue: Llandudno Town Hall
    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Featuring: Chloe Hanslip (violin)
    Berlioz / 'Love Scene' from 'Romeo & Juliet'
    Bruch / Violin Concerto
    Rimsky-Korsakov / Scheherezade
  • 28
    Feb
    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
    Venue: Olavshallen, Trondheim, Norway
    Orchestra: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
    Featuring: Steven Isserlis (cello)
    Mahler (arr. Britten) / What the Wild Flowers Tell Me
    Britten / Cello Symphony
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 7
  • 13
    Mar
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Venue: BBC Maida Vale
    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Peter Sculthorpe / From Oceania
    Errolyn Wallen / Mighty River
    Elgar / Symphony No. 1
  • 22
    Mar
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Venue: Bournemouth Pavilion
    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Featuring: Joseph Moog (piano)
    Mendelssohn / Hebrides Overture
    Grieg / Piano Concerto
    Dvorak / Symphony No. 6
  • 28
    Mar
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Featuring: Jonathan Scott (piano)
    Korngold / Seahawk overture
    Gershwin / Piano Concerto
    Copland / Rodeo
    Barber / Adagio for Strings
    Bernstein / West Side Story Symphonic Dances
  • 03
    Apr
    Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
    Venue: Auditorium C. Pollini, Padua, Italy
    Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
    Thomas Adès / Three Studies from Couperin
    Ravel / Le Tombeau de Couperin
    Busoni / Concertino, Op. 29 for clarinet & orchestra
    Stravinsky / Danses Cconcertantes
  • 26
    Apr
    Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse
    Venue: Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France
    Orchestra: Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse
    Featuring: Vilde Frang (violin)
    Britten / Four Sea Interludes
    Britten / Violin Concerto
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 6
  • 01
    May
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: LSO St Luke’s, London
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor)
    Herbert Howells (arr. Muhly) King David
    Nico Muhly Drones on 'O Lord, whose mercies numberless'
    C.W. Gluck 'Che puro ciel' from Orfeo ed Euridice
    Thomas Adès Three Studies from Couperin
    J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 54, 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde’
    Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat
  • 04
    May
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Featuring: Chloe Hanslip (violin)
    Schubert / Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
    Bruch / Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
    Elgar / Enigma Variations
  • 08
    May
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon
    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Featuring: Freddy Kempf (piano)
    Bernstein / Candide Overture
    Copland / Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
    Gershwin / Rhapsody in Blue
    Gershwin / 'I Got Rhythm' Variations
    Bernstein / West Side Story Symphonic Dances
  • 11
    May
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Venue: Palace Theatre, Southend-on-sea
    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Featuring: Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello)
    Vaughan Williams / 'Wasps' Overture
    Elgar / Cello Concerto
    Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 6
  • 14
    May
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Venue: Auditorium de Lyon, France
    Orchestra: Orchestre National de Lyon
    Prokofiev / Peter and the Wolf
  • 15
    May
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Venue: Auditorium de Lyon, France
    Orchestra: Orchestre National de Lyon
    Prokofiev / Peter and the Wolf
  • 16
    May
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Venue: Auditorium de Lyon, France
    Orchestra: Orchestre National de Lyon
    Nina Rota / Divertimento for doublebass & orchestra
    Stravinsky / Pulcinella Suite
  • 17
    May
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Venue: Auditorium de Lyon, France
    Orchestra: Orchestre National de Lyon
    Prokofiev / Peter and the Wolf
  • 19
    May
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Brighton Dome
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: She'Koyokh (band)
    Mahler (arr. Farrington) Symphony No. 1
    Plus klezmer and other folk repertoire in new arrangements by Aurora and She'Koyokh
  • 22
    May
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Venue: Corn Exchancge, Cambridge
    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Featuring: Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello), Lucy Hall (soprano)
    Britten / Four Sea Interludes
    Elgar / Cello Concerto
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 3
  • 23
    May
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: The Apex Bury St Edmunds
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Mahler (arr. Farrington) Symphony No. 1
  • 20
    Jun
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: St Mary’s Church, Rye
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Anthony Marwood (violin), Richard Lester (cello)
    W.A. Mozart Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K492
    Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485
    Johannes Brahms Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, Op. 102
  • 06
    Jul
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: St George’s, Deal
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Man Overboard, Thomas Gould, violin
    Rameau Les Indes Galantes
    Duke Ellington (arr. Iain Farrington) Jubilee Stomp
    J C Johnson (arr. Dave O’Brien) Travellin’ All Alone
    Stravinsky Concerto in E flat (‘Dumbarton Oaks’)
    Paganini Caprice No 5 in A minor
    Original Dixieland Jazz Band (arr. Iain Farrington) Tiger Rag
    Traditional (arr. Iain Farrington) St James Infirmary
    Gershwin (arr. Iain Farrington) Porgy and Bess Fantasy
  • 19
    Jul
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Saffron Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Man Overboard, Thomas Gould, violin
    Rameau Les Indes Galantes
    Duke Ellington (arr. Iain Farrington) Jubilee Stomp
    J C Johnson (arr. Dave O’Brien) Travellin’ All Alone
    Stravinsky Concerto in E flat (‘Dumbarton Oaks’)
    Paganini Caprice No 5 in A minor
    Original Dixieland Jazz Band (arr. Iain Farrington) Tiger Rag
    Traditional (arr. Iain Farrington) St James Infirmary
    Gershwin (arr. Iain Farrington) Porgy and Bess Fantasy
  • 20
    Jul
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: LSO St Luke’s, London
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Man Overboard, Thomas Gould, violin
    Rameau Les Indes Galantes
    Duke Ellington (arr. Iain Farrington) Jubilee Stomp
    J C Johnson (arr. Dave O’Brien) Travellin’ All Alone
    Stravinsky Concerto in E flat (‘Dumbarton Oaks’)
    Paganini Caprice No 5 in A minor
    Original Dixieland Jazz Band (arr. Iain Farrington) Tiger Rag
    Traditional (arr. Iain Farrington) St James Infirmary
    Gershwin (arr. Iain Farrington) Porgy and Bess Fantasy
  • 16
    Aug
    BBC Proms
    Venue: Royal Albert Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Alexandra Wood - violin, Stevie Wishart - hurdy-gurdy, Chantage
    W A Mozart Symphony No. 40
    Dobrinka Tabakova Spinning a Yarn
    Benedict Mason Meld
  • 18
    Sep
    London Sinfonietta
    Venue: Kings Place
    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
    Featuring: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
    Arnold Schoenberg / Lied der Waldtaube (chamber version)
    Arnold Schoenberg / Chamber Symphony
  • 20
    Sep
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Kings Place
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Anthony Marwood, violin, Kate Royal, soprano Alexander Melnikov, piano
    Anton Webern Six Pieces for Large Orchestra (Chamber Version)
    Alban Berg Chamber Concerto
    Gustav Mahler (arr. Erwin Stein) Symphony No. 4 in G
  • 05
    Oct
    Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
    Venue: CBSO Centre
    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
    Featuring: Tom Poster (piano)
    Colin Matthews / Hidden Variables
    Webern / Concerto
    Param Vir / The Presence of Otherness (world premiere)
    Edmund Finnis / In Situ
    Ligeti / Piano Concerto
  • 11
    Oct
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Venue: Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
    Featuring: Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
    Britten / Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
    Elgar / Cello Concerto
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 3


  • 12
    Oct
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Venue: Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
    Featuring: Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
    Ravel / Le Tombeau de Couperin
    Elgar / Cello Concerto
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 3

  • 14
    Oct
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Venue: Concertgebouw, Bruges
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
    Featuring: Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
    Mark-Anthony Turnage / Passchandaele (World Premiere)
    Elgar / Cello Concerto
    Vaughan Williams / Symphony No. 3
  • 23
    Oct
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Allan Clayton, tenor
    Ivor Gurney (arr. Iain Farrington) Sleep
    François Couperin (arr. Thomas Adès) Les barricades mystérieuses
    Lennon/McCartney Blackbird
    György Ligeti Poème symphonique (for 100 metronomes)
    Antonio Vivaldi Flute concerto in G minor, ‘La Notte’
    Benjamin Britten Nocturne
    Brett Dean Pastoral Symphony
  • 25
    Oct
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Students of the Australian National Academy of Music
    Charles Ives Three Places in New England (with Australian premiere of new film by Jon Frank)
    Brett Dean Testament
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
  • 26
    Oct
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Robert Blackwood Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Allan Clayton, tenor, Katie Noonan, voice
    Samuel Barber Excursions
    John Adams Chamber Symphony
    Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
    Rep. also included songs by Stephen Sondheim, Samuel Barber, Nico Muhly and Katie Noonan.
  • 31
    Oct
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Oxford Lieder Festival
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Allan Clayton, tenor, Ensemble 45
    Benjamin Britten Nocturne
    Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5
    Franz Schubert Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D714
  • 02
    Nov
    Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
    Venue: Tonhalle, Zurich
    Orchestra: Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
  • 10
    Nov
    Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Venue: Rudolfinium Concert Hall, Prague
    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Martinu / La Bagarre
    Barber / Toccata Festiva
    Prokofiev / Scythian Suite
  • 11
    Nov
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Colin Currie, percussion
    Steve Martland Starry Night for marimba & string quartet
    John Adams Chamber Symphony
    Dave Maric Trilogy
    Henry Purcell 'Fantasia Upon One Note'
    Steve Martland Horses of Instruction
  • 19
    Nov
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Featuring: François Leleux (oboe)
    Britten / Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
    Copland / Appalachian Spring
    Strauss / Oboe Concerto
    Shostakovich / Symphony No. 9
  • 28
    Nov
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Venue: Victoria Halls, Hanley
    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Featuring: James Ehnes (violin)
    Berlioz / Beatrice and Benedict - Overture
    Brahms / Violin Concerto
    Dvorak / Symphony No. 9
  • 29
    Nov
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Venue: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Featuring: James Ehnes (violin)
    Berlioz / Beatrice and Benedict - Overture
    Brahms / Violin Concerto
    Stravinsky / Symphony in Three Movements
    Ravel / La Valse

  • 11
    Dec
    Brussels Philharmonic
    Venue: Mol, Belgium
    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic
    Mozart / Idomeneo (ballet music) K367
    Brahms / Hungarian Dance No. 5
    Prokofiev / 'Allegro' from Symphony No.1 in D ‘Classical'
    Tchaikin / Accordion Concerto No. 1
    Grieg / Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 No. 6 (Klokkeklang)
    Sibelius / Finlandia, Op. 26
    Stravinsky / Firebird suite (1919)
  • 12
    Dec
    Brussels Philharmonic
    Venue: Tongeren, Belgium
    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic
    Mozart / Idomeneo (ballet music) K367
    Brahms / Hungarian Dance No. 5
    Prokofiev / 'Allegro' from Symphony No. 1 in D ‘Classical'
    Grieg / Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 No. 6 (Klokkeklang)
    Sibelius / Finlandia, Op. 26
    Stravinsky / Firebird suite (1919)
  • 13
    Dec
    Brussels Philharmonic
    Venue: Roessalare, Belgium
    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic
    Mozart / Idomeneo (ballet music) K367
    Brahms / Hungarian Dance No. 5
    Prokofiev / 'Allegro' from Symphony No.1 in D ‘Classical'
    Tchaikin / Accordion Concerto No. 1
    Grieg / Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 No. 6 (Klokkeklang)
    Sibelius / Finlandia, Op. 26
    Stravinsky / Firebird suite (1919)
  • 20
    Dec
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Kings Place
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Lucy Crowe, soprano, Ronan Collett, baritone, Aurora Voices
    Gabriel Fauré Requiem